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| Date: | 11 06 1965 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Mary Kundrat, age 85, moved to the United States from Czechoslovakia in 1907. She describes her life in places she has lived and the work she has done... |
| Date: | 1849 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Lamont and his wife, Scottish immigrants. Waist-up portrait, seated facing forward. He is wearing a suit and tie, and she is w... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| Description: | A large crowd of protesters standing on the street outside the Republican presidential debate. The group are mostly college age, although a young boy is st... |
| Date: | 05 03 1926 |
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| Description: | Border crossing papers issues by the U.S. Department of Labor for Jovita Prado who was going from Mexico to Milwaukee. |
| Date: | 05 01 2006 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large group of people, largely from the Latino community, marching from Walker's Point, through the downtown, to the Lake Michigan lakef... |
| Date: | 05 1955 |
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| Description: | Jan Bruhn, 15, chatting with her grandfather, A.T. Bruhn, at the Club. He headed a Junior Rifle Club in Denmark in 1884-1886 at the age of 9. |
| Date: | 12 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Tibor L. Zana, a 23 year old Hungarian dance instructor and student at Carroll College, teaches ballet to about 60 residents of Lake Mills in a room over a... |
| Date: | 12 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Tibor L. Zana, a 23 year old Hungarian dance instructor and student at Carroll College, teaches ballet to about 60 residents of Lake Mills in a room over a... |
| Date: | 12 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Tibor L. Zana, a 23 year old Hungarian dance instructor and student at Carroll College, teaches ballet to about 60 residents of Lake Mills in a room over a... |
| Date: | 05 15 1959 |
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| Description: | Sigmund Birkenmayer, a graduate teaching assistant in Slavic languages at the University of Wisconsin, has been appointed an assistant professor in Russian... |
| Date: | 11 12 1917 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of A. J. Sack, who was director of the Russian Information Bureau and author of The Birth of the Russian Democracy, America's P... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Portrait. Caption reads: "George Gillette. Born in London, England in 1811, died Swaledale, Iowa in December 1908. Farmed at Springfield Corners, Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Edward Gilley, an English immigrant and farmer near Cooksville. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of a man seated, with a woman standing next to him. Caption reads: "Rev. Jas. Gillespie & wife. Preached in Necedah over 50 years ... |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Oval-framed waist-up portrait of Lars K. Aaker, a Norse immigrant, farmer, Civil War veteran and Minnesota state legislator. He emigrated to the United Sta... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of Reverend Monseigneur Peter Matthias Abbelen, who was vicar general of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, and later spirit... |
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| Description: | Vignetted waist-up portrait of Dr. Henry William Abraham, a German immigrant, physician, and president of the Fox River Valley Medical Society. |
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| Description: | A man poses holding an easel, next to a portrait painting. The artist is Christian Abrahamsen, a Norwegian-born painter who was active in Chicago. The subj... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Vignetted waist-up portrait of Mary Matthews Adams, wife of Charles Kendall Adams, 1890-1902. She was a philanthropist and poet, whose published works incl... |
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| Description: | Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Mary Matthews Adams, wife of Charles Kendall Adams, 1890-1902. She was a philanthropist and poet, whos... |
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