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University Circus

Date: 12 15 1913
Description: A horse-drawn wagon, filled with University of Wisconsin students dressed as clowns, proceeds along a Madison street as part of a parade. Spectators line ...
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 09 02 1953
Description: Mary Ellen Jenks, the 1953 Alice in Dairyland, visits a Boy Scout camp, where she is surrounded by admiring scouts and a member of the navy.
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People Playing Golf near Hillside Home School

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Description: People playing golf in the fields at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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John Deitz Family

Date: 1906
Description: Casual family portrait of John Deitz and his wife and five children.
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvesting Machinery Catalog Cover

Date: 1889
Description: Front cover of an advertising catalog for William Deering & Company, manufacturers of harvesting machinery. The cover features a framed inset of a scene of...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Advertising Catalog

Date: 1889
Description: Advertising catalog for grain cutting (harvesting) machinery manufactured by William Deering and Company. Features an illustration of children sitting with...
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Group Along the Shore

Date: 1900
Description: Group of children and adults on a lawn along the shore. Gentleman on the right is mowing the lawn. A young boy is playing with a dog in front of two girls ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 05 28 1948
Description: Dane County traffic police with Jimmy Christensen pointing to his plans for a soap box racer. The traffic police are sponsoring Jimmy in the Soap Box Derby...
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Family Gathered Outside of Tent

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Description: Three women, a man and several children pose outside of two large tents.
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Group Walking in Field

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Description: A group of men, women and children walk through a field. One woman rides a bike and is steadied by the man next to her.
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Temperance Procession

Date: 07 1892
Description: Procession of children and adults at the second convention of the Wisconsin Loyal Temperance League at Delavan. The LTL was a branch of the Women's Christi...
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Three Women and a Child

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Description: Three women and a child pose for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. All of the women are holding umbrellas and are wearing hats. The child, ...
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Woman and Child

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated woman wearing a hat and a young girl leaning towards her in front of a painted backdrop.
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Elderly Man and Young Girls

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Description: A seated elderly man sits between two standing girls in front of a painted backdrop. The man wears a suit jacket, vest with watch fob, tie, and trousers, a...
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Elderly Man with Young Boy and Girl

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated elderly man with two young children in front of a painted backdrop. The elderly man wears a suit jacket, vest, and trousers, ...
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Portrait of a Small Child

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Description: A child wearing a long sailor-like dress stands leaning on a chair for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. There is a wide-brimmed hat on the...
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Men and Boys

Date: 05 27 1894
Description: A small crowd of men and boys in hats on the shoreline seeing the Thwaites family off at the Indian Kentucky River.
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Jessie and Fred Thwaites

Date: 06 07 1894
Description: Jessie Thwaites poses next to two huge logs, upon which Fredrik stands. Behind them is the Saline River.
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Family Outside of Barn

Date: 08 1903
Description: Alexander Krueger sitting in an open barn door with the twins Edgar and Jennie. Their Grandpa August Krueger is sitting on a fence on the right at the side...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: A crowd watches as soap box derby cars get ready for a race and men check over the cars. A sign over the road reads, "Free Shellubrication" for Derby Entra...

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