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Nettie Fowler McCormick

Date: 1920
Description: Portrait of Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923), wife of inventor and industrialist Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884), late in life.
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Julius Porter and Lucretia Wait

Date: 1909
Description: Julius Porter Wait and his wife, Lucretia Melvina (Mosher) Wait. He has a beard, and is sitting on a chair, wearing dark work clothes and tall, loose boots...
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Stephen and Clara Medhurst Willingham Chilton

Date: 12 25 1934
Description: Holiday postcard featuring a photograph of Stephen Chilton and Clara Medhurst Willingham Chilton, grandparents of Aunt Clara Bewick Colby.
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Lovell and Laird

Date: 04 04 1969
Description: Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird of Wisconsin (on the far right) with astronaut James Lovell, a former student at the University of Wisconsin, and his wif...
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Madison's First Car

Date: 1902
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Zimmerman in their locomobile steamer in 1902. Zimmerman purchased the car in 1901 and claimed it was the first permanent automobil...
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Salvator and Thelma Moshe Picnicking

Date: 1950
Description: Holocaust survivor Salvator Moshe and his wife, Thelma, picnicking at Southshore Park.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brown at Home

Date: 06 1944
Description: Charles E. Brown and his wife Dorothy Miller standing outside their home at 2011 Chadbourne Avenue.
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Joan and David Obey

Date: 06 09 1962
Description: Joan and David Obey smile on their wedding day. She is wearing a wedding dress and he is wearing a suit with a vest.
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The Four Wives of John Gilbert

Date: 05 26 1932
Description: Composite of four head and shoulders portraits of the three former wives and the fiancée of actor John Gilbert: Olivia Burwell (top left), Leatrice Joy (to...
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett

Date: 1906
Description: Oval matted quarter-length portrait of Sherwin and Emma Gillett the year they married.
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Father #31;— Mother Golden Wedding

Date: 06 1916
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Conrad and Mary Schmitt's (Emma Gillett's parents) Golden Wedding Anniversary.
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Silver Wedding of Sherwin and Emma Gillett

Date: 1931
Description: Group portrait on the lawn in front of a porch at the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Sherwin and Emma Gillett. Sherwin and Emma are standing on the left. Thei...
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Conrad Schmitt Family

Date: 1916
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Conrad Schmitt family. Sherwin and Emma (nee Schmitt) Gillett are standing on the far left. Sherwin is holding infant son, Lo...
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Three-Wheeled Railroad Cycle

Date: 1908
Description: C.F. Kaufman and his wife seated on a bicycle which he adapted to run, as a three-wheeled cycle, on railroad rails.
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Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hobbins Wedding

Date: 1902
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hobbins smile at one another and hold hands as a full-length wedding portrait is taken. She is standing, and he is sitting in a chair on...
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Marc Mitscher and Family Members

Date: 07 12 1945
Description: Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, a Hillsboro native, in conversation with his mother, Mrs. Myrta Mitscher (left), and his wife, Frances Smalley Mitscher, aft...
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Celebration at Black Point

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Family members pose on the lawn of the Bartholomay house on the Black Point Estate. They have gathered to celebrate the fiftieth wedding anniversary of Cla...
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William O. Petersen

Date: 06 1981
Description: William O. Petersen, right, poses with his wife, Jane Browne Petersen, and cousin Ernst Schmidt Reese. Jane holds a package of cucumber seeds and a hand cu...
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Mr. and Mrs. Schmedeman Showing Off Their Catch

Date: 09 27 1933
Description: Albert and Katherine Schmedeman are standing outdoors, both holding a small stringer with a large fish hanging from it. Both Albert and Katherine are holdi...
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Vel Phillips Sworn In

Date: 01 03 1979
Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a grey outfit is standing at a podium holding up her right hand near Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Bruce Beilfuss standing on...

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