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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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Quiet Moment

Date: 05 14 1987
Description: A couple holds hands and reads together while sitting on a bench.
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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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Family Reunion

Date: 08 10 1980
Description: Freida Heberer Oppermann, 81, the oldest member of the Heberer family at the reunion, had a place in the foreground for a family portrait.
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Tailgater

Date: 09 1982
Description: "A tailgater runs amok in the parking lot at Milwaukee County Stadium."
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Tailgater

Date: 09 1982
Description: "Have another beer!"
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Winter Wonderland

Date: 12 1983
Description: "Winter Wonderland."
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Pontiac Potatoes

Date: 09 1984
Description: "Milton Retzlaff showed off some huge red Pontiac potatoes including a monster that weighted in at a whopping 2 1/2 pounds. Milton claims the potatoes are ...
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Summer Storm

Date: 09 1984
Description: "Rain and hail, with sun suddenly breaking through the overcast, were the right conditions for an unusual photograph."
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Snow Scene

Date: 12 1984
Description: "The late, bright December full moon was the only light source for this snow scene. Exposure - 30 sec. @ f:5.6 - Tri-X film."
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How to Clean a Camera Lens

Date: 10 1987
Description: "Winfred Herberg, a perennial jokester, does a spoof on how to clean a camera lens."
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Man Photographing his Aunt

Date: 07 1982
Description: Dr. Greg Langenfeld photographs his aunt Clara Bandlow with his Leica camera.
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Alma Schmidt Petersen

Date: 1980
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen, owner of Black Point Estate, poses seated in a green wicker chair on the porch of the main house. Standing behind her on the left an...
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A Quiet Summer Day in Orton Park

Date: 1982
Description: Two people sit at a table in a gazebo in Orton Park. Houses in the neighborhood surrounding the park stand in the background behind the blooming trees.
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Along the Lake Monona Shoreline

Date: 1982
Description: View across a lawn towards the back of a house. The lawn slopes down to the left towards a tree-lined shore, with a bench and a pier. In the background is ...
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Crooked Oak

Date: 1981
Description: A large bur oak with a notably crooked trunk standing next to the Congregational Church on Milwaukee Avenue. There are picnic tables under the tree and pla...
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Founder's Oak

Date: 1981
Description: An enormous, nearly symmetrical spreading bur oak tree towering over a picnic table and a row of conifers. Samuel Faulkner Phoenix, the founder of Delavan,...
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Leopold Shack

Date: 1984
Description: View of Aldo Leopold's shack in the fall. Several Leopold benches are placed around a fire pit in the yard in front of the shack. The is a hand pump near t...
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Carroll Students for Nuclear Freeze

Date: 1984
Description: Several college students are sitting on picnic tables under a canopy. They have hung a banner on the side that reads: "Carroll Students for Nuclear Freeze....
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Bob and Faye Becker

Date: 08 12 1984
Description: Portrait of a man and woman posing together on the lawn in front of a tennis court and a house. The man is sitting in a reclining lawn chair, and the woman...

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