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Veterans Housing

Date: 1947
Description: Three men at the University of Wisconsin, with tent and sign that reads "People of Madison! Vets in tent need rooms to rent".
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Dale Farm

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Description: A scrapbook page containing five photographs of John R. Commons and farm labor. The handwriting in the center reads: "Dale Farm with AL and Windy." Caption...
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Richland Center Carnegie Library

Date: 1911
Description: Interior view of the Carnegie Library, Richland Center, WI. Two people are seated at a table reading at the far left. A frieze decorates the wall above a d...
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Log Cabin

Date: 1914
Description: Log cabin known as the "haunted house" on Rock Island, remodeled by Chester Thordarson. There are three people sitting on the porch.
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Historical Society Reading Room

Date: 1904
Description: University of Wisconsin students (primarily women) studying in the Historical Society Library Reading Room. On the left is the Visitors Gallery.
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Elderly Woman in Highlander Library

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Description: An elderly woman in a straw sun hat reading a book in the Highlander Folk School Library.
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Man Lighting a Cigar

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Description: Two men smoking cigars, one in the process of lighting his while reading a newspaper, possibly the "Union Farmer".
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Mabel Tainter Memorial Library

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Description: Interior view of the Mabel Tainter Memorial Library. The library opened in 1891 and was funded by a $95,000 gift from Captain & Mrs. A. Tainter. On the rig...
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Chauncey Bottum

Date: 01 24 1944
Description: Autographed photograph of Chauncey "The Bear Hunter" Bottum reading a magazine called Traveler. The autograph is for Governor Goodland, and reads "B...
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YWCA Patio

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Description: Four African-American women read and enjoy the outdoor patio at the YWCA. The brick patio area features a small garden with a birdbath.
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library Reading Room

Date: 1914
Description: View of the Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room with people studying at tables.
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Reading Room of the First Church of Christ Scientist

Date: 1900
Description: View of the reading room of the First Church of Christ Scientist, built in 1903. A man and a woman are sitting at a table surrounded by chairs and wooden b...
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Will You Love Me Always

Date: 1870
Description: Valentine's Day card with a woman sitting in a meadow reading a book. She is wearing a yellow dress and a red hat with a feather. To the right in the backg...
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In the Uranium Tunnel

Date: 1954
Description: Men and women seated on benches along both walls of Kenneth Crook's Uranium Tunnel in Lone Rock. Note the uranium pads visitors hold in their laps or on th...
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Heat Rationing

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Description: After Pearl Harbor American diplomats and journalists were interned at the Grand Hotel in the German resort community of Bad Nauheim until their release in...
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Milwaukee Journal Tour Club Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Milwaukee Journal Tour Club, a national automobile club, with a three-quarter view of the company building surrounded by scenes of a hote...
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Cat in the Hat Day

Date: 02 1998
Description: Congressman David R. Obey reads from "The Cat in the Hat" to young constituents who are wearing special hats. In the background are several shelves of book...
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Fishing and Hunting Group

Date: 1888
Description: A group of young men and women posed before the tents of a hunting and fishing camp.
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Double Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Double portrait, probably in a studio, of two men, in two different poses, one on the left and one on the right. Both men are wearing hats and suits. In th...

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