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Family Bomb Shelter

Date: 1952
Description: A Wisconsin family inside their new bomb shelter.
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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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Father with Three Children

Date: 05 1958
Description: A father, Peter Froeming, watching as his three children George, Robert, and Roseann are playing with wooden blocks, with a small toy canoe in the foregrou...
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Father Holding Child

Date: 1960
Description: A father is holding his young son in his arms.
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Gesell Family Burlesque

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Description: The Gesell family in costume with broom, sword, and other props for a humorous picture. Family members identified as follows: Gerhard Jr. (drinking from pi...
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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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Girl in a Mini-Race Car

Date: 05 02 1956
Description: Father demonstrates controls of a mini-race car as his daughter sits in the car.
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Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian Father and Sons

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Description: Wisconsin Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indians Foster DeCorah and sons. Foster and son Robert served in Co. D of the 128th Infantry and were killed in WWI.
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Father and Daughter in Orchard with International Truck

Date: 1952
Description: Publicity photograph showing a little girl sitting on the running board of an International R-series pickup truck and eating an apple while her father pick...
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Richard M. Nixon and Family

Date: 1952
Description: Group portrait of Richard M. Nixon and his family during the 1952 presidential election campaign when he was the running mate in Dwight D. Eisenhower's suc...
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Family Group at WIBU Radio Station

Date: 12 29 1944
Description: Reverend C.O. and Mrs. Grobber and daughters at WIBU radio station studio. Reverend Grobber is sitting in front of a microphone, Mrs. Grobber and daughters...
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George Little & Son Leaving Madison

Date: 04 14 1932
Description: George Little, former University of Wisconsin athletic director, and son George Jr., leaving Madison, at railroad station.
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Denton Family

Date: 12 28 1941
Description: Group portrait of Denton family showing parents, five daughters, two dolls, a Christmas tree and a dog.
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Tecumsa and Family

Date: 1922
Description: Tecumsa, a Potowatomi, and his family. Tecumsa is standing in the back in the center, and a man is sitting in front of him on a blanket holding up an hatch...
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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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International Travelall

Date: 1971
Description: Color advertising photograph of a family enjoying a campfire near their Travelall 1010 truck and Mallard camper. The father of the family strums his guitar...
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Cedakunim and His Son, Benjamin

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Description: Cedakumin, chief of the Clyaquot Indians, seated next to his son, Benjamin.
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Robert La Follette, Sr. and Jr.

Date: 12 1906
Description: Formal seated portrait of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., with Robert M. La Follette, Jr. standing by his side. This portrait was taken in Madison at the end o...
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Methodist Church and Parsonage

Date: 1885
Description: View of the Methodist Church and parsonage, with Reverend Elvardo Cyrus Potter standing outside with his daughter, Grace.

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