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Vaughan House Interior

Date: 07 10 1953
Description: Living room in the Vaughan house. There is fireplace with a framed portrait of a woman above the mantel, and a framed portrait of a man propped on the floo...
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Julius Mintz Family Portrait

Date: 07 11 1953
Description: Group portrait of the Julius Mintz family. The father and mother are sitting on the couch, the son is sitting on the far left on the arm of the couch, and ...
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Russell Frost Family Portrait

Date: 11 30 1953
Description: Ten members of the Russell Frost family, including a dog, gathered in a home.
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Santa Claus Getting Ready for his Journey

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Man dressed as Santa Claus sitting in front of a fireplace in an armchair, lighting his pipe with a candle. His pom-pom hat is hanging over the back of the...
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James Dresser Dome House

Date: 11 20 1953
Description: Interior view of the living room floor in the James Dresser dome home at 5126 Tomahawk Trail. The house is also known as the Thomas A. and Stacy H. Littrel...
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James Dresser Dome House

Date: 11 20 1953
Description: Interior view of the living room floor in the James Dresser dome home at 5126 Tomahawk Trail. The house is also known as the Thomas A. and Stacy H. Littrel...
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James E. and Ruth Doyle Family

Date: 05 23 1954
Description: Judge James E. Doyle family group portrait taken for his Democratic campaign for governor. Taken at the family home at 216 Campbell Street. Shown are son J...
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Gately's Furniture Company Displays

Date: 09 27 1954
Description: Living-room furniture display at Gately's Furniture Company located at 5005 West Beltline Highway.
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Home Bound Gentleman Using a Typewriter

Date: 12 06 1954
Description: A bed-ridden man working from home. Laying in a hospital bed set up in his living room, he is using a typewriter that that is sitting on a table between a ...
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Family Posing in Front of Fireplace

Date: 12 11 1954
Description: A couple with their young daughter posing in front of a home fireplace to take a photograph for their Christmas Card.
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Pet Bantam Hen

Date: 03 1955
Description: Fourteen-month-old Charles Straight is holding an egg laid by the family pet chicken "Millie" that is sitting in a cardboard box.
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Aaron Bohrod, U.W. Artist-in-Residence, with Family

Date: 04 1955
Description: University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, relaxing at his home located at 715 East Gorham Street. He is pictured with his son Neil (8-year...
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Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Staged scenario of a lonely and isolated elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair by a fireplace and spinning wheel. "Aunt Jennie" is portrayed by Margueri...
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First Year of School for a Cambridge Farm Girl

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Orlow R. Notstad reads to his four children in their farm home near Cambridge. His two oldest, Jimmy and Barbara, will be elementary students at the Rockda...
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Thomas E. Jones Family Reunion

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Thomas E. Jones family portrait at their home on Chadbourne Avenue. Standing are their son and daughter, E. Thomas Jones and Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas. Darcey ...
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It's Off to School We Go

Date: 08 20 1957
Description: Paul du Vair, a hi-fi enthusiast, is shown checking over the vinyl records he plans to take to St. Norbert College this fall.
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Edgewood High School Teen-Age Potluck Group

Date: 11 05 1957
Description: Edgewood High School teen-age girls gather for a potluck before a football game. The potluck was at the home of Mark and Mary Schmitz and hosted by their ...
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Edgewood High School Teen-Age Potluck Group

Date: 11 05 1957
Description: Pat Fitzpatrick enjoying a teen-age girls' potluck before the Edgewood High School football game. The potluck was at the home of Mark and Mary Schmitz and ...
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Edgewood High School Teen-Age Potluck Group

Date: 11 05 1957
Description: Edgewood High School girls help themselves to food at a potluck before the school's football game. The potluck was at the home of Mark and Mary Schmitz and...
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Edgewood High School Teen-Age Potluck Group

Date: 11 05 1957
Description: A group of teen-agers enjoying themselves at the pre-game potluck before the Edgewood High School football game. The potluck was at the Mark and Mary Schmi...

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