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Adolph Gunness, Soldier Boy Ice Cream Bars Vendor

Date: 06 28 1933
Description: Portrait of disabled World War I veteran Adolph Gunness, Soldier Boy Ice Cream Bars vendor, who was arrested for selling on the street.
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David Barr

Date: 06 29 1933
Description: Portrait of David Barr, son of University of Wisconsin Tent Colony Mayor Glenn Barr, at age 10 months, standing beside a chair. Family from Miami Universit...
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John Walker

Date: 06 15 1933
Description: John Walker, father of 16 children, standing outside a greenhouse with a pipe in his mouth.
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Judge Patrick T. Stone

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: Portrait of U.S. Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone sitting at his desk.
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Mrs. Mary DeRenzo

Date: 06 09 1933
Description: Mrs. Mary DeRenzo, "Dean of the scrub women's crew" at the Wisconsin State Capitol, holding the mop she used for thirty years.
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"King Joe," Hobo King

Date: 06 20 1933
Description: Portrait of "King Joe," hobo king, in town lobbying to make Wisconsin safe for "hobo-ocracy." He was elected president of the Bonafide Hobos Union at an in...
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Janette Serrec with Bicycle

Date: 05 23 1933
Description: Janette Serrec, lecturer and writer on the "Fine Art of Successful Living," standing beside a Hawthorne bicycle from Ward's. She is wearing jodhpurs and bo...
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Bobbie Thorpe in Midget Car

Date: 03 24 1933
Description: Bobbie Thorpe is sitting in "Madison's smallest real car, a National Junior Racer" to be given away to the child with the most "votes." Votes can be obtain...
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Madison Blues Baseball Players

Date: 05 19 1933
Description: Outdoor portraits of two Madison Blues baseball players in uniform with baseball gloves on left hands.
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Madison Blues Baseball Players

Date: 05 17 1933
Description: Joe Hady and Alvah Elliott, Madison Blues baseball players, in uniform, standing with their hands behind their backs.
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Madison Blues Baseball Players

Date: 05 17 1933
Description: Outdoor portrait of two Madison Blues baseball players in uniform. Wilbur Freck has his hands behind his back, and Ray Gaffke is wearing a baseball glove.
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Madison Blues Baseball Players

Date: 05 17 1933
Description: Portraits of two Madison Blues baseball players in uniform, Bill Goff, standing with hands behind his back and "Skipper" Manager Eddie Lenahan, standing wi...
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Madison Blues Baseball Players

Date: 05 17 1933
Description: Outdoor portrait of two Madison Blues baseball players in uniform. Richard "Red" Smith with large catcher's glove, and Alvin "Butch" Krueger with his hands...
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Curtis Thornton, Madison Marble Champion

Date: 05 20 1933
Description: Portrait of Curtis Thornton, Madison's 1933 marble champion.
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Roy Goodland with String of Trout

Date: 05 01 1933
Description: Roy "Chubby" Goodland with a string of trout, caught near Ridgeway. He is wearing waders, has a creel hanging over his shoulder, and is standing in front o...
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William "Bid" Smith and Bob Lotte, Track Athletes

Date: 05 10 1933
Description: Two outstanding high school track athletes, 3951B-1, William "Bid" Smith, Central High School and 3951B-2, Bob Iotte, West High School.
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Two Dolphin Club Girls

Date: 03 18 1931
Description: Two female Dolphin Club members in bathing suits take an acrobatic pose on the diving board of the Lathrop Hall pool.
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Cook with Ice Sculpture

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Ottoman Parrhysius, cold meat cook at the Loraine Hotel, posing with a parrot ice sculpture that he created.
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Two Fashion Models

Date: 03 02 1933
Description: Helen Slinde modeling "Marlene Dietrich" trousers suit and Mary Lou Kaltenbach modeling a dress suit with fur piece. Both are wearing hats and gloves.
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Mayor Law Sitting at Desk

Date: 12 01 1932
Description: Mayor James R. Law sitting at a desk signing a document in City Hall, 2-4 W. Mifflin Street.

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