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McCormick Family at Island Lake Camp

Date: 1888
Description: McCormick family group portrait at Island Lake Camp in Northwestern Wisconsin, owned by Dr. William C. Gray (editor of "The Interior") and the McCormicks. ...
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H.W. Tenney House

Date: 1885
Description: This is the H.W. Tenney house built by Charles Patten in the late 1870's, bought by Mr. Tenney in the spring of 1881. The people are, (left to right): Eva ...
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Protestant Episcopal Mission Buildings

Date: 1832
Description: People work in the garden at the Protestant Episcopal Mission Buildings.
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St. Clara's Orphanage

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior view of St. Clara's Orphanage, which was built in 1882 and run by the Felecian Sisters.
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Street Game

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Description: Several boys play a street game in a residential area, two blocks away from the deserted playground.
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A Stone Fight

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Description: Children having a stone fight in an unpaved alley or street in an underprivileged neighborhood. Some of the boys are holding trash can lids as protection, ...
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Floyd Quinney

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Description: Floyd Quinney, Richard Quinney's father, feeding cows and chickens in a field on his family's farm.
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Morse Rowell Jr. and Dooley

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Description: A portrait of Morse Rowell Jr. and a dog, Dooley. Morse is posed sitting on a fence and holding Dooley in his lap with a hat resting beside him. Caption re...
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Reunion of Company F, 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 06 18 1890
Description: Group portrait outdoors of the reunion of Company F, 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, held at the farm of George W. Dibble in Rock County. Back row, left...
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State Normal School Girls' Tennis Courts

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Description: Elevated view of girls playing tennis on the lawn at the State Normal School.
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Boys Playing Baseball At Brunnerdale Seminary

Date: 1910
Description: Uniformed boys play baseball at Brunnerdale Seminary. A fence and trees stand in the background.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 1951
Description: 1950 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion Warren Slightam about to compete in an exhibition race at the 1951 Madison soap box derby on Gorham Street.
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Christmas 1952

Date: 1952
Description: Holiday card with a scene of a village in New Mexico. Adobe dwellings with hills, fences, a ladder, trees and a burro can be seen in the background. Six fi...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 11 1940
Description: Thirteen year-old James Borden (standing in the middle) of Madison, Wisconsin, the 1940 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion, waiting for his turn to...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 1950
Description: Thirteen year-old Philip Lenhart of Madison, Wisconsin, sitting in his new and improved soap box derby car. In the 1950 Madison race held on July 23, 1950,...
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School Class at Merrimac

Date: 1890
Description: A large class stands outside a school. Front row, left to right: Stella Nuzum, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mabel Devlin, Mary Devlin, unknown, Alice Odekirk...
Postcard

Three Boys with Wagon in Snow

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Description: Three boys pose outdoors in a field with snow. Two boys, one holding a stick or a whip, are sitting in a miniature wagon. The other boy is standing holding...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: Summer 1942

Date: 1942
Description: Views of two different bike hosteling trips to Pine Bluff (Dane County) and Lake Mills (Jefferson County), sponsored by Neighborhood House, with girls rest...
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Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: Summer 1942 Pine Bluff Trip

Date: 1942
Description: Four participants (Mary Lou Ciulla, Annie Gambino, Bessie Parisi, and Vita Valenza) of a bike hosteling trip sponsored by Neighborhood House, resting on a ...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Play School Outing

Date: 06 1938
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with images of a spring outing taken by the Bluebirds? and the Orioles children's groups. Children are pl...

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