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Backyard Swimming Pool

Date: 07 25 1980
Description: A family relaxes by their backyard pool, while a father tosses his infant son gently in the air.
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Family Camping Trip

Date: 09 06 1988
Description: Family members gather around a campfire to enjoy biscuits and sausages cooked on the grill at Naga-Waukee Park.
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International Travelall

Date: 1971
Description: Color advertising photograph of a family enjoying a campfire near their Travelall 1010 truck and Mallard camper. The father of the family strums his guitar...
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Bancroft Dairy Outdoor Bar

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Bancroft Dairy "sidewalk fountain," 1010 South Park Street. Ruby Davenport and Dorothy Drifke are seated at an outdoor table. The table is covered by an um...
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Matt Family

Date: 1900
Description: Charles Matt and his family posing around Mrs. Matt's chair.
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Mrs. John D, Bates and her Three Children

Date: 06 23 1948
Description: Portrait of Mrs. J.D. Bates, Neenah, and her three children, at the home of her mother, Mrs. Henry (Else) Rinke, 515 West Wilson Street. Pictured left to r...
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Melkman Family at the Seashore in Holland

Date: 1934
Description: Left to right: Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman), mother Duifje Melkman, brother Harry Melkman, aunt Rebecca Veerman, sister Annie Melkman. They are...
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Betty Iltis and Daughter Barbara Kay Iltis

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Betty (Mrs. Charles O.) Iltis with daughter Barbara Kay at the home of her husband's parents, Prof. and Mrs. Leon L. Iltis.
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Mrs. Thomas (Constance) Rockett and Her Daughter Tracy

Date: 07 15 1949
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Thomas (Constance) Rockett and her one-year old daughter, Tracy, who are spending a month at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman ...
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Lorraine Watson and Sons

Date: 08 02 1949
Description: Mrs. James W. (Lorraine) Watson of New Orleans sitting outdoors with her sons, Billy, 4 years, left, and Stephen, 2 years, at the home of her parents, Mrs....
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Porch and Yard

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Description: A woman and two children sit in the porch area of their home. One of the children plays on a rocking horse. A groomed yard and flowering shrubs are in fr...
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Charles Taylor Family

Date: 1902
Description: Family portrait of Charles Taylor, his wife, Ellen Wishart, and their two children taken on the lawn in front of their house. Lorena Taylor, standing besi...
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Ira Zeasmans Visit Madison

Date: 07 10 1952
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. Ira M. Zeasman (nee Jean Niebuhr) and her three children, Kathleen Ann, age 7; Steven Lee, age 3 1/2; and Barbara Jean, age 1. Mr. a...
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Summer Vistors

Date: 06 15 1954
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Suzanne Schmidt with her three children. Left to right: Deborah, Erwin III, and Susan. They are seated in the backyard at the hom...
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Summer Visitors

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Portrait of Jane Weston Johnson and her three sons, left to right: William, David, and Peter. They are from Rocky River, Ohio and are visiting the home of ...
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Shelling Peas

Date: 1910
Description: The photographer's wife, Clothilde, far right, and children, from left, Margaret, Alice, Helen, and Ferdinand Leonard, in a rustic gazebo on the grounds of...
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Meal on Porch

Date: 1924
Description: A group poses on the rustic porch of the Hotz family cottage on Europe Lake. There are dishes and food on the tables. The photographer's wife, Clothilde, w...
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Women at Picnic

Date: 05 1940
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with Jennie G., Rose Caruso, and Mrs. Urso at a picnic. One of the women is sitting on a park bench, whi...
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Alma and William O. Petersen

Date: 09 03 1932
Description: A smiling William Otto Petersen poses with his mother, Alma Schmidt Petersen on a rustic bench at Green Mountain Falls, Colorado. William is wearing shorts...
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Mrs. Jack Harned and her daughter, Bettina Annaliesa

Date: 06 09 1961
Description: Mrs. Jack Harned and her daughter Bettina Annaliesa, aged six months, of Birmingham, Michigan and formerly of Madison, are visiting the baby's grandparents...

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