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YWCA Girls Camp Indoors

Date: 11 02 1961
Description: Patty McCutchin is shown attentively listening to a story while resting on a bedroll in the gym of the YWCA. Other pajama-clad girls are nearby reading or ...
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Mr. and Mrs. Edward Petersen

Date: 1900
Description: Edward Petersen poses, seated in a chair, and his wife stands next to him on the left. They appear to be reading papers which Edward is holding. Behind the...
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The Big Job of Baby Sitting

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: David Humphrey, 12, a trained baby sitter, is shown reading to Ann Marie Upham, 3; her brother, Tommy, 4 1/2; and Rusty Sherlock, 3 1/2 at the Upham home i...
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Double Portrait of Two Men

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Description: Double portrait, probably in a studio, of two men, in two different poses, one on the left and one on the right. Both men are wearing hats and suits. In th...
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Orchard Ridge Sixth Graders Read and Discuss "A Christmas Carol"

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: Susan Jakel, Orchard Ridge School sixth grader, discusses "A Christmas Carol" with her classmates after they read the Charles Dickens classic as part of th...
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Orchard Ridge Sixth Graders Read and Discuss "A Christmas Carol"

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: Greg Gessert, Orchard Ridge School sixth grader, discusses "A Christmas Carol" with his classmates after they read the Charles Dickens classic as part of t...
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Orchard Ridge Sixth Graders Read and Discuss "A Christmas Carol"

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: Ellen Nicholson, Orchard Ridge School sixth grader, discusses "A Christmas Carol" with her classmates after they read the Charles Dickens classic as part o...
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Orchard Ridge Sixth Graders Read and Discuss "A Christmas Carol"

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: Jacklynn Dulek, Orchard Ridge School sixth grader, discusses "A Christmas Carol" with her classmates after they read the Charles Dickens classic as part of...
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Steve Hopkins Reading in His Cabin

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Description: Steve Hopkins, the outdoor writer for the Wisconsin State Journal, sits in an armchair reading a manuscript next to a fireplace in his cabin. There ...
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William F. Allen and Son, Will

Date: 1889
Description: Professor William F. Allen seated and writing at a desk in the study of his home at 228 Langdon St. His son Will is seated in a chair and reading. A large ...
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Students Picketing on Library Mall

Date: 1976
Description: Students protesting the Kuomintang's authoritarian control of Taiwan on Library Mall at the Calvary Lutheran Chapel. In the foreground a man is leaning aga...
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Sid Sitting in Jail

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Description: View from sidewalk of Sid sitting in jail with a cigar in his mouth while reading a Gideon Bible. Sid is looking out of the iron gate of a stone building, ...
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Joel Gersmann

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Description: Overhead view of playwright Joel Gersmann lying on his back covered in a pile of books reading "Lost Highway."
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Mother and Daughter in the Arboretum

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Description: A mother and her daughter spend a day reading and relaxing in the U.W. Arboretum Longenecker Horticultural Gardens under a flowering tree.
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Felipe Quirós-Pérez

Date: 12 31 1979
Description: Felipe Quirós-Pérez reading yesterday's paper in a booth at Rennebohm's on State Street.
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Study Break at Elvehjem Library

Date: 12 18 1979
Description: A student, with a book on his lap, is taking a rest from studying on a couch at the Elvehjem Library at UW-Madison.
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Sid Reading Newspaper in his Backyard

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Description: Sid sitting on a stool on top of his "Hippopotamus" sculpture in his backyard at 237 Waubesa Street. He has a cigar in his mouth and is reading a newspaper...
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Sid Sitting in Chair

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Sid sitting in an office at a desk or table. He has a cigar in his mouth. Behind him are standing file cabinet and boxes of supplies.
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Steve Boyum with Book

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Description: Steve sitting on a couch and reviewing the illustrations in a drawing book.
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Sid in His Living Room

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Description: Sid Boyum, with a cigar in his mouth, is sitting on a fur-covered sofa in his living room reading a magazine. There is a large, carved wooden shelving unit...

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