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Student with Pet Hamster

Date: 02 25 1949
Description: Helen Drotning is holding Scratch II, a new pet hamster who succeeds the pet hamster who escaped from its cage at Dudgeon School a week earlier. The class ...
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Bakke House on Odana Road

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Westye F. (Mary) Bakke seated before the fireplace in the living room of the Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road) with ...
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Children and Their Pets

Date: 04 02 1949
Description: Seven-year-old Fred "Freddy" Nelson, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.W. (Colya) Nelson, 3918 Nakoma Road, with his pet alligator, "George". The baby alligator was se...
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Children and Their Pets

Date: 04 02 1949
Description: Sharon Koepke, twelve-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip (Joy) Koepke, 830 Hiawatha Drive, with her pet white rat, "Bonnie".
Postcard

Miss Tootsie Kiyi (Costumed Dog in Chair)

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of small dog dressed in a dress, with a hand fan, and an umbrella or parasol, sitting in a rocking chair. The photograph is captioned...
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Mrs. Mark (Ruth) Schorer and Family

Date: 07 15 1949
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. Mark (Ruth) Schorer (center), her daughter, Suki, age 10 (at left), her son, Page, age 12 (standing behind his mother), and her niec...
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Guinea Pig

Date: 02 17 1950
Description: Randall school student John Drake, wearing a Boy Scout uniform, holding his classroom's newborn guinea pig named "Mix-Up, Jr."
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Dog with Ten Puppies

Date: 05 11 1950
Description: Boxer dog with ten puppies. The pet dog, "Roxy," is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Porter.
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Badger Kennel Club Dog Show

Date: 06 19 1950
Description: Alice Darling of 1224 Spaight Street, Chairman of the Badger Kennel Club Dog Show, is shown with her Irish Setter, Erin. In the background is a 1860's era ...
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Madison Playground Scene

Date: 07 26 1950
Description: Group portrait of children with their pets at the Lake Edge playground.
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Jacqueline Simpson and Dog

Date: 10 30 1950
Description: Jacqueline, 14, daughter of Phyllis Simpson of 22 South Broom Street, posing with her German Shepherd dog, Queenie.
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'Princess' the Norwegian Elkhound

Date: 11 30 1950
Description: 'Princess' the Norwegian Elkhound waiting by the front doors of St. Mary's hospital. The dog waited every day for over five months for her owner, Mrs. B.M....
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Children and Their Pets

Date: 12 05 1950
Description: Douglas Shaw Woodman, age 3, sitting with his Persian cat, "Mr. Thomas."
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Children and Their Pets

Date: 12 05 1950
Description: Brothers Billy Jasper, age 6, and Tommy Jasper, age 2, posing on shag carpeting with their Springer Spaniels, "Cissie" and "Mike."
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Children and Their Pets

Date: 12 05 1950
Description: Brothers Jim, age 13, and John Gannon, age 10, gazing upon their small pet alligator named "Friday" that they received a year and a half previous from New ...
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Madison Twins

Date: 01 08 1951
Description: John and Mary Pavlak, 9-year-old twins of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Pavlak, posing near a fireplace with their dog, Queenie.
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March of Dimes Campaign

Date: 12 31 1951
Description: Warren Anderson, age 7, former polio sufferer, is shown sitting in an upholstered chair with his cat, Sam. Warren was saved by his 14-year-old sister, Caro...
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National Dog Week Observance

Date: 09 13 1952
Description: Joellen and Jean Schroeder kneeling on the floor beside their dog, Brownie, during National Dog Week.
Postcard

Tommy is Ill

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, dressed as a nurse, attending to Tommy the cat, who rests in a doll cradle. Caption reads: "Tom...
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Medicine Time

Date: 1909
Description: Photographic postcard of the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, dressed as a nurse, attending to Tommy the cat, who rests in a doll cradle. A bottle of "Catnip...

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