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Family in their Living Room

Date: 1955
Description: Family in their living room. The mother watches television, the father reads a newspaper, the daughter reads a book, and two sons play with a train set.
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Lithographers Drinking Beer After a Union Meeting

Date: 12 11 1954
Description: Members of Local 7, Amalgamated Lithographers of America, relaxing after a union meeting.
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Presenting Door Prize at Lithographers' Dance

Date: 04 23 1955
Description: Presenting an outboard motor door prize at the annual dance of Local 7, Amalgamated Lithographers of America.
"Howie Roth presented the prizes with the ...
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A Quiet Evening at Home

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Description: Amos Elliot, pioneer stage coach driver, enjoying a quiet evening at home with his second wife, and her daughter (center), Stella Hart.
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Billiard Room at Deering Works Club House

Date: 02 19 1910
Description: Eight gentlemen playing billiards inside the Deering Works (factory) club house. The factory was originally built by William Deering for the Deering Harves...
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Portable Fan

Date: 06 14 1956
Description: Sam Adair of 4380 N Wildwood Av., Shorewood, Wisconsin wearing fan labeled Rheem Personal Portable Air Conditioner around his neck to stay cool.
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Card Players

Date: 10 29 1956
Description: Men playing cards.
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Man Bobbing for Apples

Date: 11 10 1963
Description: A college male successfully plunges for an apple while a college female looks on.
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Television for Patients

Date: 1950
Description: Hospital or nursing home patients are able to view television in their rooms.
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The Riesen Family

Date: 05 28 1955
Description: The Riesen family, John, Jeanne, Linda and Jon, playing in their home.
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Joseph McCarthy in a Pensive Mood

Date: 11 1946
Description: A vigorous campaigner, Joseph R. McCarthy relaxes in front of a log cabin fireplace after his electoral campaign.
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Rennebohm Coffee Break

Date: 1979
Description: Two men enjoy coffee and a cigarette at an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant. At this time cigarette smoking in Madison restaurants took place i...
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Rennebohms Restaurant

Date: 1979
Description: A group of men, all in shirt sleeves and ties, sit at a table at the Rennebohm Drug Store No. 6 restaruant in the First Wisconsin Bank on Capitol Square. A...
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Four Men in a Booth

Date: 1979
Description: Four men in informal attire on their coffee break in an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant. They are sitting in a booth identified as a no smokin...
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Recreation Leadership Club

Date: 12 02 1948
Description: Five University of Wisconsin students in the Community Leadership in Recreation curriculum are watching Prof. James Schwalbach demonstrate metal work in th...
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Man Relaxing in Chair

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Description: A man, possibly Ole Johnson with a pipe and wearing a hat and trousers with suspenders, reclines in a chair and rests his feet on a footstool. He is posing...
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Sleeping Businessman

Date: 1935
Description: An International Harvester dealer, T.F. Hogan, slouches in a couch and sleeps at a convention or meeting.
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University of Wisconsin Recreation Students

Date: 11 23 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin recreation student Mary Ann Busch, Eagle River, receives a call for a student to lead games at a little girl's club. Glenn Gritzmac...
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Drinking at the Lutheran Center Bowling Alley

Date: 01 14 1948
Description: A view from behind the bar in the Lutheran Center Bowling Alley of happy patrons enjoying a beer. One of the two bartenders is also enjoying a beverage.
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Playing Biliards in the Central Park Officers House

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Description: Uniformed men play billiards and relax in the Central Park Officers House. The room includes two billiard tables, chandeliers, and other interior decoratio...

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