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Halle Steensland and Family

Date: 1875
Description: Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children (left to right: Morten, Henry, Edward, Halbert and Helen) in front of their home in Mapl...
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Author Sigurd Olson

Date: 01 21 1973
Description: Sigurd Olson, who became a leading exponent of the conservation philosophy, is shown here autographing books in a bookstore.
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Dangers of Oil Lamps

Date: 1927
Description: A woman sitting at a kitchen table wearing a visor, leaning over a book while a lit oil lamp is nearby. Also on the table are a newspaper, additional books...
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Canning Demonstration

Date: 1914
Description: A group of men and women surround O.H. Benson as he gives a canning demonstration in the office of County Superintendent Tobin. Canning equipment stands on...
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H.H. Bennett with Camera near Steamboat Rock

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Description: Stereograph of H.H. Bennett manning his camera on shore near Steamboat Rock. A woman is in a canoe near the shoreline, and a man is reading a book on the f...
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Autographing Tea

Date: 09 21 1957
Description: Three women are attending an autographing tea at Graham's Book and Stationary Store, 3238 University Avenue. They are, left to right: Helen Fairchild, Hele...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 690-696

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Description: For any master line drawn fine enough or spoken well
let us call all professionals to wear the laurel
and deck the Halls of Fame
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La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman Law Office

Date: 1899
Description: Two views of the interior of the La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman law office. Mr. Zimmerman is sitting in his inner office; the lady in the foreground ...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Calendar — February and March

Date: 1893
Description: Calendar with the months of February and March, 1893. Features an illustration of a woman sitting on the top of a globe. She is holding a wreath, and is re...
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Group at Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Convention

Date: 06 1963
Description: Group portrait of men and woman at a Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets convention. Names, (l to r): Marvin Davis Winsett, Poet Laureate of Texas; Edna Kristin ...
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Group at Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Convention

Date: 06 1963
Description: Group portrait of men and woman at a Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets convention. Names, (l to r): Mildred Breedlove, Nevada; August Derleth, Wisconsin writer...
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Isabel La Follette and Deborah Sherman

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Isabel La Follette (right) and probably Deborah Sherman, are discussing the Woman's Service Exchange, which Mrs. La Follette started at the Madison Vocatio...
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Betty Cass

Date: 1930
Description: Informal portrait of Betty Cass sitting on a desk and looking over her left shoulder. On her desk is a fan, a telephone and a book to her left, and a file ...
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Dane County Bookmobile Interior

Date: 01 30 1995
Description: Cathy Surprise (Chambers) assists a male patron (possibly Rod Clark) in the Dane County Library Service Bookmobile.

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