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Aldo Leopold

Date: 1940
Description: Caption on negative sleeve: "Aldo Leopold and son Luna (standing); Mrs. Leopold and two daughters Nina and Estella (kneeling). 'Shack' in background." The ...
Photograph

Chemistry Experiment

Date: 05 25 1951
Description: Chemistry experiment by two men being conducted with steam rising from equipment.
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Fans at Sporting Event

Date: 03 15 1957
Description: High school fans in the bleachers cheer on their team during a night game.
Photograph

Memorial Chapel in Cambria

Date: 1939
Description: View of Memorial Chapel, dedicated on May 8, 1939. A group of people are gathered on the lawn in front of the chapel.
Postcard

Fort Howard Hospital Exterior

Date: 
Description: View of ranch-style building with a porch, and people standing on it. Before restoration. Handwritten text at bottom reads: "One of the original Ft. Howard...
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Sun Prairie Freshman Class

Date: 1914
Description: Group portrait of the 1914 Sun Prairie freshman class. Included in the group is Bill Droster, grandfather of the donor of this image.
Photograph

William Freeman Vilas

Date: 1858
Description: Portrait of William Freeman Vilas (1840-1908), Civil War and United States Senator, taken while he was a student at the University of Wisconsin.
Photograph

Happ Residence

Date: 1885
Description: Exterior view of the home of M. Happ, with a horse-drawn wagon parked along the curb, and a man and woman standing on the terrace. A sign next to the house...
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First Attempt to Enter Central High School by the Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: First attempt of the Little Rock Nine to enter Central High School. They were denied entrance by the Arkansas National Guard who had been called up by Gove...
Photograph

Susanne Hafner Goldfarb and Friend in Israel

Date: 1949
Description: Susanne Hafner Goldfarb and unidentified friend ride in a cart pulled by a mule; Raanana, Israel.
Photograph

Peltz Family at Son's Bar Mitzvah

Date: 1959
Description: Peltz family (head table) at son Andre's Bar Mitzvah at the Jewish Community Center.
Photograph

Relles Family Portrait

Date: 1962
Description: Relles family portrait, from left: George, Ida Banon Relles, David, Rabbi Mayer Relles, Nathan.
Photograph

Bar Mitzvah at Anshe Poale Zedek Synagogue

Date: 1979
Description: From left: Maurice Messerman, Randy Messerman, Howard Messerman, and Rabbi Mayer Relles at Randy's Bar Mitzvah at Anshe Poale Zedek Synagogue.
Photograph

King Family

Date: 
Description: Members of the King family posing outdoors near a house. From left to right: Robert Drew King, son; Delia Drew King, mother; Frank O. King, father.
Photograph

Lewis Arms with his Mother and Sister

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Description: Lewis Arms, who is wearing his Navy uniform, poses with his mother Mamie (Arms) Hall, and his sister, Nedra Arms.
Photograph

Lewis Arms on Graduation Day

Date: 1943
Description: Lewis Arms poses in his Navy uniform holding a rifle on the day he graduated from the Great Lakes Naval Training Center.
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 1951
Description: 1950 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion Warren Slightam about to compete in an exhibition race at the 1951 Madison soap box derby on Gorham Street.
Print

Merry Christmas

Date: 1930
Description: Inside of holiday card depicting a family tree. The family photographs are positioned over a pine tree covered with snow. At the bottom is a cartoon of San...
Print

NOEL

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Description: Photographic holiday card of an African American family posed over an image of three dimensional letters that read: "NOEL." The letters are slanting from u...
Print

My Heart is Shaking Only For You

Date: 1945
Description: Valentine's Day card of a soda fountain with two girls seated on stools in front of the counter and a soda jerk behind. Two puppies are on the floor near t...

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