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Fish Bait

Date: 08 02 1963
Description: Contestant baits her hook in Washington Park at the annual Milwaukee county park commission's fishing rodeo.
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Operating Machinery Outdoors

Date: 1915
Description: A young boy in overalls operates a machine, perhaps a pump for water, underneath a windmill. There are overturned buckets in the foreground. An elderly man...
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Studio Portrait of Two Young Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 1892
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk women posing sitting on either side of a prop stone wall and prop wood fence. They are...
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Portrait of Young Ho-Chunk Man

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of John Pigeon – “He Cho Kah.” Born 1875, died August 1915. Posing standing in front of a prop stone wall and painted backdrop....
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Studio Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women (unknown) seated, wearing several necklaces, earrings, traditional blouses, rings, and moccasins, in front of a...
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Double Exposure with a Ho-Chunk Girl and Woman

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Description: Double exposure, one exposure of a studio full-length portrait of a Ho-Chunk girl posing standing in front of a painted backdrop wearing several necklaces,...
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Young Men near Stage

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A group of young male audience members crowd around the Sound Storm festival stage with scaffolding visible in the background.
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Nakoma PTA Blood Drive

Date: 01 04 1954
Description: Girl Scout Betsy Paddock, age eleven, talks to Lawrence and Arneita Halle in an effort to recruit donors for an upcoming Red Cross blood drive at Nakoma Sc...
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Upper Room

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Description: A class picture with four rows posing outdoors, with a stone wall behind them on the left, and a brick wall on the right. In front is a row of boys sitting...
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Woman Working in Insurance Office

Date: 11 19 1927
Description: Young woman sitting at a typewriter, presumably a staff employee, in the office of the Indiana Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
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Studio Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified family. A man is posing sitting on a prop stone wall with his elbow resting on a stone co...
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Maple Bluff Social Event for Teens

Date: 06 26 1953
Description: Margaret Hobbins, a member of the dance committee for the Maple Bluff Country Club's social event for teens, talking with her date, Duane Bowman, who is si...
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Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit

Date: 01 15 1955
Description: Nancy Thielen, left, and Charlotte Chidester sorting paintings for the Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit at Grace Episcopal Church.
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Group Portrait of the Morris Family

Date: 09 24 1896
Description: A Morris family group portrait in their home library. Full bookcases surround a window. Mr. and Mrs. Morris are seated, while their daughter stands between...
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Hear No, Speak No, and See No Evil

Date: 1950
Description: Group portrait of three young people sitting in a row on steps leading up the entrance of a building. The woman in the foreground sits on the second highes...
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Sitting Together on the Steps

Date: 1950
Description: A young man is sitting on the top step of an entrance to a building with his arms wrapped around a young woman who sits between his legs on the stair below...
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Confirmation Day

Date: 1920
Description: Edward John Brumder, third from left with boutonniere, and his sister, Henrietta Thekla "Pussy" Brumder, wearing a short white dress, posing with other fam...
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Cynthia Adams, "Talenteen" Finalist

Date: 04 01 1963
Description: Overhead view of a young woman playing a grand piano. Caption reads: "One of 10 "Talenteen" finalists, Cynthia Adams, 15, of 3365 S. 69th st., perfo...

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