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Wendell Willkie with Governor and Mrs. Goodland

Date: 03 19 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie with the Governor and Mrs. Walter Goodland and their dog in the Governor's residence during Willkie's 1944 Presidential campaign visit to W...
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Interior of Historic Statz House

Date: 09 26 1955
Description: Slightly elevated view of Lenore Middleton (Mrs. Forest Middleton) posing with her cat in the antique-filled living room of her home at 3241 Highbury Road ...
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Jeanne De Barr with Seeing Eye Dog

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Jeanne De Barr with her seeing eye dog, Nellie.
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Cat Sitting Up

Date: 02 09 1944
Description: A cat sitting up on its hind legs on a sofa or chair. The cat may belong to Wayland Noland.
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Dorothy Birt and sons David and Micheal

Date: 05 15 1944
Description: Dorothy Birt (Mrs. Charles Birt), and her two sons, Micheal and David, and their dog Cinder, in their home at 130 Lakewood Boulevard. Major Charles Birt is...
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Children and Dogs

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Group portrait of the three children of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hobbins, 3805 Council Crest: Anne Dee, 13 months; Margaret, 8; and John, 10; shown with "Joe" ...
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Children and Dogs

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Group portrait of the three children of Mr. and Mrs. W.L. Ragartz, 1029 Seminole Highway, from left to right: Fritzie, 20 months; Dick, 7; and Tom, 10; sho...
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Wolterswoods Kennels Cocker Spaniels

Date: 12 30 1947
Description: Two cream colored Cocker Spaniels standing on a cage. They were owned by Mrs. Joseph T. Wolters of Wolterswoods Kennels, Dane County.
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Washington School First Graders

Date: 04 28 1948
Description: First graders at Madison's Washington School used special activities to help build their vocabularies. In this photograph five students admire kittens and ...
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Madison Business and Professional Women's Club

Date: 10 12 1948
Description: Group portrait of three members of the scholarship committee of the Madison Business and Profession Women's Club meeting at the residence of the governor w...
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Truax Barracks Fire

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Four Truax barracks apartment neighbors who rescued Walter Alburn and two of his children from the Alburn apartment after a kerosene explosion and resultin...
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Edward B.A. Sokoloski Home

Date: 02 10 1949
Description: The knotty pine living room in the home of the Edward B.A. Sokoloski family at 874 Woodrow Street. Mrs. Lucille Sokoloski is reading a book, and the family...
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Children and Their Pets

Date: 04 02 1949
Description: Seven-year-old Fred "Freddy" Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.W. (Colya) Nelson, 3918 Nakoma Road, with his pet alligator, "George". The baby alligator was se...
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Children and Their Pets

Date: 04 02 1949
Description: Two large bowls of guppies are the center of interest for ten-year-old Gill and seven-year-old Fritz in the living room of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred...
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Children and Their Pets

Date: 04 02 1949
Description: Eight-year-old Mary Katherine Westover, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E.F. (Marguerite) Westover, 3306 Topping Road, with her special pet, a tame mallard duck a...
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Yahara River Hearing by Dane County Park Commission

Date: 07 13 1949
Description: Dane County Park Commission meeting to hear complaints regarding dead fish in the Yahara River. Stoughton Mayor Truman Felland is standing at the right, te...
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Mrs. Mark (Ruth) Schorer and Family

Date: 07 15 1949
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. Mark (Ruth) Schorer (center), her daughter, Suki, age 10 (at left), her son, Page, age 12 (standing behind his mother), and her niec...
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Unusual Kitten

Date: 10 26 1949
Description: Bubbles, a black and white kitten sitting on the lap of its owner, Janet Kanneberg, eighth grade, 1252 Sherman Avenue. Janet has a wardrobe for Bubbles and...
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Opossum at Lincoln School

Date: 12 01 1949
Description: Three girls from Lincoln School pose with an opossum that escaped from its cage. The students are, left to right, Nancy Hagen, Jean Diane Gutzman, and Jane...
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Clarence Scholl Home in Spring Green

Date: 03 10 1950
Description: The living room of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Scholl on East Montroe Street. Mrs. Scholl is seated in a lipstick red chair next to the Lannon stone fireplace...

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