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Wisconsin General Hospital Room

Date: 09 24 1936
Description: Wisconsin General Hospital room with bed, dresser, bedside stand with lamp, two chairs and a free-standing screen, 1300 University Avenue.
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Hill's Dry Goods Store Interior

Date: 05 21 1933
Description: "Cotton Lane" in Hill's Dry Goods Store, 202 State Street, featuring two models, wearing dresses, standing in niches on either side of an arch, with the wo...
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Dudgeon PTA Actors

Date: 02 16 1932
Description: Casts of two one-act plays presented by the Dudgeon School Parent Teachers Association in the West High School Auditorium. Plays staged were "The Trysting ...
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Cardinal Beauty Shop

Date: 03 25 1931
Description: Interior corridor of the Cardinal Beauty Shop, located at 625 State Street, with hair dryers and manicure tables.
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Orpheum and Capitol Theater Ushers

Date: 02 01 1931
Description: Group portrait of Capitol and Orpheum theater staff and ushers in uniform, standing and sitting around the Capitol Theatre lobby fountain.
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Manchester Formal Dress Display Window

Date: 11 27 1930
Description: Holiday women's formal wear display window at Manchester's Department Store, showing two mannequins.
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First Congregational Church Student Lounge

Date: 01 21 1930
Description: First Congregational Church student lounge, at 1609 University Avenue. The room is furnished with chairs and couches along the walls, two large carpets, an...
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Kern Family at the Supper Table

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: The Kern family, Edna, Nancy, Ernest, and Maribeth, at the supper table.
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Camp 20

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of two men sitting in a room lined with bookshelves. There is a banjo leaning in the corner next to a window.
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Keyes Family Children

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Joseph, Kate, and William, the three children of Madison attorney, postmaster, and Republican Party boss Elisha W. Keyes and hi...
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Three Children

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Group portrait of a teenage girl and two young children, a boy and a girl (possibly the children of Joe D.).
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Ada Bass

Date: 1890
Description: Ada Bass, wife of the photographer, standing in a room showing her long hair extending down her back.
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Ethel Steussy

Date: 07 30 1948
Description: Mrs. Robin (Ethel) Steussy, seated in a chair, is visiting Mrs. and Mrs. E.E. Steussy, 3847 Nakoma Road.
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National Home Demonstration Week

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: Tim, 8, and Maureen, 6, listen quietly as their mother, Mrs. Mark Schaefer, reads a bedtime fairy tale at their home on Mineral Point Road. Mrs. Schaefer b...
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Madison Vocational and Adult School Award Winners

Date: 05 16 1950
Description: Seven Madison Vocational and Adult Education school students who received awards for "exceptional records in attendance, achievement and effort" at the sch...
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Mrs. Frederick F. Kessenich and Son

Date: 06 12 1950
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Frederick F. Kessenich with her 3 year old son Peter.
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Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater

Date: 2009
Description: Close-up of restored theater seats in Mabel Tainter Memorial Theater with bust of Andrew Tainter in background.
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Temple Theatre

Date: 2009
Description: View of Temple Theatre Opera House and auditorium from back of house.
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Denison Homestead Parlor

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Description: View of formal parlor in Deniston homestead. Built in 1717, the home is a museum today. The room features two formal portraits, a rocking chair, dresser, m...
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The Hermitage Drawing Room

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Description: Interior view of a drawing room in the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson, featuring chandeliers, a harpsichord and ornately carved furniture.

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