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Unkempt Bedroom with Children

Date: 03 1909
Description: A young boy and girl sitting on an iron bedstead in the corner of their unkempt bedroom.
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Fishing On Breakwater

Date: 1910
Description: Long row of men in suits and hats fishing on the breakwater.
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Mailman

Date: 07 11 1981
Description: A male mail carrier taking a break sitting in a mailbox on the sidewalk in a neighborhood.
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A White Glove Event

Date: 11 04 1956
Description: Sophomores at Alverno College greet incoming freshmen with an annual tea party.
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Grace Putnam

Date: 12 26 1931
Description: Grace Putnam, executive secretary of the Madison Woman's Club, in the Woman's Building, 240 W. Gilman street.
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Child Playing with Toy

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Description: A child is sitting on a small chair in front of a dresser holding a stuffed toy. A doll is sitting on a bench nearby.
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Child on Scale

Date: 1897
Description: A young girl wearing a coat and hat is standing on a scale that is chained to a post near a building.
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Mother and Daughter in Doorway

Date: 1905
Description: Alma Reinhardt Taylor and her toddler daughter Ellen Taylor Higgins standing in a doorway. Both are wearing long, cool weather coats. The number on the doo...
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Donna and Ellen Taylor

Date: 1913
Description: Outdoor portrait of Donna and Ellen Taylor posing in matching gloves, hats and coats.
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Donna, Ellen, and Fred Taylor

Date: 1913
Description: Group portrait taken in a neighborhood yard of J. Robert Taylor's children.
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Woman Milking Cow

Date: 1939
Description: Mrs. Harvey Schmidt sits on a stool in a barn to milk a cow by hand.
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Harold Gauer Typing with Foot

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Description: Harold Gauer is sitting at a desk wearing a pinstriped suit. His left foot is bare and "typing" at a typewriter, while he reads a note and talks on the tel...
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Play Director Organizing Game

Date: 1915
Description: A play director wearing a hat and long dress is organizing a game with a group of children, mostly girls wearing dresses, one of which is holding a ball. T...
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Young Boys Playing a Game

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Description: A group of young boys gathered at the steps at the front of a house engaging in some kind of game, perhaps a game of chance. One boy is sitting above them ...
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A Game of Cards

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Description: A group of boys play a game of cards while sitting on the ground between the steps of some houses. At least four boys wear caps, three are wearing pants wi...
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Bloch as King Geek

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Description: Robert Bloch, standing next to shelves of books, in front of a door covered with cardboard. He is wearing the gaudy costume of the King Geek for a photo sh...
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Couple Related to Gauer

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Description: Couple posing outside. Harold Gauer's brother Norman with his "exotic oriental" dance wife, Wong Lee.
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Man and Woman on Front Lawn

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Description: A man smoking a cigar and wearing a helmet sits on a chair on a front lawn with a woman, presumably his wife, standing behind him.
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Street Game

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Description: Several boys play a street game in a residential area, two blocks away from the deserted playground.
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Angie Vail in Suit

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Description: Formal portrait of Angie Vail (nee Siajn), taken by Harold Gauer in his Brady Street apartment. On the wall a small American flag is propped on the apartme...

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