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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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People with Flags Posing in front of House

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Description: Photographic postcard of group of people posing in front of a two-story wooden home with a large porch on which American Flags are displayed. A windmill st...
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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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Wisconsin Building

Date: 1893
Description: The Wisconsin Building at the Chicago World's Fair (Columbian Exposition).
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Pawnee Bill's Circus Parade

Date: 07 28 1901
Description: View down Main Street, facing east, during Pawnee Bill's Circus Wild West Parade.
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Man at Bar Pool Table

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Description: Man standing with his hand on a pool table in the center of a bar with a high ceiling. The bartender leans against the bar on the right. The room is decora...
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Commercial Hotel

Date: 06 28 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of the exterior of the three-story Commercial Hotel. The building has a false front. Two women stand on the balcony and two men stand...
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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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Dinosaur Entrant for UW Circus

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Description: Two men are standing on either side of a large costume of a six-legged dinosaur in front of the Armory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
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Dinosaur Entrant for UW Circus

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Description: Two men are standing on either side of a large costume of a six-legged dinosaur in front of the Armory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison...
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Sears, Roebuck & Co. Luncheon at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 11 03 1954
Description: Representatives of business, labor and government at a pre-luncheon gathering to celebrate the opening of a new Sears Store. Looking out over Lake Mendota ...
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Sears Roebuck & Co. Luncheon at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Representatives of business, labor and government meet at a pre-luncheon gathering at the Edgewater Hotel to celebrate the opening of a new Sears store. St...
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Holt Children Painting the Cupola

Date: 08 16 1909
Description: W.A. Holt is watching his children paint the cupola which was moved to the Island from the Lakewood school house. From left to right: Jeannette Holt is pai...
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Doug DeWitt at the Drums

Date: 1942
Description: Doug DeWitt is sitting behind the drums. The words "Rhythm Wreckers" are printed on the drum face. Behind Doug DeWitt, on a shelf, are several things: a re...
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Grandfather Rumsey on Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1913
Description: Civil War veteran Captain Israel Parsons Rumsey, the father of the photographer, is sitting on a horse in front of his home. A large American flag, hanging...
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Parade Float

Date: 1912
Description: Several people, holding umbrellas, are riding in a car decorated with many tissue paper pom poms for a parade. There are miniature horse models on the hood...

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