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Christian Turck House

Date: 1900
Description: Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant.
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Mexican Migrant Workers

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: A Mexican woman and her six children are standing on the porch of the multiple-family housing provided to them by the pea cannery for which their husband a...
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Family Farm House

Date: 1879
Description: Harold and Gunhild Mickelson with five of their daughters (Bertha Mickelson Bragger and her husband are standing on the right), in Section 23 of the Town o...
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Webb House in British Hollow

Date: 1930
Description: Webb house with family standing on back porch. House built by John Webb, an early immigrant and Cornish miner.
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Night School

Date: 05 1940
Description: Adult students pose in class at a night school, where they took classes in English and citizenship at Neighborhood House.
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Ruby Kubota

Date: 05 17 1944
Description: Portrait of Ruby Kubota, president of Groves Housing Co-op of the University of Wisconsin. Her father, George Kubota, came to the United States from Japan ...
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Immigrants at Ellis Island

Date: 1900
Description: A group of immigrants, both children and adults, who have just arrived at Ellis Island.
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Union Solidarity

Date: 1959
Description: Children of striking Peyton Packing Company workers, all of Latin American descent, with gifts sent by union members in Wichita Kansas.
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Maria and Henry Getto in Yard

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Description: Maria and Henry Getto in the yard of their farm with windmill in the background, Oulu Township.
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Portrait of Rosa Goldberg Katz, Bernard Katz, and Son

Date: 1952
Description: Group portrait of Rosa Goldberg Katz, Bernard Katz, and their son, Arthur.
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Salvator and Thelma Moshe Picnicking

Date: 1950
Description: Holocaust survivor Salvator Moshe and his wife, Thelma, picnicking at Southshore Park.
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Bridget O'Keefe Quinney

Date: 1919
Description: Brigit O'Keefe Quinney, Richard Quinney's great grandmother, sitting next to the family's farmhouse and flowering hollyhocks.
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Walter Bray

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Description: Seated studio portrait of Walter Bray, Richard Quinney's great great grandfather.
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Rachel Baker Bray

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Description: Seated studio portrait of Rachel Baker Bray, Richard Quinney's great great grandmother.
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Italian Displaced Person in Madison

Date: 12 30 1951
Description: Pietro Palumbo, seated at a table, visits with his sponsor Matt Lombardino about his plans for a "new life" in Madison after arriving here as a displaced p...
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Green Bay Food Company Camp

Date: 1966
Description: Buildings along an unpaved road served as a camp for migrant farm workers working for the Green Bay Food Company.

In 1946, more than 4,000 farmworkers fr...

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Central Wisconsin Labor Camp

Date: 1967
Description: A central Wisconsin labor camp consisting of a row of wooden framed building with asphalt siding which housed migrant laborers. At the center, three childr...
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Tribute for Armand Ketterer

Date: 02 11 1958
Description: Jack Burke standing at a podium onstage while reading a tribute and life story of Armand F. Ketterer, principal of Franklin school, standing at right.
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Welcoming New Citizens

Date: 01 19 1960
Description: Three new American citizens are shown with Mary Murphy, left. They are Dr. Noe Neaves, formerly of Mexico; Gerda Niehus, originally from Germany; and Hilda...
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Welcoming New Citizens

Date: 01 19 1960
Description: The Lawyers' Wives of Dane County welcome new citizens with a reception at the State Bar of Wisconsin building. At left Mr. and Mrs. Charles Treige, former...

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