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Governor Washburn's House

Date: 1876
Description: Home of Governor Cadwallader C. Washburn on Monroe Street at the east end of what is now the Edgewood College campus. Washburn is probably the man at left.
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Peter Lagacy Family

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Description: The family of French-Canadian immigrant Peter Lagacy, posing with produce, including a large cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, in front of their log farm hom...
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John Lloyd Jones House

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Description: John Lloyd Jones house, near Hillside Home School on Highway 23 across from Taliesin. A man and a woman are standing and holding bicycles, one woman is kne...
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Tractorette Instruction

Date: 1942
Description: Women sitting on grass watching a lecture on maintenance of Farmall A and Farmall M tractors. The lecture was part of International Harvester's "Tractorett...
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Swimming Pool

Date: 08 09 1936
Description: Dr. Frederick Davis residence, 6048 S. Highlands Avenue, called Edenfred, with a swimming pool with two people and a dog.
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Swimming Pool

Date: 08 09 1936
Description: Dr. Frederick Davis residence, located at 6048 S. Highlands Avenue, also known as Edenfred. Two women are relaxing at the swimming pool. One woman is sitti...
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Hoffman Family

Date: 06 28 1936
Description: Group portrait of thirteen adult members of the Hoffman family taken in Vilas Park.
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Dieder Family on Front Steps

Date: 07 04 1936
Description: Group portrait of the Dieder family, with adults and children, posing on the front steps of a home.
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Wisconsin Dames Club

Date: 06 02 1932
Description: University of Wisconsin Dames Club (wives of graduate students) garden party held at 1718 Summit Avenue, University Heights at the conclusion of the academ...
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Children at Dudgeon Playground

Date: 06 16 1932
Description: Group portrait of children who attended the Dudgeon School summer playground program, and their director Cornella Krings, at Duck Pond, Nakoma.
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Oscar Romare Four Generations Portrait

Date: 05 19 1929
Description: Oscar Romare four generations portrait. Two men, and a woman holding a baby, are posing outdoors.
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Oscar Romare Four Generations Portrait

Date: 05 19 1929
Description: Oscar Romare four generations portrait. Two men, and a woman holding a baby, are posing outdoors.
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Oscar Romare Family Group Portrait

Date: 05 19 1929
Description: Oscar Romare family group portrait outdoors, including a dog.
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Golfing near Belmont Avenue and outer Lake Shore Drive

Date: 1933
Description: Woman playing golf at Sydney R. Marovitz(?) golf course near Belmont Avenue. The Chicago skyline is in the background.
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Woman Operating 1650 Cub Cadet Lawn Tractor

Date: 1977
Description: Color advertising photograph of a woman cutting grass outside a suburban home on a 1650 Cub Cadet lawn tractor.
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Wisconsin Farm

Date: 1873
Description: Three people are posing in the foreground, with a man with a long beard standing in front of two women sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. There is a barn a...
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Farm and Rolling Hills

Date: 1873
Description: View of a prosperous farmstead from a neighboring hill. A man is standing near a woman in a horse-drawn vehicle in front of a board fence in the foreground...
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Woman Washes Clothes with Power Washer

Date: 05 16 1928
Description: Woman washing clothes with a washing machine powered by a a McCormick-Deering 1 1/2 HP engine.
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Family outside for Coffee

Date: 1876
Description: A family is grouped around a table set for coffee in a yard and on the porch of a house in a grove. House has "rounded rock" foundation and brackets.
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R-110 Station Wagon

Date: 1953
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of an International R-110 Station Wagon parked on a lawn. In the background is a group of people enjoying a picnic.

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