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| Description: | Amos Elliot, pioneer stage coach driver, enjoying a quiet evening at home with his second wife, and her daughter (center), Stella Hart. |
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| Description: | Woman reading "House Beautiful" magazine at Greenwood House. |
| Date: | 08 08 1914 |
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| Description: | View of men, women and children sitting on benches near picnic tables set out under trees. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Engraving of a woman sitting in a chair with light from an attic window shining on her face. Next to her is a rumpled bed and a pull-toy overturned on the ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A woman pours tea for her friends seated outdoors at a table. |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin home economics students have a tea party. |
| Date: | 09 30 1967 |
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| Description: | A woman sits with her ten children surrounding her and watches TV. |
| Date: | 05 31 1964 |
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| Description: | A circle of women talk, sew and thread needles around a Singer sewing machine. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | "All To Myself" brochure for the NBC Matinee Theater with a woman sitting front of the television peeling potatoes with her shoes off. There is an outline ... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Two men enjoy coffee and a cigarette at an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant. At this time cigarette smoking in Madison restaurants took place i... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Two women enjoy a cup of coffee at a Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant. |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | A group of men, all in shirt sleeves and ties, sit at a table at the Rennebohm Drug Store No. 6 restaruant in the First Wisconsin Bank on Capitol Square. A... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Four men in informal attire on their coffee break in an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant. They are sitting in a booth identified as a no smokin... |
| Date: | 09 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Three farm wives are taking a break at the terrace plowing demonstration and conservation field day on the Carl Ribbke farm near Ableman. From left are Mr... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Ada Bass sitting in a rocking chair reading, while her daughter Everetta is sweeping the front porch of the family home. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A construction worker sits on a wooden beam near a fence and eats his lunch. Behind him is the construction site with debris. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | "Curiosities in Springdale, Wisconsin." A view of Nellie Springen, perhaps with her family, at a rocky outcropping enjoying coffee. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Artwork showing man with his feet up in front of a woodburning stove. A dog is sleeping on the floor at the farmer's feet. A woman uses a rolling pin in an... |
| Date: | 11 12 1948 |
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| Description: | Some of the young people who attended the first of a series of informal parties for teenagers living in Maple Bluff. The party was at the Lakewood school. ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Four individuals, sitting in the shade near a table during a picnic on Madeline Island. Includes Elizabeth Nesbet (Mrs. S.C. Marty, Sr.), Gertrude Capser (... |
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