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Ansel Adams in his Home Darkroom

Date: 1968
Description: Photographer Ansel Adams working in his darkroom at his home.
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Ansel Adams in his Home Office

Date: 1968
Description: Ansel Adams talks on the telephone in his home office.
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G.I. Loan at Anchor Savings and Loan Association

Date: 03 16 1945
Description: Anchor Savings and Loan Association staff making the first G.I. loan to Arthur L. Cass, discharged veteran, and his wife so they can purchase a home at 330...
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Man and Woman in Parlor

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Description: Elderly woman and man posed in a parlor with large wood stove. Probably Mr. And Mrs. Squires who owned a business in town, the Squires Oyster House.
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A Theatrical Production at a Displaced Persons Camp

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Description: Portrait of a man and a woman performing in a theatrical production at a displaced persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wis...
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Refugees Work as Clerks in a D.P. Camp Office

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Description: Three male refugees working as clerks in the office of a displaced persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors...
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Refugees in a Food Warehouse at a D.P. Camp

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Description: Refugees stand behind supplies in a food warehouse at a displaced persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors...
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Refugees Learn the Tailoring Trade

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Description: Unidentified refugees learn the tailoring trade; Germany.
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Man and Woman in Sitting Room

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Description: Portrait of a man and a woman posed sitting in the corner of a room near a desk and two book stands. The desk has a clock and many books on it.
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Public Housing Hearing at Madison Common Council

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: Elevated view of members of the Madison Common (City) Council and speakers at a hearing of the Madison Housing Authority's (MHA) proposed public housing pr...
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Madison Home Show

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Mr. & Mrs. Otto Kautz are looking at floor plans and model homes. About one-hundred exhibitors have arranged displays in four tents to show the newest and ...
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Madison Home Show Television Demonstration

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Television was a feature enjoyed by children and adults at the Madison Home Show. The fascination of new improvements for the home, many of them on displa...
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Madison Home Show

Date: 09 15 1950
Description: Three men standing at the microphone during a WIBA Radio broadcast from the Madison Home Show.
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Children with Cream Separator

Date: 05 25 1927
Description: A boy is holding a drinking glass up to the spout of a cream separator as a man is pouring a metal milk pail into the device. A young girl is sitting on a ...
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William P. Robinson Residence

Date: 01 09 1952
Description: Living room of the William P. Robinson residence, located at 1923 North Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are sitting before before the electric organ.
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Danger of Curved Staircase

Date: 07 1927
Description: A man descending a curved staircase inside a building. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department to illustra...
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Working Conditions on Railroad Car Ferries

Date: 09 10 1946
Description: Worker reads union newspaper while sitting on a bunk and smoking a cigar. Part of a series on working conditions aboard Lake Michigan railroad car ferries....
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St. James Volunteers

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Group portrait of twenty men who volunteered their time to help remodel a home at 1129 Mound Street into a new convent for the nuns of St. James' Parish.
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Hope Nursing Home

Date: 06 1994
Description: "Ossie Reimer of Lomira with his dog, Rusty, entertains patients at Hope Nursing Home."
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 387-393

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Description: Hang hope still higher, let it ring
Spend every care this day

for hope itself must decorate the dream

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