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| Date: | 12 28 1981 |
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| Description: | Father reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain to his son. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | U.S. Congressman of Wisconsin John J. Esch seated at his desk. |
| Date: | 08 12 1958 |
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| Description: | Urbane gentleman shows off his sophisticated high fidelity wall system with reel-to-reel tape deck, reels of tape, and record albums. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Photographer Herman Taylor's children sit at a little table in front of the hearth in the library. |
| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | Mr. Wolfe sitting in a chair reading Successful Farming magazine to a young child on his lap. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a... |
| Date: | 12 20 1930 |
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| Description: | Informal portrait of Jerome C. and May Holt sitting in rockers in their living room at 1922 Madison Street. |
| Date: | 09 30 1930 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and his wife Rachael Young La Follette in the library at Maple Bluff Farm. This photograph was taken durin... |
| Date: | 09 28 1928 |
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| Description: | Albert Hinman Residence, 1 Vista Road, showing the living room interior with fireplace and bookcase detail. There is a floor model radio on the right. |
| Date: | 07 20 1960 |
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| Description: | First floor library in Lucian M. Hanks house, 525 Wisconsin Avenue. |
| Date: | 01 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Widely known twin sisters in southern Wisconsin, Cecelia (left) and Alma Moore, now Mrs. Walter M. (Cecelia) Mass, Jr., and Mrs. Robert O. (Alma) Bauch. Th... |
| Date: | 07 27 1949 |
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| Description: | The living room of the Winfield Martin house, 2906 Lakeland Avenue (earlier address, 611 Elmside Boulevard), with built-in bookcases, cupboards ande a free... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Otto G. Ansorge sits in his home on Lake Avenue and reads. Ansorge was a jeweler and band director in Winneconne. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Ada Bass with her son, Edward Cary, sitting on a couch. |
| Date: | 06 01 1950 |
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| Description: | A book on Girl Souting by a Wisconsin author is presented to Mary Rennebohm, wife of Governor Oscar Rennebohm, for her Wisconsin library. Pictured during t... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | A couch, several wooden chairs, and a table are arranged in the living room of Mrs. Sam Barns. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Aaron (Joanna) Middleton sits at a table with her hand resting on a book. She was the mother of William Middleton, and mother-in-law of Clara Middleto... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | William Elwell Middleton stands beside the giant candy cane which he won on Christmas Day, 1909. There is a bookcase in the background. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A portrait, possibly a self-portrait, of Clara Middleton seated in her home. She wears a large hat; her gloves rest in her lap. There is a jardiniere with ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Forest Middleton sleeps on a settee as his father, William, reads and his mother and Grandmother Joanna Middleton sit nearby. |
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