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Bunde & Upmeyer Ad

Date: 1901
Description: Advertisement for Bunde & Upmeyer jewelers with a drawing of a butterfly-winged faerie holding a jeweled nacklace and hovering among several gemstones. The...
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Watt Children in Field with Lamb

Date: 1900
Description: Glendora and Russell Watt, the children of Ephraim and Adelaide Watt are standing with a lamb in an open field. Glendora is holding a bottle for feeding th...
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Eliza C. Scidmore and Eliza R. Scidmore

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Description: Vignetted studio portrait of Eliza Catherine Scidmore and Eliza Ruhumah Scidmore posing together.
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Laird's Office

Date: 2008
Description: Former Wisconsin congressman and defense secretary Melvin Laird seated at the replica of his former offices built by the Marshfield Clinic as part of the L...
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Mr. Harmonica Man

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Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, who formed a bluegrass band known as the Capital Offenses, played the harmonica in the State Capital rotunda at the me...
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Harmonica Men

Date: 1986
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (center), playing the harmonica with Speaker of the House Jim Wright (right), and Congressman Jake Pickle (left).
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Education Press Conference

Date: 1978
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) holding a press conference about federal funding for education with students at Ellis School. A few journal...
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Grave of Colonel Hans Heg

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of women and one child alongside the graves of Colonel Hans Heg, commander of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry, and his daughter Annetta....
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Happy Birthday Medicare

Date: 07 29 1995
Description: At a celebration for the 30th anniversary of Medicare, Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey and guests blow out the candles on a cake.
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The Four Wives of John Gilbert

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: Composite of four head and shoulders portraits of the three former wives and the fiancée of actor John Gilbert: Olivia Burwell (top left), Leatrice Joy (to...
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John Gilbert and Marlene Dietrich

Date: 1935
Description: Actor John Gilbert sits next to Marlene Dietrich at a party thrown by Clifton Webb. They are both in formal dress. There are empty dinner plates and a bask...
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Bride and Maid of Honor

Date: 06 20 1987
Description: Close-up portrait of Rebecca (Butcher) Olson on her wedding day with her maid-of-honor Jill Howman. Rebecca married William Olson on June 20, 1987 at the ...
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Jill Bremigan in Black Dress

Date: 12 1992
Description: Jill Bremigan in a black velvet and lace cocktail dress that she made from Butterick pattern 6402 (1992). She wore it to a Christmas party held in Madison...
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Woman in Black Dress

Date: 12 1992
Description: Jill Bremigan in a black velvet and lace cocktail dress that she made from Butterick pattern 6402 (1992). She wore it to a Christmas party held in Madison,...
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Woman in Black Dress

Date: 12 1992
Description: Jill Bremigan in a black velvet and lace cocktail dress that she made from Butterick pattern 6402 (1992). She wore it to a Christmas party held in Madison,...
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Portrait of Laura Graf

Date: 1960
Description: Portrait of Laura Graf seated in a chair at her home in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. A bookcase is behind her. Laura was born September 2, 1898 in Pewaukee (Wa...
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Jill and Cary Bremigan at Baptism

Date: 1998
Description: Jill and Cary Bremigan at a baptism for a friend's baby.
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Jill and Cary Bremigan at Baptism

Date: 05 12 1996
Description: Jessica Mary Bertenshaw being held by her godmother Jill (Howman) Bremigan at her baptism on May 12, 1996 at Brentwood Congregational Church in Brentwood, ...
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Edna Ferber Portrait

Date: 1939
Description: Edna Ferber, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and playwright, in a publicity portrait. She is looking directly into the camera and is wearing a dress with a...
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Blatz Wiener Beer Advertisement

Date: 1905
Description: An advertisement for Blatz Wiener beer featuring two well-dressed men and two women seated at a restaurant table drinking Blatz Beer. There is a potted pla...

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