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University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1930
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace on Lake Mendota.
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Goodrich Steamship Lines

Date: 1930
Description: Cover from Goodrich Steamship Lines schedule, with a picture of a screw-driven passenger/freight vessel against the Chicago skyline and a beach scene in th...
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Goodrich Sailing Schedules

Date: 1930
Description: Page 2 of the sailing schedules gives the sailing times and for the Christopher Columbus and Theodore Roosevelt and other Goodrich ships. Connections to se...
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Boating on the Lake

Date: 1937
Description: Woman at the tiller of a motorboat with tree-lined shore in the background. She is wearing a captain's hat at a jaunty angle and a sailor middy blouse.
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Nakoma Country Club Women

Date: 06 06 1934
Description: Women are relaxing under an umbrella on a sunny day on the grounds of the Nakoma Country Club. Seated left to right: Mrs. Fred Parr, Mrs. E.C. Holt, Presid...
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Coeds on Roof of Ann Emery Hall

Date: 06 23 1931
Description: Four University of Wisconsin-Madison coeds sunbathing on the roof of Ann Emery Hall, 265 Langdon Street, an independent women's dormitory named for the fir...
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Cocktail Hour in the Congo

Date: 1939
Description: Commander and Mrs. Attilio Gatti have cocktails during the Commander's tenth African expedition. The expedition was sponsored by International Harvester. T...
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Tall-tale Postcard: My Vacation Dream

Date: 1934
Description: A fisherman is reclining in his boat at sunset as many fish swim in the lake. He is drinking beer out of a tap attached to a barrel floating in the water. ...
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Fairway 12 Tractor

Date: 1937
Description: Man uses a McCormick-Deering Fairway 12 tractor and mowing attachment to care for lawns (and golf course?) at a country club. Sun bathers are in the backgr...
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Relaxing at Downer College

Date: 1933
Description: Two women casually reading in a dorm room at Milwaukee-Downer College. A map of Milwaukee hangs on one wall.
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Woman in the Park

Date: 05 06 1938
Description: Imnage of a woman seated on a park bench.
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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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Group Relaxing Outdoors

Date: 1939
Description: Two men, a young boy, and two women relax by a tree near a stream.
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Sleeping Businessman

Date: 1935
Description: An International Harvester dealer, T.F. Hogan, slouches in a couch and sleeps at a convention or meeting.
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Beach on Lake Michigan

Date: 1939
Description: A beach on Lake Michigan near the Milwaukee Yacht Club. Men, women, and children relax on the beach. In the background many boats are on the water.
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Fashionable Woman

Date: 1930
Description: A fashionably dressed woman with a fur stole around her shoulders relaxes on a lounge chair.
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Brandels on the Beach

Date: 1930
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Brandel relax on a beach, wearing bathing suits. Chairs and umbrellas are behind them, and in the background is a balcony or boardwalk, with s...
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Mary and Edward Brandel on the Beach

Date: 1930
Description: Mary Brandel and Edward (E.W.) Brandel wearing bathing suits relax on a beach during a vacation. Chairs and umbrellas are behind them, and in the backgroun...

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