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Cleaning Fish

Date: 11 16 1939
Description: Edgar Krueger and his son, Robert, straddling a bench while cleaning fish. A cat is crouching beneath the bench sniffing the discarded portions of the fish...
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Four Lakes Council Boy Scouts Circus

Date: 04 15 1961
Description: 1500 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorer Scouts, and their adult volunteers in the Four Lakes Council participated in circus performances at the Dane County F...
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Dr. William F. Petersen and Sons

Date: 08 10 1930
Description: Dr. William Petersen stands behind a bench posing with his three sons, posed on bench, from left, William Otto (standing, holding a ball), Conrad William, ...
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William F. and Edward Petersen

Date: 1927
Description: Dr. William F. Petersen, with his son Edward, poses next to a dragon that he created for his sons at Black Point Estate.
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William F. Petersen and Sons

Date: 1927
Description: Dr. William F. Petersen sits in the doorway of a toy teepee playing with his sons Conrad, left, and Edward, dressed in Indian costumes. Edward wields a toy...
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Fourth of July Activities

Date: 07 04 1961
Description: M.M. (Dusty) Rhodes barbecues chicken outdoors as his daughter watches.
Postcard

Harold McCormick and Daughters

Date: 1914
Description: Harold McCormick and his two young daughters pose on a sled/sledge in front of a painted background.
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Edward P. Bridgman and Daughter

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of Edward P. Bridgman and his daughter in Madison, WI. Seated half figure of man facing front, torso turned to right, wearing coat an...
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Dancing Canepas Family

Date: 12 29 1964
Description: Posing in a line are the "Dancing Canepas, composed of Tony and Alberta Canepas and their eleven children. They are planning to open a Madison branch of th...
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The Richter Family

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards Charles S. Richter rowing a boat on the mill pond, now Montello Lake. With him are his wife, sitting at right, his daughter Ethel...
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"Miracle Baby" Patrick Comfert Celebrates His Second Birthday

Date: 12 16 1965
Description: Patrick Comfert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Comfert, 1841 Rutledge Street, celebrates his second birthday. Patrick was born on December 27, 1963 after his m...
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Frederick Jackson Turner and His Children

Date: 1894
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner holding his two children, Dorothy and Jackson Allen Turner and in their Frances Street home.
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William F. Allen and Son, Will

Date: 1889
Description: Professor William F. Allen seated and writing at a desk in the study of his home at 228 Langdon St. His son Will is seated in a chair and reading. A large ...
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Louis (?) Luce (?) and daughter Louise (?)

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Description: Three-quarter length ferrotype/tintype of a seated man, thought to be Louis Luce, and standing next to him, his daughter Louise, from Stevens Point, WI. Hi...
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Victor Berger and Family

Date: 1910
Description: Formal studio portrait of the Berger family and a young boy in front of a painted backdrop. Names, left to right: Doris Berger, Jack Anderson, Victor Berge...
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Fargo Family at Lake

Date: 1889
Description: A family posing in an open carriage pulled by a matched team of horses on the shore of Rock Lake near Lake Mills. A handwritten caption identifies the fami...
Historical Object

Fargo Family

Date: 07 1900
Description: A decorated album page features two photographs of members of the Fargo family posing near the ornate porch of their home. In the photograph on the left, F...
Historical Object

Album Page with Cousins

Date: 1903
Description: An album page comprises five photographic prints and a watercolor painting of a shooting star (Dodecatheon) flower. The photograph at lower right was taken...
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Frank B. Fargo Family

Date: 1906
Description: An album page features a collection of family photographs which include head and shoulders studio portraits of Frank B. Fargo and his wife Louise Mears Far...
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Alvin Kraenzlein with Son on Beach

Date: 1912
Description: Alvin Kraenzlein standing on a sandy beach holding the hand of his toddler son. Behind them is the shoreline.

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