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Twin Infants in Coffins

Date: 1886
Description: Studio portrait of deceased twin infants in coffins. They are Robert and Janet Fitzpatrick, born July 5, 1885, died April 20, 1886, children of Robert and ...
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Joseph R. McCarthy Funeral

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: Marine honor guard at the funeral of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. Jean McCarthy (wearing a round black hat), stands to the left of the Marines. McCarthy's ...
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Body of Man in Casket

Date: 10 13 1948
Description: Open casket containing body of a man, and large floral displays surrounding it.
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Funerals for Glenn Frank Sr. and Jr. at the State Capitol

Date: 09 18 1940
Description: The caskets of University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and his son Glenn, Jr. are carried up the steps of the Monona Avenue entrance to the Wisconsin...
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Anniversary of JFK Assassination

Date: 11 1964
Description: Delegates from the International Labor Press Association place a marker on the grave of President John F. Kennedy to mark the first anniversary of his deat...
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Beck Funeral Home

Date: 02 15 1978
Description: "On Feb. 13, Herbert Sellnow died unexpectedly at the age of 57 years, 11 months, and 16 days. As events turned out, this was the last funeral in the Beck ...
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Burial Service at Zion Lutheran Church

Date: 02 16 1978
Description: "Lester Beck readies the casket for the burial service at Zion Lutheran Church."
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 70-78

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Description: If everything stopped dead — watches, tickers, hands — on every island something new would bloom
and another age begin
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 640-647

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Description: You who were spared I talked with night but last
about the velvet years
I remember from the window
The one that is blown is the one gone wild
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Funeral for a Child

Date: 1902
Description: Group standing outdoors in the yard of a small clapboard church at the funeral of a small child. The child's white coffin, surrounded by mourners, stands o...
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Composite Floral Funeral Portrait

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Description: Photographic postcard of a composite studio portrait of funeral floral arrangements and a man in front of a painted backdrop. A head and shoulders portrait...
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Funeral Arrangement

Date: 1912
Description: Floral funeral arrangement for William Jaeger. A large head and shoulders portrait of him is resting on two chairs behind floral arrangements, with "Vater"...
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Funeral Floral Arrangement

Date: 1912
Description: Funeral floral arrangement for William Jaeger. His framed portrait is sitting on two wooden chairs. He is wearing a suit and has a neckbeard. Flower arrang...
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Traffic Patrolman James Jantz' Funeral

Date: 08 24 1961
Description: Mrs. James C. Jantz, wife of the slain policeman, holding the arm of her mother, Mrs. Roger Keith, and leaning on the shoulder of her brother, Jerome Boyer...
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Funeral Service

Date: 03 13 2015
Description: Father Robert Schaller is standing next to a casket holding the body of David Marcou's father, David A. Marcou inside St. James Church. There are flower ar...

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