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Susan B. Anthony

Date: 1870
Description: Portrait of Susan B. Anthony on her 50th birthday.
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Helen Schleck

Date: 09 26 1932
Description: Helen Schleck (Mrs. Mathias H.), standing beside a radio, is a Dane County pioneer celebrating her 86th birthday, 1201 Sherman Avenue.
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McGruer Baby

Date: 11 21 1931
Description: Hugh Fraser McGruer sitting on a sofa (on first birthday). He was born on Thanksgiving Day, 1930.
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Richard McVicar's Birthday

Date: 10 28 1930
Description: Portrait of Richard McVicar with his birthday cake and candles on his fourth birthday.
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Elizabeth Pilling

Date: 05 07 1944
Description: Elizabeth Pilling, born in England, and mother of Louise Munn, taken a few days before her 100th birthday.
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Adelaide Larkin

Date: 08 09 1944
Description: Portrait of Mrs. George (Adelaide) Larkin at age 90. George Larkin was the son of Jonathan Larkin, Jr., member of an early Madison family which arrived in ...
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Kathryn Piper

Date: 10 03 1944
Description: Kathryn Piper, widow of Frank Piper and president of the Madison chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) for 12 years prior to 1941, is ob...
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Mrs. Gabe E. (Maria) Michelson

Date: 11 15 1944
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Gabe E. Mickelson (Maria Thompson), taken on the occasion of her 89th birthday.
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Ellen Sabin

Date: 12 02 1944
Description: Miss Ellen Sabin, president emerita of Milwaukee-Downer College, cutting the birthday cake at her 94th birthday party hosted by the Milwaukee-Downer club o...
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Roger Mott

Date: 03 13 1945
Description: Roger Mott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Mott, 20 Lathrop Street, holding a letter he received from General Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines. Roger, ...
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Mrs. Olivia Douglass SeCheverell

Date: 07 24 1945
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Olivia Douglass SeCheverell celebrating her 95th birthday. Mrs. SeCheverell worked fifty-four years as a seamstress, retiring when she was...
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Ellen Sabin

Date: 11 29 1945
Description: Miss Ellen C. Sabin, president emerita of Milwaukee-Downer College, on her 95th birthday. Miss Sabin was one of America's most eminent woman in the field o...
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Mrs. Jane Duff

Date: 08 19 1946
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Jane Duff, a Dane County pioneer resident, on her 90th birthday.
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Myra Cary

Date: 11 26 1947
Description: Portrait of Myra (Mrs. C.F.) Cary seated in a chair holding a book in her suite at the Park Hotel on her 86th birthday. She and her husband led the way in ...
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Portrait of Charles F. Kirwin

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: A portrait of Charles F. Kirwin taken on his 83rd birthday. He was employed by the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Railroad for 56 years.
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Rose Wiedenfeller

Date: 05 06 1948
Description: Portrait of Rose Weidenfeller, 1117 Mound Street, on the occasion of her 90th birthday.
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Matthew A. Marcou

Date: 09 23 1990
Description: Matthew A. Marcou, son of the photographer, in his best outfit on his 3rd birthday.
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Syl with Cake and Christmas Tree

Date: 1901
Description: Syl sitting at a table with a birthday cake with eight candles. There is a Christmas tree in the background.
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Jane McIlquaham; 100 Years Old

Date: 01 11 1951
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Jane McIlquaham sitting in an armchair on her 100th birthday. A floral arrangement is on a table behind her.
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Charles F. Kirwin

Date: 04 08 1952
Description: Portrait of Charles F. Kirwin in celebration of his 87th birthday. At the age of 87, Charles had been a resident of Madison for 52 years. He was an employe...

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