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Weighing Guests

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people on the front porch, weighing the guests. A visit was considered successful if the guests weighed more when they left.
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East High School, Girls Basketball Action

Date: 03 06 1930
Description: East High School, senior girls basketball action.
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East High School Girls Basketball

Date: 03 06 1930
Description: East High School senior girls wearing bloomer uniforms playing basketball in the school gymnasium.
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Curling Clubhouse

Date: 02 01 1930
Description: Interior view of curling clubhouse.
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First Congregational Church Gymnasium

Date: 01 21 1930
Description: First Congregational Church gymnasium, at 1609 University Avenue.
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Brickson Booth at ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 11 1929
Description: Obert H. Brickson, Jeweler, booth at East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival. The booth is featuring Sangamo, Hamilton watches and clock...
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Mautz Paint & Glass Co. Office

Date: 04 24 1929
Description: Office staff at work in Mautz Paint & Glass Company office, 939 East Washington Avenue. There is a spiral staircase on the left leading up to the next floo...
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Kessenich's Infant Department

Date: 03 28 1927
Description: Kessenich's infant department. In the foreground is a table with a doll and stuffed toys on it, surrounded by three rocking chairs. Along the wall in the b...
Drawing

Lakeside House

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Description: Illustration of the Lakeside House.
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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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Who's New Club Board Members

Date: 09 13 1955
Description: Three board members of the Who's New Club lunching at Blackhawk Country Club, Shorewood Hills. Left to right: Virginia Mansfield, Lois Cardinal, and Shirle...
Print

Farmer's Holiday

Date: 1940
Description: Artwork showing man with his feet up in front of a woodburning stove. A dog is sleeping on the floor at the farmer's feet. A woman uses a rolling pin in an...
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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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Railroad Women's Clubs Party

Date: 04 20 1949
Description: Four women who attended the dessert bridge party given by the Milwaukee Railroad Women's Club for the Northwestern Railroad Women's Club at Manchester's Ma...
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East High School Boy's Basketball players

Date: 12 22 1949
Description: One of 3 images of individual East High School Boy's Basketball players including #29 Ronnie Schara, #26 Dave Johnson, and #31 Leo Schlicht.
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Syl and Aunt Helen at Wild Rose Cottage

Date: 1900
Description: Syl and aunt Helen at Wild Rose cottage. Syl leans over the railing of the porch while Helen reclines in a hammock reading a book.
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Madison West High School Basketball Player Billy Marshall

Date: 12 27 1950
Description: Billy Marshall, a guard and one of Madison West High School basketball team's three leading scorers, shoots on the court.

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