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| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Frank Lloyd Wright and his wife Olgivanna, seated together reading in a bedroom at Taliesin. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Homer Bigart,(1907-1991) award winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times". |
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| Description: | Formal studio portrait of Clara Bewick Colby in a long, black skirt, holding a book. |
| Date: | 09 30 1988 |
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| Description: | Young girl holding a book about child care written by Dr. Benjamin Spock, M.D. She is holding the book upside down. |
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| Description: | Edith Kermit Carow, wife of President Theodore Roosevelt. |
| Date: | 1850 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Mary Ann Hall McCormick (1780-1853), wife of Robert McCormick (1780-1846). Mary Ann and Robert McCormick were the parents of inventor and indus... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a... |
| Date: | 10 14 1936 |
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| Description: | Dr. Louise Phelps Kellogg sitting at her desk. Kellogg was an historian at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 11 20 1934 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin Pres. Glenn Frank sitting in a swivel chair reading: "The open door at the home." |
| Date: | 08 24 1934 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Margaret Phillips, secretary of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, seamstress, writer, and a Madison activist. |
| Date: | 09 23 1932 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Kate Schmedeman, Mayor Albert G. Schmedeman's wife, sitting in a chair beside a fireplace reading a book in her home, 504 Wisconsin Avenue. |
| Date: | 08 08 1931 |
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| Description: | Queen contestant, Disabled American Veterans Ball, standing by bookshelves in front of flag. |
| Date: | 01 13 1931 |
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| Description: | Two Middleton High School female cheerleaders in uniform. On the floor in front of them are two megaphones with the letters: "MHS." A screen has been pulle... |
| Date: | 01 13 1931 |
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| Description: | Middleton High School basketball players Thomas, in basketball uniform, and Amborn, wearing a suit, posing indoors. |
| Date: | 12 20 1930 |
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| Description: | Informal portrait of Jerome C. and May Holt sitting in rockers in their living room at 1922 Madison Street. |
| Date: | 09 30 1930 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and his wife Rachael Young La Follette in the library at Maple Bluff Farm. This photograph was taken durin... |
| Date: | 09 30 1930 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Senator Robert M. La Follette Jr. at the La Follette Farm in Maple Bluff. There is a spinning wheel beside him on the right near a bookcase. |
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| Description: | Full-length portrait of an older woman sitting in a chair with a lace cloth on the back. The women is wearing a bonnet and is holding a book in her lap. A ... |
| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Seated portrait of Jens Myhra and Bergit Myhra. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a couple in old-style Norwegian clothes, with the woman holding a book on her lap. |
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