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| 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: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William Tennant, standing with short pants that reveal his prosthetic legs. He holds a newspaper in his ... |
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| Description: | Woman posing sitting in a chair and holding a cane in the yard of a house, probably Mrs. Hassel Phillips. |
| Date: | 11 1863 |
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| Description: | Photograph of Lucius Fairchild of the 2nd Wisconsin made by Mathew Brady in Washington, D.C. about three months after the Battle of Gettysburg. Severely wo... |
| Date: | 02 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Jeanne De Barr with her seeing eye dog, Nellie. |
| Date: | 03 22 1944 |
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| Description: | Charles B. (Chuck) Seals, with pipe, a 25 year-old handicapped shut-in, who is a painter, a sculptor, a student and omnivorous reader, a fisherman, a swimm... |
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| Description: | A man with a bandaged foot sits in a chair holding crutches for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit jacket, hat, and tro... |
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| Description: | A man stands for a portrait in front of a painted backdrop on crutches. He is wearing a long coat over a vest with a watch fob, and holds a hat in his righ... |
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| Description: | A man without arms stands for a portrait in front of a painted backdrop, behind a table that holds a prosthetic arm, a towel and other miscellaneous items. |
| Date: | 11 27 1949 |
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| Description: | W. Jerome & Dora Higgins celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with a cake in their home at 316 Grand Avenue. Jerry Higgins is blind and runs the newsst... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of William Tennant standing and wearing a suit and hat in front of a painted backdrop. He was a newspaper and magazine agent in Black River... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of William Tennant sitting and wearing a suit and hat in front of a painted backdrop. He was a newspaper and magazine agent in Black River ... |
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| Description: | A woman in dark glasses, who is a resident of Dane County Hospital and Home, reads a book in Braille as her therapist looks on. |
| Date: | 06 18 1953 |
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| Description: | Jean Welsch uses the telephone to recruit volunteers for the Polio Emergency Volunteer training course. At her side is her son Bobby, age 3 1/2 years, who ... |
| Date: | 11 05 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Lyall Scott, an epilepsy sufferer, and one of the leaders in lobbying for rights for people with epilepsy in the state of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 03 22 1954 |
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| Description: | Mary Ann O'Loughlen sits at her desk in the State Office building where she is employed as a typist by the Traveling Library Department, Free Library Commi... |
| Date: | 03 22 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Robert Gaines, an employee at Oscar Mayer and company. Mr. Gaines is part of the 'Madison Story' — the account of the opportunities this city o... |
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| Description: | Waist-up studio portrait of an elderly woman and a crossed left eye. She is wearing a lace collar with a pin at the neck. |
| Date: | 03 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of the children of Roland and Winnie Delameter; Sandra, age 6 years, left, and Ronalee, age 4 1/2 years. Although stricken with polio two years ag... |
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| Description: | On left: Woman posed sitting in a chair and holding a cane in the yard of a house, probably Mrs. Hassel Phillips. On right: Studio portrait of two young gi... |
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