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Soldiers' Orphans Home

Date: 1870
Description: Stereograph of Soldiers' Orphans Home, formerly Harvey Hospital. The octagon house was originally built for Governor Leonard J. Farwell and designed by Aug...
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Wadhams Oil Co. Float

Date: 08 28 1937
Description: Wadhams Oil Company float in the Elks Parade, with a child "driving" a Mobile Oil Flying Red Horse symbol. The float is on E. Doty Street with the Post Off...
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Hill's Department Store Employees Party

Date: 05 29 1933
Description: Group portrait of Hill's Dry Goods Store employees at dinner dance party, Schenk's Hall, 2028 Atwood Avenue. A woman sitting in the center, a woman standin...
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School Field Trip to the U.S. Post Office

Date: 03 23 1932
Description: A man is leading Dudgeon School children through the mail sorting area on their tour of the post office.
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Horseback Riders on Langdon Street

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Description: The "Riding Club": Elizabeth Proudfit, Mary Conklin, Mary Brown, Margaret Head, Catherine Brandenburg, Eleanore Brown and Catherine Trobridge on Langdon St...
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Buildings on Monona Avenue

Date: 1936
Description: Post Office and insurance buildings (on right), at Monona Avenue and East Wilson Street. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background. Two children are...
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Community Chest Budget Committee Visit

Date: 04 21 1950
Description: Members of the Community Chest budget committee are shown craft work done by three boys at Neighborhood House. Members of the committee, left to right, are...
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Beach Scene

Date: 06 16 1953
Description: View of a crowd of people, mostly in swimsuits, at what might be Vilas Beach on Lake Wingra. There is a concession stand in a building in the background. A...
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State Tax Office Activity at Tax Deadline

Date: 04 13 1961
Description: A mother with her baby and young son is working on her tax form at the state tax office in the City-County building as the tax deadline nears.
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Activities at the Neighborhood House

Date: 03 11 1958
Description: Bobby Abbott (background, 22 South Park Street) and Ernest Vance (4 South Francis Street) are playing catch in a gymnasium at the Neighborhood House at 768...

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