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Homer Bigart with Elderly Couple

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Description: Portrait of Homer Bigart with elderly couple. Bigart was an award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times".
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Couple in Circus Wagon

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Description: A man and a woman, in the process of getting dressed for a circus performance, pose informally in the back of a circus wagon.
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Lizzie Kander and Simon Kander

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Description: Informal outdoor portrait of Lizzie Black and Simon Kander.
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Davies and Thomas Families

Date: 1900
Description: Members of the Davies and Thomas families pose with two horses at James E. Davies' farm on Highway A, west of K.
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Ben and Alvina Bergor

Date: 1940
Description: Ben Bergor and his wife Alvina performing their amazing escape act utilizing a straightjacket and a trunk.
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Wallace Stegner

Date: 1965
Description: Writer and conservationist Wallace Stegner, and his wife Mary, during a visit to Alaska as a member of the National Parks Advisory Board and special assist...
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Sarnoff of NBC

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Description: Robert Sarnoff (center), president of NBC, at a social gathering in Tokyo with Cecil Brown, the head of NBC's bureau in Tokyo, and Martha Brown.
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Woman and Very Tall Man

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Description: A young woman and a very tall man stand together in front of the cookhouse wagon. She is holding a bottle of soda and offering him a hotdog; he has his arm...
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Ben Bergor Performs

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Description: Magician Ben Bergor of Madison performing a trick on stage. With him are his wife, who performed as Madame Alva, and an assistant.
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Butterbeans and Suzy

Date: 1962
Description: Jodie "Butterbeans" Edwards and his wife "Suzy," a vaudeville comedy act. After Suzy died in 1962, Edwards continued to tour until the time of his death in...
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Ben Bergor Escapes

Date: 1940
Description: Madison magician Ben Bergor, standing in the trunk, and his wife, Alvina, standing nearby, getting ready to perform an amazing escape act. The act had Berg...
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Plumbers and Pipefitters Union Outing

Date: 08 27 1910
Description: A group portrait of members and families of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry, Local 118. The g...
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Herb & Katherine Jacobs

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Description: Journalist Herb Jacobs and his wife Katherine standing in the window of Jacobs II, the second home that Frank Lloyd Wright designed for them.
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Henry C. and Johanna Knab Koch

Date: 1867
Description: Henry C. Koch and his wife, Johanna Knab Koch, pose for a formal studio portrait. Henry C. Koch was a German born architect that designed many Wisconsin sc...
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Ava and Max Fernekes

Date: 06 1980
Description: Ava and Max Fernekes at the Pendarvis Spring Open House. A vase of tulips and various artworks is along the windowsill behind the couple.
Postcard

Going to Town

Date: 09 09 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Going to Town, Rib Lake, Wis." A farm couple driving their wagon, pulled by two oxen, into town. The wagon has wooden wheels and is l...
Postcard

A New Settler

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "A New Settler, L. Gervoin, Rusk Farm Settlement, Rusk Co., Wis." A farm couple and dog are posing in front of their clapboard house w...
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E. W. and Martha M. Adams

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Description: Oval-framed portrait of a couple. E. W. Adams was Secretary of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company.

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