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Man Reads Magazine to Young Child

Date: 08 1925
Description: Mr. Wolfe sitting in a chair reading Successful Farming magazine to a young child on his lap.
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East High School Reading Contest Winners

Date: 04 10 1929
Description: East High School reading contest, with six girl winners standing on a stage.
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Central High School Reading Contest Winners

Date: 03 21 1929
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Central High School reading contest winners.
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Three Women at Beauty Shop

Date: 04 20 1928
Description: Three women (including American Girl — Miss Leeds and Miss Madison — Miss Rosenfeldt / Rosenthal) looking at "The American Hairdresser" magazine in the Ros...
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H.L. Mencken Having a Beer for Breakfast

Date: 1927
Description: H.L. Mencken sits at the breakfast table reading the newspaper and dining on toast and a goblet of beer. He autographed the photograph with "Breakfast in t...
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Robert La Follette Reading a Newspaper

Date: 1924
Description: Publicity photograph of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., for his independent, third-party candidacy for the Presidency in 1924. La Follette is outdoors reading,...
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University of Wisconsin Student

Date: 1925
Description: Posed photograph of a University of Wisconsin student studying in his room.
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Belle La Follette Reading

Date: 1924
Description: Belle Case La Follette standing at a window and reading.
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Mrs. Brandel and Max the Dog

Date: 1925
Description: Mrs. E.W. Brandel sits in a rocking chair on the porch at Fox Lake leaning on the edge of a table. She has a book on her lap and Max the family dog is at h...
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Man Reading in Rocking Chair

Date: 1923
Description: Mr. Lutfring sitting in a wicker rocking chair while reading a newspaper. The room is furnished with an upholstered divan, lamp with fringe shade, carpetin...
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Man Reading Near Stove

Date: 06 1927
Description: A man is sitting in a wooden chair while reading and resting his foot against a woodstove. The photograph was staged at International Harvester's Hinsdale ...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: 1st and 2nd Residents

Date: 1926
Description: First page of an album kept by Neighborhood House, with individual images of head resident Gay Braxton, second resident Mary Lee Griggs, and two exterior v...
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Forest Reading

Date: 1921
Description: Forest Middleton reading while lying on a sofa in the Middleton's apartment in Japan. The decorative top piece of the stove in the corner has been moved as...
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Reading

Date: 1926
Description: Barbara and Herbert E. Brumder sitting and reading on a rustic bench on a flagstone patio at their summer house on Pine lake. A dog is sleeping under the b...

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