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Vaughan House Interior

Date: 07 10 1953
Description: Living room in the Vaughan house. There is fireplace with a framed portrait of a woman above the mantel, and a framed portrait of a man propped on the floo...
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Santa Claus Getting Ready for his Journey

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Man dressed as Santa Claus sitting in front of a fireplace in an armchair, lighting his pipe with a candle. His pom-pom hat is hanging over the back of the...
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Ed & Donna Stein

Date: 02 19 1954
Description: Photographer Ed Stein and his wife, Donna, in formal dress before attending the University of Wisconsin prom at the Memorial Union. He is in a tuxedo and s...
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Family Posing in Front of Fireplace

Date: 12 11 1954
Description: A couple with their young daughter posing in front of a home fireplace to take a photograph for their Christmas Card.
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Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Staged scenario of a lonely and isolated elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair by a fireplace and spinning wheel. "Aunt Jennie" is portrayed by Margueri...
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One of Madison's Prominent Ladies

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: Milo and Ida Kittleson in their Spaight Street home. He is an attorney, and she has been active in several local charities.
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It's Off to School We Go

Date: 08 20 1957
Description: Pierre du Vair, a June graduate from Notre Dame University, is shown working at his typewriter and tape recorder preparing for graduate study in economics ...
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Edgewood High School Teen-Age Potluck Group

Date: 11 05 1957
Description: Edgewood High School teen-age girls gather for a potluck before a football game. The potluck was at the home of Mark and Mary Schmitz and hosted by their ...
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James Edward Doyle, Sr. Family

Date: 02 02 1958
Description: Portrait of the family of Attorney James Doyle, Sr. From left to right behind Mr. Doyle are: James Junior, Catherine, his wife Ruth, oldest daughter Mary,...
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Serving Tea, a Gracious Custom

Date: 02 18 1958
Description: Sitting in front of the fireplace in the family home at 535 Wisconsin Avenue are Mrs. Lucien (Mary) Hanks, her daughter and two friends. They are (left to ...
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We Saw You at Dietetic Group's Tea

Date: 04 18 1958
Description: Charter members of the Wisconsin Dietetic Association were honored at a tea held at the intern residence hall of University hospitals. Three who have worke...
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Home Decorated with Articles from India

Date: 06 17 1958
Description: A group of Indian art objects on the mantel in the home of Agatha Fowlkes on Cambridge Road.
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University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 21 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin president Conrad A. Elvehjem seated in the peaceful, quiet study on the third floor of Olin House, the official residence.
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University of Wisconsin Student Conference

Date: 09 13 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin students gathered in Kronshage Hall for a conference.
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Dream House Built from Plans in Newspaper

Date: 11 29 1960
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. (Schim) Elliott and son Michael in the living room of their house built as their "dream home" from plans in the Wisconsin State J...
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James Edward Doyle, Sr. Family

Date: 02 02 1958
Description: James Doyle, Jr. swinging a golf club under the gaze of his father, James Doyle, Sr. They are in a living room by the fireplace.

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