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Hattie Pautz and Her Dolls

Date: 04 1901
Description: Hattie Pautz, sitting and posing with her dolls in front of the side of a building. On the ground next to her is one of the dolls in a doll-sized lawn swin...
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Singer and Interviewer

Date: 
Description: Possibly Michael Leary or Daniel O'Connell.
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Anita McCormick and Friend

Date: 1885
Description: Carte-de-visite of Anita McCormick Blaine (1866-1954) and an unidentified young woman. Anita sits on a "well" and the friend sits on a swing in front of a ...
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Man and Girl on Porch Swing

Date: 1921
Description: A older man and a young girl holding a doll are seated together on a porch swing for an outdoor portrait.
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Studio Portrait of Young Girl in Swing

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Description: Studio portrait of a girl sitting on a swing and holding her hat in front of a painted backdrop.
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Unidentified Rural Schoolhouse

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Description: Teacher and students pose on and around playground structure with swings outside a clapboard one-room schoolhouse.
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Syl and Harold Pose Outdoors

Date: 1901
Description: Syl and Harold pose in front of a tree. There are two chairs on the left, and a wooden swing hangs from the tree to the right.
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One-Hundred Year Old Madison Resident

Date: 07 03 1952
Description: Alba Knight sitting on the porch of his residence at 20 South Broom Street. He is about to turn one-hundred years old. He came to Wisconsin from Maine when...
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Child and Kitten

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Description: Outdoor view of a small child posing standing near a wooden walkway. Houses are across the street in the background. A kitten is resting in the grass in th...
Historical Object

Fargo Children at Play

Date: 1903
Description: A hand-painted nasturtium bud and leaf decorate an album page with five photographs of the children of Frank and Louise Mears Fargo. At top left, Frank Jr....
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Woman on Swing

Date: 1930
Description: An unidentified woman standing in shallow water holding the chains of a swing. There is an unoccupied swing on either side of her, and a support post is on...
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We Saw You . . . Swinging at the Park

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Tommy Eithum (of 754 W. Washington Avenue) is shown playing on a swing at Brittingham Park.
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We Saw You . . . Swinging at the Park

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Frank Caruso (of 780 Gwinnett Court) and Larry Bergman (of 744 Gwinnett Court) sharing a swing at Brittingham Park.
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Laurie Stein

Date: 07 19 1954
Description: Laurie Stein (the photographer's daughter) in a bouncy swing. She is chewing on wooden clothes pins.
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Gar Fish

Date: 1929
Description: Herbert E. Brumder posing standing and holding a fishing pole and line. A longnose, or needlenose gar is lying on the ground in front of him. Herbert's you...
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Aunt May and Eleanor

Date: 09 1902
Description: Minnie May Rumsey is sitting on a swing with niece Eleanor in her lap. There are trees in the background.
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The Swing

Date: 07 1922
Description: A boy and girl are swinging together with a lake in background. Page description reads: "Miss McDonald's Shack."

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