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Grocery Shopping

Date: 1950
Description: A grocery clerk boxes up purchases as a woman and her young son wait at the checkout counter.
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Thomas Family Home

Date: 1890
Description: Home of the Thomas Family at Lac Vieux Desert, built in 1860, and housed the Lac Vieux Desert Trading Post. Seated on the doorstep are Mrs. Leonard Thomas,...
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A Star Is Born

Date: 05 18 1937
Description: Evelyn Canfield, in Madison General Hospital bed, looks to her newborn baby, David, who won the Orpheum Theatre's fourth anniversary "A Star Is Born" conte...
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Ilena Frerker Shopping at Grocery Store

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Ilena Fierker and her children, Bobby and Dicky, buying Dean's Milk from Clarence O. Furset, manager of Piggly Wiggly Food Center, 2701 University Avenue.
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Help for Fire Victims

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Valera Widener and her children: Norma (on her lap), Franklin (left), and Lyall (right), in Baron Brothers Department Store drinking milk provided by the E...
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Help for Fire Victims

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Annie Simmons and her four children are enjoying a "picnic" on the floor at Baron Brothers Department Store after the fire in the tenement-type house at 15...
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Help for Fire Victims

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Bertha Atkinson, Baron Brothers Department Store buyer, fits a bootie on Norma Widener, 11-months old, being held by her mother Valera Widener. In the fore...
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Fishing with the Boys

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Description: Elizabeth Olson, her sons, and another boy, in canoes owned by the Border Lakes Wilderness Outfitting Company. This photograph was probably taken for publi...
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Mother and Child at Woodman's Grocery Store

Date: 2008
Description: A child is sitting in a shopping cart while her mother is looking over frozen goods at a grocery store.
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down retail street. Cars are parked along the curbs. The stores include: Victrola's dealer, a cafe, a recreation parlor, a restaurant, a clothing stor...
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Black Out Curtains

Date: 1942
Description: Publicity photograph of a woman hanging blackout curtains, with the assistance of her young daughter. The photograph was taken to provide illustration for ...
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Patriotism Starts Early

Date: 1942
Description: World War II permeated every aspect of life in America during World War II, and nothing was wasted that could contribute to the war effort. Here a young b...
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Mother and Son

Date: 1971
Description: Joan Obey, wife of Congressman David R. Obey, and their youngest son Douglas. This photograph was taken to illustrate an interview with her about the life ...
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Red Owl Supermarket

Date: 01 14 1958
Description: Mrs. Donald Tracy and her three sons, Douglas, Greg and Michael, use a shopping cart at the opening of the new Red Owl supermarket at 3535 East Washington ...
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Sue Carolyn Renk

Date: 06 18 1958
Description: Sue Carolyn Renk examines a piece of crystal glassware as her mother, Mrs. Wilbur Renk looks on. She is preparing for her wedding and her graduation.
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Dow Chemical Protest

Date: 10 1967
Description: A small group of women, along with two children, hold signs protesting Dow Chemical. Two women are wearing gas masks.
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A street scene with a group of people in front of the corner store. A flag in the window. A row of houses with balconies behind that. A large stack of wood...
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West High Y-Teens at Flower Show

Date: 11 07 1959
Description: Lisa Rutherford (left), chairman of the West High Y-Teen Club and chairman of the ticket sellers for the flower show presented by the Wisconsin-Upper Michi...
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Library at Lind's Shop

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Description: Interior view one of of Hillsboro's early libraries. The library was located in the back of Addie Lind's millinery shop where it connected to an adjoining ...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Jo Clark, age 3, is sitting on a table in a department store as clerk Frances Sternberger (left) is tying the chin strap of a new Easter hat. Jo's mother, ...

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