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Unitarian Meeting House Nursery School

Date: 06 28 1951
Description: Children sitting on the floor and working on art projects at tables in the nursery school at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House. The building was de...
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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House at 1422 Sherman Avenue

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior of the house at 1422 Sherman Avenue, built by Willard Droster, in the Sherman Park neighborhood. Children are playing on the left.
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Hammocks and Seat Swings

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Description: A little girl is sitting on a hammock on an enclosed porch with large windows. There are also several wooden and padded hanging seats.
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Prizewinning Pie

Date: 08 17 1957
Description: Fourteen-year-old Dorothy Magarich proudly displays her pie that won a blue ribbon at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Pythian Orphans' Home

Date: 1911
Description: A view of young girls playing with dolls in the nursery of Pythian Orphans' Home. Caption reads: "Nursery Room."
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Funchase Amusement Pier

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Description: Crowds walk along the boardwalk at Funchase amusement pier. A building with flags flying from its turrets features a sign that reads "Funchase Skating". T...
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Amusement Park with Rides

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Description: A carousel, aeroplane, penny arcade, and other rides stand inside an amusement park. There is a lawn at the center of the image and people surround the amu...
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Ventriloquism Act

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Description: Ben Bergor, Madison magician, ventriloquist, and entertainment agent, performing with Jerry O'Reilly at a farm show. With Bergor is his wife Alva who often...
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Number Nine Public School

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Description: View of children playing at the Zabriskie Playground outside Number Nine Public School. The playground is found at the intersection of Mercer and Wayne St...
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Central Ward School

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Description: Exterior of Central Ward School, a brick building featuring a central colonnaded tower. Children can be seen near the playground outside the school.
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Valentine's Day

Date: 02 12 1978
Description: "With the approach of Valentine's Day, the camera looks through the decorated windows of the Bob Bernhard home. Brenda watches her brother, Scott, playing ...
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Shullsburg Catholic Church

Date: 1925
Description: View across lawn of exterior of the Catholic Church, a stone and brick building with stained glass windows. A man is walking down the tree-lined sidewalk o...
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Pueblo Home — Parsons Indian Village

Date: 1932
Description: Eight Native American men pose around the two-story stucco sided Pueblo Home. They are all wearing traditional dress, with four wearing headdresses, and on...
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Fitzgerald's Modern Rooms — 501 Broadway

Date: 1930
Description: Three-quarter view of Fitzgerald's Modern Rooms, which has a porch and a balcony. Signs in front advertise rooms, bath and garage for 75 cents per person, ...
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Studio Portrait of European American Children

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of three unidentified European American girls posing standing outdoors on a wooden sidewalk in front of a wooden building and door. ...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of an unidentified family group posing standing and sitting in the yard and on the porch of a wooden house.
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Eliphalet Miner Home

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Description: An Italianate style home, with a small balcony above the front entrance. The windows on the main section of the house are arched and have matching arched s...
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Booming Artificial Christmas Tree Market

Date: 12 17 1964
Description: Jimmy Zimmerman, age 6, is looking over a polyvinyl Christmas tree at the Dream Lanes bowling alley on Cottage Grove Road. Green polyvinyl is the latest th...
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Waiting for Santa Claus

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Description: Christine, Laurie and Muriel Peterson with their Christmas tree. Christine (mother) is sitting in a chair with her arm around Muriel who is standing next t...

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