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Travel Editors' Buffet Table at Governor's Residence

Date: 06 23 1950
Description: Front view of the buffet table at the Governor's residence set up to welcome a group of nationally-known travel editors to Wisconsin. Shown is a close-up o...
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Erdman Prefab 2

Date: 1959
Description: Interior view of the prefabricated home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and constructed by Marshall Erdman. This example of the Erdman #2 known as the Walte...
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Erdman Prefab 2

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Description: Dining area of the Walter & Mary Rudin House, 110 Marinette Trail, an example of Erdman #2, a Frank Lloyd Wright-design prefabricated house marketed and co...
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Richard Barthelmess Writing

Date: 1917
Description: A water-damaged, thoroughly-retouched publicity still of Richard Barthelmess sitting at a writing desk. It apparently appeared in "Photoplay Magazine" some...
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Oil Progress Week Proclamation Signing

Date: 10 12 1951
Description: Madison mayor George Forster signs the proclamation to observe Oil Progress Week, while Arnold Wake (center), the general chairman for the observance, and ...
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Villa Louis Opening

Date: 05 13 1953
Description: Governor Walter Kohler (right) visiting with four members in period costume (a woman, a man dressed as an Indian, and two members of the Brothers of the Br...
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Dave & Pauline Coleman

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Description: Magicians Dave (left) and Pauline Coleman performing their famous "Hindu Torture Board" trick using an anvil on a board full of nails positioned on the abd...
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Black Out Curtains

Date: 1942
Description: Publicity photograph of a woman hanging blackout curtains, with the assistance of her young daughter. The photograph was taken to provide illustration for ...
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Federated Garden Clubs Flower Show

Date: 05 31 1954
Description: Mrs. Robert L. Sakrison, chairman of publicity for the Federated Garden Clubs flower show, arranging a bouquet of tulips.
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Lenore Ulric and Frank Colvin in "Her Own People" Scene Still

Date: 1916
Description: Leonore Ulric as the American Indian girl Alona, "the half-breed daughter of a wealthy white man" (Moving Picture World 8/19/1916, p. 1268). She is in the ...
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Lenore Ulric in "The Road to Love"

Date: 1916
Description: In Algiers, Hafsa (played by Lenore Ulric) is on her knees in supplication to her father, Sidi Malik (Herschell Mayall). The caption typed on the back of t...
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Boots Wall and Mary Pickford in "Caprice"

Date: 1913
Description: Edith Henderson (played by Boots Wall) and Mercy Baxter (Mary Pickford) in a scene still from "Caprice" (Lasky 1913). A caption written on the back of the ...
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Mary Pickford in "Caprice"

Date: 1913
Description: Mercy Baxter (played by Mary Pickford) is a mountain girl who has fallen in love with Jack Henderson, a wealthy boy from the city. After his father tells h...
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Owen Moore, Ogden Crane, and Mary Pickford in "Caprice"

Date: 1913
Description: The wealthy playboy Jack Henderson (played by Owen Moore) has accidentally shot Mercy Baxter (Mary Pickford) in the arm and has carried her to her home in ...
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Ogden Crane, Owen Moore, and Mary Pickford in "Caprice"

Date: 1913
Description: Pausing by the door of his mountain cabin, Jim Baxter (played by Ogden Crane) notices that his daughter Mercy (Mary Pickford) and the wealthy visitor from ...
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Florence Lawrence and Laura Oakley in "The Pawns of Destiny"

Date: 1914
Description: Florence Lawrence, seated at a table with a mop, bucket, and feather duster, has stopped work to read a book. Behind her an older woman, probably played by...
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Florence Lawrence in "The Pawns of Destiny"

Date: 1914
Description: Florence Lawrence watches as a young man with bandaged hands and face is transferred by two orderlies from a gurney onto a hospital bed. Also visible in th...
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Frank Mayo and Ethel Clayton in "Easy Money"

Date: 1917
Description: Bob Hildreth (a sculptor played by Frank Mayo) has designs on his student Lois Page (played by Ethel Clayton) in this scene still from "Easy Money."
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Mrs. Langtry in "As in a Looking-Glass"

Date: 1887
Description: Lillie Langtry is in character as the adventuress Lena Despard from the play "As in a Looking-Glass." In this full-length portrait, she is seated, facing ...
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Irene Castle in "French Heels"

Date: 1922
Description: Irene Castle in a complicated satin and tulle costume in her role as the cabaret dancer Palma May in the silent film "French Heels" (Holtre 1922).

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