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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1940
Description: Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back...
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White Bass Run

Date: 1942
Description: People fishing for bass off dock.
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Spring Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: The Spring Tavern on the way to Verona.
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Homer Bigart

Date: 1948
Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" with two unidentified individuals.
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Homer Bigart

Date: 1948
Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" with two unidentified individuals.
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Posed as if to Begin a Race

Date: 10 25 1912
Description: Depicts a group comprised mostly of women posed in a variety of stances as if to begin a race. The image carries the hand-lettered caption "Each one progr...
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Leo Capser and Margaret Glover

Date: 1915
Description: Leo W. Capser and Margaret Glover (Mrs. Andrews) lounging on the grass in the Apostle Islands.
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Sun Bathing

Date: 1965
Description: Women sun bathe near an express highway in Milwaukee.
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Pharmacists or Cowboys?

Date: 06 19 1949
Description: Three prominent pharmacists (L to R), B.R. Mull (Eli Lilly & Co.), Robert Fischelis (American Pharmaceutical Association), and Charles Lanwermeyer (Abbott ...
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Dr. Fischelis Wears a Sombrero

Date: 1945
Description: Pharmacist Robert Fischelis (front and center) wears a sombrero and poses with colleagues at an annual American Pharmaceutical Association convention.
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The Casino

Date: 1880
Description: Monona Lake Assembly, The Casino. This structure, including the ice house and provision space, designed by Conover and Porter and built for $1700.00 in Jun...
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Frederick Kehl with Group at Party

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Description: Portrait of Frederick Kehl, founder of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, Wisconsin, with a large group, probably taken at a party at his Florida home.
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Workers Take a Break from Building Farmers Union Coop

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Description: Workers taking a break from building Farmers Union coop.
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Myles Horton with Thorsten Horton

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Description: Myles Horton with his son, Thorsten Horton, in a pile of leaves at Highlander Folk School.
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Milwaukee County Court House

Date: 1940
Description: Front view of the courthouse, with several trees. People are sitting at various benches and tables in the space in front of the courthouse, and pigeons ar...
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Pela Rosen Alpert at Schain Family Cottage

Date: 1947
Description: Pela Rosen Alpert, holding badminton racket, at a cottage belonging to the Schain family; Sweden.
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Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) During School Outing

Date: 1930
Description: Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman) during a school outing near Amsterdam.
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Melkman Family at the Seashore in Holland

Date: 1934
Description: Left to right: Flora van Brink Hony Bader (nee Melkman), mother Duifje Melkman, brother Harry Melkman, aunt Rebecca Veerman, sister Annie Melkman. They are...
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Eva Lauffer Deutschkron and Friends

Date: 07 1936
Description: Vacationing at a North Sea resort restricted to Jews, from left: Eva Lauffer Deutschkron, three friends, Margeret Pollack (cousin).
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Bicycles on Mendota Drive

Date: 1898
Description: Louis and Henry Harder and Mr. and Mrs. Schildhauer pose by a tree with their bicycles parked nearby. They were probably resting during a bicycle ride on M...

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