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Woman at Work

Date: 03 24 1969
Description: Young woman at work designing a magazine cover.
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William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1912
Description: A head and shoulders portrait of William Dempster Hoard (1836-1918).
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Bee Farmer Reading

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Description: A bee farmer reads America's Bee Journal while sitting next to a number of hives.
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Living Room at 121 East Gilman Street

Date: 1948
Description: The living room of Fred and Annie Storer Brown's home (built 1888), 121 East Gilman Street. Annie Hepworth Storer Brown sits by the fireplace.
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Drew Pearson on Vacation

Date: 1950
Description: Columnist Drew Pearson, who with Robert S. Anderson and later with Jack Anderson, pioneered modern political investigative reporting. Pearson was one of t...
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Writers Workshop at Highlander

Date: 1940
Description: A late 1930s early 1940s writers workshop at Highlander run by Leon Wilson. Charlie Ferguson, Editor, Reader's Digest, working with Mrs. Joe Kelly Stockt...
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Novak and Laird

Date: 07 1983
Description: Journalist Robert Novak, right, with former Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin at an unidentified formal event. Both men were then involved wit...
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Neenah Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Neenah Public Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded with a combined donation of $20,000 from the citizens of Neenah and A...
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Chauncey Bottum

Date: 01 24 1944
Description: Autographed photograph of Chauncey "The Bear Hunter" Bottum reading a magazine called Traveler. The autograph is for Governor Goodland, and reads "B...
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Whitewater Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the White Memorial Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded with a $15,000 donation from Flavia White. Bottom right of photograp...
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Whitewater Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the White Memorial Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded with a $15,000 donation from Flavia White. A sign on a bookshelf rea...
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Leo Huberman

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Description: Casual portrait of Leo Huberman, founder and co-editor of the socialist "Monthly Review".
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Central Park Officers' House

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Description: A view of seven men reading and relaxing on the rooftop garden of the Central Park Officers' House. The men sit on outdoor furniture, and behind them, buil...
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Street Scene

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Description: View down a street lined with small shops and restaurants.
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Nu Pi Chi Club Printing the First Edition of "The Neighbor"

Date: 10 1937
Description: Members of the Nu Pi Chi (Neighborhood Press Club) working on the first edition of "The Neighbor," a newsletter printed at Neighborhood House. Pictured fro...
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Ernst Schmidt, Reading

Date: 02 02 1975
Description: Ernst Schmidt, at age 81, sits reading the "Wisconsin Magazine of History" at a table at Black Point. A telephone and lamp with a stained glass shade stand...
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Carolina

Date: 1675
Description: Map of the southeast coast of North America from Jamestown to modern Georgia. It shows European settlements, Native American land and villages, coastal fea...
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Riverside High Boys Send Reading Materials

Date: 1918
Description: Several boys are posing with stacks of bound periodicals. An American flag is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Boys of Riverside High School, Milwaukee, ...
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Selling The Watchtower

Date: 1945
Description: A group of Jehovah's Witnesses selling copies of The Watchtower magazine. Standing together on a sidewalk are two women, two men, a girl and a boy. ...

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