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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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John Walker

Date: 06 15 1933
Description: John Walker, father of 16 children, standing outside a greenhouse with a pipe in his mouth.
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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...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvesting Machinery Catalog Cover

Date: 1889
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering & Company, manufacturers of harvesting machinery. The cover features a framed inset of a scene of...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Advertising Catalog

Date: 1889
Description: Advertising catalog for grain cutting (harvesting) machinery manufactured by William Deering and Company. Features an illustration of children sitting with...
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Martin, Bill and Bruce Brown with their Lionel Train Set

Date: 1962
Description: Crewman are Brown and sons, Bill, 13 (right), and Bruce, 9. They plan to call their road the MBB Granite Railroad--for Martin, Bill, Bruce, and Montello, w...
Postcard

Fathers and Sons Drinking

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Description: Studio portrait of two fathers and their sons holding drinks in front of a painted backdrop. In the front row, from left to right, are Jacob Birrenkott of ...
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Thorsten Horton and Myles Horton Reading Newspaper

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Description: Myles Horton, cofounder of Highlander Folk School, smoking a pipe and reading the Nashville Banner newspaper, posing with his son, Thorsten.
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Thorsten Horton, Myles Horton, and Rosa Parks

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Description: Thorsten and Myles Horton, sitting on left, watching Rosa Parks, standing and speaking at Highlander Folk School.
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J. Robert Taylor and Son

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Description: J. Robert Taylor standing on a lake pier with either his son Frederick or Robert. Both of them are wearing swimming suits, and a boat is underneath the pie...
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Rev. Wright at Emmett Till Murder Trial

Date: 09 1955
Description: Rev. Moses Wright and his son Simon outside the Sumner courthouse where two white men were on trial for the murder of 14 year-old Emmett Till (Wright's nep...
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Winners of Maple Bluff Golf Tournament

Date: 09 13 1953
Description: Fred Kellogg Jr. and Fred Kellogg, Sr. hold their trophies after winning the Fathers and Sons handicap golf tournament at Maple Bluff Country Club.
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George I. Wallace

Date: 02 27 1957
Description: Portrait of George I. Wallace with pipe in hand. Wallace was a volunteer who served in many offices in area retardation (sic) councils. His two daug...
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Camping

Date: 1910
Description: Dr. Smith's brother-in- law, Franklin E. Bump, and three of his children, Franklin E. Jr., Warner, and Millard Bump, standing in front of a tent in th...
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Studio Group Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified family group posing sitting. The man on the right has a moustache and is holding a ...
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Four Lakes Council Boy Scouts Circus

Date: 04 15 1961
Description: 1,500 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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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger is teaching his daughter, Susan Jane, to ice skate at the Vilas Park ice skating rink by Lake Wingra.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger helping daughter, Susan Jane, learn how to skate at Vilas Park ice rink by Lake Wingra.
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Stanley Bokelmann Celebrates the Birth of Twin Sons

Date: 11 22 1957
Description: Stanley Bokelmann, 337 Orchard Drive, a local builder, celebrates the birth of twin sons at St. Mary's Hospital by hosting two blue pennants on the flag po...
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Family of Squatters

Date: 1972
Description: A family of squatters standing in front of a shack, in a camp outside of Santiago, Chile. The father is holding a child in his arms and the mother is stand...

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