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Isabel La Follette & Her Children

Date: 01 07 1935
Description: Mrs. Phillip (Isabel) La Follette reading to Bob and Judy, her children, at the Governor's Residence, 130 East Gilman Street.
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Annie Storer Brown and Two Children

Date: 1898
Description: Annie Storer Brown with two children, Eleanore Annie Brown (on her lap), and Alice Brown (in rocking chair), at their home, 121 East Gilman Street.
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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: June McGovern is reading The Night Before Christmas to her children Diane, Jill and Jackie.
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Madison Visitors

Date: 09 14 1948
Description: From the left is Caryl Kennedy Benish (Mrs. George A.), San Pedro, California, with her son Robert, visiting with her lifelong friend Jane Weston Johnson (...
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Mrs. Ralph (Betty) Mason and Her Two Children

Date: 07 15 1949
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. Ralph (Betty) Mason and her two children Tommy, far left, and Lynn, at center, who are visiting in the home of Mrs. Mason's parents,...
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Killian House Living Room

Date: 01 25 1950
Description: Living room of the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard F. (Sylvia) Killian, 3814 Hillcrest Drive. Mrs. Killian and her daughter Elaine are shown seated in fr...
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Carol Sisk Patterson and Daughter

Date: 09 29 1950
Description: Mrs. Oliver M. (Carol Sisk) Patterson, of Fox Lake, Illinois sitting near a fireplace with her daughter, Alison, during a visit with her parents Mr. and Mr...
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Thomas Family at Christmas Time

Date: 12 20 1950
Description: A mother and daughter from the Thomas family sit in a chair beside a fireplace while looking at a nativity scene arranged on a chest of drawers.
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Merry Christmas

Date: 1989
Description: Photographic holiday card from Tommy Thompson and family, governor of Wisconsin, 1987-2001. The card is a color image of Mr. Thompson, his wife, daughters,...
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Family at Home

Date: 1905
Description: A carefully posed scene of a man, woman, and girl at home. The girl sits with a cat on her lap. The man, in a wicker rocker, reads the "Editorial Section" ...
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Girl Scout Cookie Sales

Date: 02 08 1954
Description: Mrs. William C. Roberts (left) of 29 Frederick Circle, co-chairman of the annual Girl Scout cookie sale in Madison, posing with her four daughters, Blanche...
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Stay-At-Home Mothers

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Jane Gardner says prayers with her children Jane, age 6, and Mary, age 5. The photograph was taken as part of a Mother's Day article featuring the many rol...
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Summer Vistors

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: Group portrait of Louise Phelan of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and her three children. They are, from left: Beth, Jerry, and infant Kathryn. They are visiting...
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United Givers Fund Campaign

Date: 07 30 1954
Description: Cub Scouts roasting marshmallows with Aleen Plater, United Givers' Division head. Left to right: Mrs. Plater, Steve Plater, Joey MacDonald, Larry Frohmade...
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Madison High School Party Code

Date: 11 09 1954
Description: Marie Frost advising her daughter, Mary, as to the appropriate dress for a party, following the "Madison High School Party Code."
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Madison Art Association's Beaux Arts Ball

Date: 04 09 1956
Description: Mrs. Horace Kent (Lucia) Tenney eyes her daughter, Cornelia "Neena," who dresses in a costume prior to the Madison Art Association's Beaux Arts Ball.
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Summer Visitors to Madison

Date: 07 16 1957
Description: Cathryn Montgomery, with her daughter, 3-year-old Cathy Sue, visiting Cathryn's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leon W. Pettersen, on Prospect Avenue.
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Birthday Boy

Date: 11 22 1923
Description: Philip George Brumder, sitting in a high chair on the left, and his sister Barbara, sitting on the right, watch intently as their mother, Margaret Bouer (M...
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Brumder Family Christmas

Date: 1925
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert Paul) Brumder, left, is sitting in an armchair in the living room of the family home at 2030 East Lafayette Place. Her childre...

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