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Family Bomb Shelter

Date: 1952
Description: A Wisconsin family inside their new bomb shelter.
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Woman and Child

Date: 05 07 1913
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a woman in Ho-Chunk regalia wrapped in a blanket, with a child on her back. The child is wearing a fur hat, and the woman...
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Mother Feeding Infant

Date: 09 01 1971
Description: A young mother feeds her infant baby food outdoors.
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Bath Time

Date: 05 08 1955
Description: A boy in the bath tub being bathed by his mother.
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Washing Dishes

Date: 05 08 1955
Description: Mother and daughter washing dishes together.
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Tea Party

Date: 05 05 1963
Description: Mother pouring tea for her twins at the mother and daughter tea, sponsored by the Brookfield Woman's Club.
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Family Camping Trip

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park.
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Family Night Watching the Tube

Date: 09 30 1967
Description: A woman sits with her ten children surrounding her and watches TV.
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Mr. & Mrs. Archie Parkins with Baby

Date: 01 09 1935
Description: Arthur Parkins, Jr. holding surviving newborn twin baby, John Archie Parkins, following the death of twin baby James Burton Parkins. His wife Kathryn is ly...
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Mother and Baby

Date: 1903
Description: Hand-colored photograph depicting a Native American mother holding her child in a cradleboard. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans pre...
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Family at Home

Date: 1955
Description: A mother posing with her seven children in the living room of their home.
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Peterson Family at Home

Date: 1915
Description: Mr. Peterson is sitting in a rocking chair reading the newspaper and smoking a pipe, while Mrs. Peterson is standing at the stove with their young son, Jam...
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Kruegers by the Clothesline

Date: 05 23 1932
Description: Baby Shirley Krueger watching from her carriage as her mother Elna Krueger is taking laundry off the clothesline.
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Young Farm Family

Date: 1975
Description: A young farm couple and their two children outdoors on their farm.
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Mother and Children Decorating Christmas Bread

Date: 12 05 1956
Description: Anne De Witt, 5502 Tolman Terrace, is being helped by her daughter Maureen De Witt, 4, to decorate Christmas bread while her other daughter, Beth De Witt, ...
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Madison Home Economics Club Meeting

Date: 10 16 1944
Description: Three women and three children at a meeting of the Madison Home Economics Club with the theme "Good Nutrition, A Wartime Challenge." Left to right are Mrs....
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Getting Ready for Christmas

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: June (Mrs. Robert O.) McLean, and her children Roderick and Gwen, putting the finishing touches on a Gingerbread House.
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Lemmer Family with Christmas Gifts

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: Kenneth Lemmer Jr., sitting in a high chair, is playing with a Christmas tree ornament. His mother Katherine Lemmer is wrapping Christmas presents at a tab...
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State PTA Convention Tea at Governor's Residence

Date: 04 29 1948
Description: Mrs. Norman Beauchaine, president of Riverview PTA of Marshfield and daughter, Bonnie Lou, age 3, at a tea at the Governor's residence, 130 E. Gilman St., ...
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Jenk and Mother

Date: 1912
Description: Georgia Lloyd Jones holds her son Jenkin Lloyd Jones, born Nov. 1911, on a hobby horse.

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