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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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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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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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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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University of Wisconsin Eagle Heights Apartments for Married Graduate Students

Date: 03 25 1958
Description: Mr. Kenneth C. Hoedt, graduate student manager of the U.W. Eagle Heights apartments, studies for his Ph.D. in personnel and guidance. Mr. Hoedt earned his ...
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Kathleen Russell, Iowa County home agent, left, meeting with Mrs. Milton Leix, Cobb, president of the county homemakers organization.
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Wolman Family Home

Date: 05 08 1958
Description: New home, located at 4121 Chippewa Drive, designed by owners Martin and Ann Wolman to meet the needs of their large family of five children. Shown is a vie...
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Home Decorated with Articles from India

Date: 06 17 1958
Description: Agatha Fowlkes, wearing a sari, sits in her den which is furnished completely with articles from India. The leopard rug was made from the skin of an animal...
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Grandfathers Spend Time with Grandchildren

Date: 06 10 1958
Description: Grandfather Arthur Towell, 4126, Iroquois Drive, spends time with his grandchildren Jean Ruth (2) and William Arthur (4 months), children of Mr. and Mrs. T...
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Edwin Stein Family on Christmas Morning

Date: 12 25 1958
Description: Christmas morning at the Edwin Stein home picturing the children Laurie and Jimmy, wife Donna and mother Ida Stein opening presents.
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Meredeth Niemczyk, Crossing Guard

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: Crossing guard Meredeth Niemczyk dresses for the weather in a plaid wool jacket and heavy pants. In the foreground on the couch is her portable hand held s...
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Scenes from the Life of a Minister's Wife

Date: 03 23 1959
Description: When Joan Carlton of Oakpark, Illinois married Reed Forbush of Appleton, Wisconsin she was skeptical of life as a minister's wife. Now, as a series of phot...
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Arthur O. Schroeder Home on Token Creek

Date: 10 04 1960
Description: The stone fireplace and wide window expanses offer a view of Token creek in the Arthur O. Schroeder home.
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Carol Baumann (Mrs. Richard J. Baumann)

Date: 09 20 1960
Description: Busy as they are with their separate careers, the Baumanns are never too busy to spend adequate time each day playing with their baby, a happy little girl ...
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Dream House Built from Plans in Newspaper

Date: 11 29 1960
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. (Schim) Elliott and son Michael in the living room of their house built as their "dream home" from plans in the Wisconsin State J...
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Charles & Victoria Slayton

Date: 01 02 1962
Description: Portrait of Charles & Victoria Slayton, parents of astronaut Donald "Deke" Slayton, sitting in their home in Leon, Wisconsin with framed photographs of the...

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