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Factory Worker Drinks from Water Fountain

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Description: Factory worker drinking from a water fountain inside International Harvester's Deering Works.
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Chapman Home Interior after Fire

Date: 12 29 1932
Description: Chandler B. and Frances Chapman home, 640 N. Carroll Street, showing the west bedroom after fire.
Postcard

Cottage Interior, Medicine Lake Lodge

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Description: Cottage interior with a large window looking out on the lake. Caption reads: "Typical Cottage Interior, Medicine Lake Lodge, Three Lakes, Wis."
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Elizabeth Johnson and Hobart Johnson

Date: 08 13 1945
Description: Elizabeth Johnson and Hobart Johnson. Elizabeth will be attending the Potter School in Tucson, Arizona. Hobart will return to the Middlesex School in Conco...
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Section of Turbine at Power Dam

Date: 02 28 1914
Description: Sections of turbines inside the power house at the Prairie du Sac dam.
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Catholic Women's Club Officers

Date: 08 06 1949
Description: Group portrait of the new officers of the Catholic Women's Club of Madison at the Edgewater Hotel. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Raymond (Anna) Hilsenhoff...
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Blackhawk Country Club Addition

Date: 04 13 1950
Description: Interior view of the lounge in the newly completed $66,000 addition to the Blackhawk Country Club, whose large picture windows overlook Lake Mendota. The n...
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Sorority Marionette Show and Tea Party

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: Six sorority alumnae who were hostesses for the marionette party at the Edgewater Hotel pose for a portrait around a banquet table. Left to right are: Mrs....
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Travel Editors' Buffet Table at Governor's Residence

Date: 06 23 1950
Description: Front view of the buffet table at the Governor's residence set up to welcome a group of nationally-known travel editors to Wisconsin. Shown is a close-up o...
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Stewart Douglas House

Date: 11 15 1951
Description: Interior view of dining room in Stewart and Jean Douglas home at 811 Farwell Drive. The view includes Mid Century table, chairs and draperies, and two floo...
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Grand Union Hotel and Park

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Description: Men and women sit on benches outside the Grand Union Hotel and Park. A fenced area stands near the building and a path leads around a landscaped lawn and ...
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Elizabeth Johnson Pfeifer and Son

Date: 07 13 1953
Description: Elizabeth Johnson Pfeifer, Milwaukee, and her nine month old son, John Stephan Jr.
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Gonstead Residence

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: View through the living room's south wall window of the flagstone terrace, swimming pool, and bathhouse of the S.C. Gonstead residence in Mt. Horeb. Madiso...
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American Business Women's Association Regional Brunch

Date: 07 22 1956
Description: Visiting in front of a window overlooking Lake Mendota at the Edgewater Hotel during the regional brunch of the American Business Women's Association are A...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Mrs. William Bowersox of Juneau pausing indoors for a look out at Lake Mendota before attending a session for women at the annual University of Wisconsin F...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Walter Ladwig of Juda (left) and Oscar Wold of Hillsboro reading The "Wisconsin State Journal" between sessions at the annual University of Wisconsin's Far...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 7-11

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Description: I had to know the point to which the path was tracked
and when the definition would cease to be my own
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Dining Room Walmar Lodge

Date: 1926
Description: The dining room at the lodge with a view of the Wisconsin River. The tables are set with white tablecloths, sugar bowls and salt and pepper shakers.
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Woman and View of River

Date: 04 10 2014
Description: The owner of La Crosse Radio Group, Jacklyn Daniels, gazes out of the window at the riverside. The event was the DMI Trend Showcase in the Cargill Room. S...
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The Kellett Residence

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Description: The William and Majel Kellett House was designed by the architectural firm Keck and Keck as Project #243 in 1940.The back of the house faces Lake Winnebago...

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