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Norwegian Family with Possessions

Date: 1870
Description: Norwegian family posing with their household possessions, in front of their home. The man dressed in military uniform is a Civil War veteran. Madison, Wisc...
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Family in their Living Room

Date: 1955
Description: Family in their living room. The mother watches television, the father reads a newspaper, the daughter reads a book, and two sons play with a train set.
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Hans Holtan Family

Date: 1879
Description: This is said to be the family of Hans Holtan (a.k.a. Austinson) posed in the yard before a frame house that has carpenter's lace on porch, two separate doo...
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Norwegian Community Picnic

Date: 1873
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large, multi-generational Norwegian family and friends gathered for a picnic celebration. In the foreground are picnic baskets ...
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McCormick Catalog Art

Date: 1890
Description: Lithograph illustration for the back cover of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company catalog. Shows a gentleman sitting in a Victorian parlor pointing to...
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Reverend A. Jacobsen and Family

Date: 1877
Description: Stereograph of Rev. A. Jacobson, family and visitors, Perry, Wis." from Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views." Jacobson (1836-1910) immigrated to t...
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Naturalization

Date: 09 18 1984
Description: Jennie Youn Haeng Seider, 4, of Milwaukee, used her father Jeffrey Seider's back to display her new certificate of naturalization.
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Father Reading to Son

Date: 12 28 1981
Description: Father reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain to his son.
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Infant with Grandmother

Date: 1950
Description: A young child examines a children's book with her grandmother.
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Polio Shot Time

Date: 11 15 1955
Description: All seven siblings in the Marnell family lining up for their polio inoculations.
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Herman Straus and Son

Date: 10 13 1937
Description: Herman Straus and son standing in front of printing press at Straus Printing Co., 214 East Washington Avenue.
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Isabel La Follette & Her Children

Date: 01 07 1935
Description: Mrs. Phillip (Isabel) La Follette reading to Bob and Judy, her children, at the Governor's Residence, 130 East Gilman Street.
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Off to School

Date: 09 03 1931
Description: Wayne Jr. and Marion Klein leave home at 710 Conklin Place for school.
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Phillip La Follette and Family on Election Night

Date: 11 04 1930
Description: Phillip La Follette and family on Election night, November 4, 1930, at the La Follette home.
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Skavlem Family and Frame House

Date: 1875
Description: Family posing outdoors around a table in front of a frame house. There are two men with newspapers, girls with watermelon, and a woman on the porch of the ...
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Homestead and Family

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Description: A family sitting in the farmyard around a table with a simple cloth, books and a vase of flowers. A frame house with three chimneys and shuttered windows i...
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Family under the Trees

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Description: The Newhouse family sitting around a table under trees with a book, goblets, a vase of flowers, a pitcher, a stereoscope and a cloth on the table in front ...
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Woman with Two Children

Date: 1882
Description: Woman sitting in a chair reading, with one child on a rocking horse and another child in a high chair.
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Family at Table

Date: 1878
Description: A family is gathered around a table loaded with books and potted plants. Children sit on soap boxes in front, including a girl with a doll. The frame house...
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Family in front of Wood Frame House

Date: 1878
Description: Three men and two women sit around a table in a yard. Behind them is a picket fence and a wood frame house. One woman holds a fan, another a book. One man ...

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