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Mr. and Mrs. Hans O. Hawkas

Date: 1877
Description: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Hans O. Hawkas of Bonnet Prairie Lutheran Church taken outdoors in front of a canvas backdrop. There is a carpet on the ground. Mr...
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Couple in Norwegian Clothes

Date: 1875
Description: Portrait of a couple in old-style Norwegian clothes, with the woman holding a book on her lap.
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Iver B. Lund and Wife

Date: 1876
Description: Half of a double portrait of Ever or Iver B. Lund and wife, of Blue Mounds, Blue Valley. He was a tailor by trade. Note his withered left leg.
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Masonic Commonwealth Lodge No. 325

Date: 06 24 1947
Description: Masonic Commonwealth Lodge No. 325 twenty-fifth anniversary dinner showing masons and their wives sitting at tables, and floral decorations on the speakers...
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Dickey and Tony Chapelle

Date: 1950
Description: Dickey Meyer Chapelle poses with her husband Tony Chapelle next to a vehicle.
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Tom Thumb and Wife

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Description: A carte-de-visite of "General Tom Thumb" (Charles Stratton) and his wife Lavinia Warren, the "Little Queen of Beauty".
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Mr. and Mrs. Kapec with Strawberries

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Local fruit farmers Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kapec, Route 2, Madison, display a crate of home grown strawberries the size of golf balls.
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Interior of Harry's Food Shop

Date: 01 13 1955
Description: Interior of Harry's Food Shop, 1122 Chandler Street, owned by Harry and Loretta Blodau, with customer Mary Huth with her children. Patricia Huth is sitting...
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Blackhawk Country Club Costume Party

Date: 07 23 1955
Description: Dr. and Mrs. L. Riley McCormick in costume, 2117 Monroe Street, playing the guitar and singing at the Blackhawk Country Club 1920s costume party.
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Private Fred Schneider and wife with crowd in the water at a beach.
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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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Endres-Sullivan Wedding Party

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Group portrait of bride Catherine Marie Endres and groom Corp. Gerald John Sullivan with their attendents: Agnes Endres, maid of honor, and bridesmaids Mar...
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Lord and Lady Halifax Visit

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Lord and Lady Halifax with Madison's mayor, F. Halsey Kraege.
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Couple Cutting Wedding Cake

Date: 04 15 1945
Description: Dr. Forde A. McIver and Ruth Raymond Huegel McIver are cutting their wedding cake. He is the son of E. Roderick McIver, Darlington, S.C., and she is the da...
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Luloff-Goff Wedding

Date: 04 29 1945
Description: Wedding photograph of bride Elaine I. Luloff, groom Lieutenant Frederick J. Goff, Jr., maid of honor Mary Jo Kalland, bridesmaid Lucy Abbott and best man R...
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Julia and Julius Jacobson at the Museum

Date: 1912
Description: Well-dressed Julia and Julius Jacobson looking at Indian artifacts at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Museum during their wedding trip to Madison...
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Who's New Club Picnic

Date: 06 22 1945
Description: Picnickers at a Who's New Club Picnic opening their box lunches: Lieut. and Mrs. Ivor Callaway; Chaplain and Mrs. Edwin B. Nylen; Mrs. Ralph Ebert and her ...
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Vice-Admiral Marc Mitscher

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: Vice-Admiral Marc A. Mitscher sitting at the dining room table waiting for breakfast to be served to him, his wife Frances Smalley Mitscher (left), and mot...
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Lieut. Albert L. David with Souvenirs

Date: 07 25 1945
Description: Lieut. Albert L. David showing his wife, Georgia, the souvenirs he brought from the capture of the German U-505 underseas craft. He stood two days and nigh...

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