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Sheriff Finn with Sledgehammer

Date: 07 11 1933
Description: Sheriff Finn holding sledgehammer used to break open the safe of Odin Tofsrud, carpenter and truck farmer, who was murdered during the theft of his safe by...
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Carl Frey

Date: 02 04 1931
Description: Portrait of Carl Frey, 28, Stoughton. He confessed to the murder of Albion postmaster Frank Kelling.
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Mrs. Nina Fox

Date: 09 19 1930
Description: Portrait of Nina Fox standing on a lawn, wearing a dress with a ruffled collar. In the background is a stone building.
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Australian War Bride

Date: 07 01 1944
Description: Madison's first Austrailian war bride, Mrs. William R. Curkeet Jr., the former Bryony Helen Dutton, is shown on the right with her sister-in-law Mrs. Ralph...
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Badger Kennel Club Dog Show

Date: 06 19 1950
Description: Alice Darling of 1224 Spaight Street, Chairman of the Badger Kennel Club Dog Show, is shown with her Irish Setter, Erin. In the background is a 1860's era ...
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Jacob Marchowsky and Attorney

Date: 11 14 1950
Description: J.H. "Jake" Marachowsky, right, former president of the bankrupt Portage Wholesale Company, standing beside his attorney, Jacob Geffs, Janesville.
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Zonta Style Show

Date: 09 07 1953
Description: Outdoor portrait of two models for the Zonta Style Show: Marie Timlin (left) and June McGovern.
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Zonta Style Show

Date: 08 08 1953
Description: Two models in the Zonta Style Show posing outdoors. They are, from left, Mrs. Lloyd Shoemaker and Gertrude Anderson.
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Sleight of Hand

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Madison magician Ben Bergor, who performed as Bennie Golden Berger during the early years of his career. He billed himself as the faste...
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Portrait Before the Ceremony

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length portrait of the bride and her matron of honor taken before the ceremony at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House.
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Bride and Her Mother

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length portrait of a bride and her mother before the ceremony at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House.
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Bride at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length portrait of a bride at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House after the ceremony.
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Portrait of Carl Russel Fish

Date: 1920
Description: Carl Russell Fish, noted professor of American history at the University of Wisconsin, shown standing on the steps of the State Historical Society building...
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Statue of P.T. Barnum

Date: 04 27 1960
Description: A statue of P.T. Barnum was in front of the Wisconsin State Historical Society building to announce the coming of the "Barnum Sideshow of the 19th Century"...
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John Blaine with a Kissel Automobile

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Description: John J. Blaine is standing outside the entrance steps to the Wisconsin State Capitol building in front of a Kissel automobile. He is wearing a light-colore...
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All Aboard for Reierson Studio

Date: 1922
Description: Composite photograph of 65 photographic prints of young children and infants, trimmed out and attached to the photograph of an open bed truck parked in fro...
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Sid at the Wisconsin Historical Society

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Description: Sid sitting outdoors on bleachers on the Library Mall in front of the entrance to the Wisconsin Historical Society. He is holding an open umbrella above hi...
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Sturgeon

Date: 1940
Description: Two men dressed in suits and hats are posing while supporting a wooden frame from which four sturgeon are hanging, tied up by their tails. A stone building...

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