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William Hobbins in Costume

Date: 02 08 1955
Description: William Suhr Hobbins, master of ceremonies for the Madison Art Association Beaux Arts Ball, in a large nightgown on which he painted a modernistic art pict...
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Interior of Modern Home

Date: 10 04 1955
Description: Basement bar in a modern home.
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Tea at the Governor's Residence

Date: 10 01 1944
Description: Officers of the Wisconsin Business and Professional Women's Club attending a tea at the Governor's Residence, 130 E. Gilman Street. Left to right around th...
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Elizabeth Waters Dormitory Library

Date: 09 24 1947
Description: Five women enjoying the library at Elizabeth Waters Dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The portrait on the wall at the far end is of ...
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Wisconsin Governor's Residence

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Mrs. Oscar (Mary) Rennebohm arranging flowers in the drawing room of the Wisconsin Governor's residence, 130 East Gilman Street. The house is 93 years old ...
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Wisconsin Governor's Residence

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Interior view of the Wisconsin Governor's residence, 130 East Gilman Street. The dining room is furnished with walnut furniture. Over the buffet is one of ...
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Wisconsin Governor's Residence

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Interior view of the Wisconsin Governor's residence, 130 E. Gilman Street, showing a marble fireplace in one of the rooms, furnished with contemporary furn...
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Getting Ready for Christmas

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: June (Mrs. Robert O.) McLean, and her children Roderick and Gwen, putting the finishing touches on a Gingerbread House.
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Getting Ready for Christmas

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: Making an attractive Christmas picture, Janet Woodman holds her baby son, Douglas Shaw, in the center of a huge pine wreath hanging in a doorway.
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Four Generations of Family Females

Date: 03 27 1948
Description: A four-generation group portrait of three women with an infant. Taken for Mrs. Bakken.
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Edgewater Hotel Lobby

Date: 03 26 1948
Description: Edgewater Hotel lake shore lobby decorated by Lowell Frautschi of Frautschi's Inc., 219 King Street, where warm colors and bold lines create an air of eleg...
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Eagle Heights Apartment Interior

Date: 01 26 1949
Description: Mrs. J.E. Hurff standing on the stairway of her Eagle Heights apartment, furnished with Chinese art objects purchased during Captain J.E. Hurff's naval dut...
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Winterble-Keys Farmhouse

Date: 02 03 1949
Description: The living room of the historic stone farmhouse at 901 University Bay Drive, recently renovated by Freda Keys Winterble. The house was named "Keystone" aft...
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Bakke House on Odana Road

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: The dining room in the Westye F. Bakke home at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing one of the house's several large plate glass windows. The y...
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Westye Bakke House Living Room

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: Interior view of the Westye Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing the living room. There is a piano in the right corner. A tree i...
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Westye Bakke House Fireplace

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Fireplace in the Westye Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road). There is a mirror over the fireplace, and two chairs are arranged in front...
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Westye Bakke House Bedroom

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Interior view of the Westye Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing a bedroom.
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Westye Bakke House Bedroom

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Interior view of the Westye Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) showing a bedroom. Trees in the yard can be seen through the draperies ...
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Winfield Martin House

Date: 07 27 1949
Description: Interior of the Winfield Martin house, 2906 Lakeland Avenue (earlier address: 611 Elmside Boulevard), showing the stairway, with a telephone on a cabinet n...
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Winfield Martin House

Date: 07 27 1949
Description: Interior of the Winfield Martin house, 2906 Lakeland Avenue (earlier address: 611 Elmside Boulevard), showing the upstairs hall at the top of the stairway....

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