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| Date: | 06 06 1953 |
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| Description: | Carl Sandburg posing with two of the guides at Wade house during his visit to the restored stagecoach inn for its dedication as a historic site. Speaking a... |
| Date: | 04 03 1959 |
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| Description: | An authentic Scandinavian smorgasbord will be the key attraction at Madison's first Folk Festival and Fair sponsored and held at the YWCA, 122 State Street... |
| Date: | 09 1887 |
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| Description: | Interior menu pages of the Ninth International Medical Congress, with a woman in a head wrap and skirt decorated with stars pouring liquid from a jug into ... |
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| Description: | Actors portraying I.M. Singer and his friend George Zieber with the first sewing machine. |
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| Description: | Actors portray I.M. Singer and George Zieber examining an early sewing machine. |
| Date: | 04 21 1961 |
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| Description: | Irene Thomas wears a Norwegian costume while looking forward to the annual smorgasbord of the University YWCA in the John Muir room of the YMCA. |
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| Description: | Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying two photographs; there is an empty space where a third photograph was once included. The top photograph shows a ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1954 |
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| Description: | Children under the age of five bustle about while scrambling for peanuts thrown on the ground during the Fourth of July parade. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Jennie Krueger standing on stones next to a spinning wheel and yarn winder placed outside a barn. She is wearing her great-grandmother's traditional Pomera... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Tille Faulkman, standing, and Sarah Krueger, are sitting behind a spinning wheel and a yarn winder in the open doorway of a barn. Both women are wearing tr... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Tille Faulkman standing in a barn with a spinning wheel and two yarn winders. She is dressed in traditional Pomeranian attire. A handmade basket filled wit... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Sarah and Florentina Krueger standing in front of a barn in costume. Sarah is dressed in traditional Pomeranian attire and is holding a bucket and milking... |
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| Description: | Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album displaying several photographs and a homemade, pageant program. Includes scenes from the Hiawatha Pageant that campers... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a sewing circle of young girls and women wearing Norwegian costumes. |
| Date: | 07 25 1961 |
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| Description: | Kathy Ellis (4) is shown using an insulated stick to push her marshmallows over the fire at the Hobo Party at the Wirth Ct. playground. |
| Date: | 12 21 1963 |
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| Description: | Unidentified youngster shown enjoying breakfast with Santa at Manchester's Department Store. |
| Date: | 04 16 1957 |
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| Description: | Staged scenario of a lonely and isolated elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair by a fireplace and spinning wheel. "Aunt Jennie" is portrayed by Margueri... |
| Date: | 10 31 1958 |
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| Description: | The Sunset Village Community Association holds a Halloween party for neighborhood youngsters. Shown enjoying an ice cream bar is James Crone, (4), son of M... |
| Date: | 09 1969 |
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| Description: | Actors Liv Ullmann and Max von Sydow posing while seated on the grass with plates of food and drinks. They appear to be in costume. Caption reads: "Liv Ull... |
| Date: | 01 29 1956 |
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| Description: | A man is carrying a tray with two candlesticks and haggis. Three other men are following wearing uniforms, and two men are playing bagpipes. Caption reads:... |
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