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Out of Action

Date: 01 13 1967
Description: Dejected skier at home with cast and crutches, after breaking her leg practicing for competition.
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Fence Sitters

Date: 1922
Description: School friends Ethel and Eleanor fence-sit on a summer day.
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Little Girl with Dog in front of Christmas Tree

Date: 12 26 1934
Description: Little girl sitting on the floor in front of a Christmas tree, holding a dog.
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Ruth Holt with Mother

Date: 07 23 1934
Description: Portrait of Ruth Holt holding golf club, at the Nakoma golf course, age 10. She was the youngest player in the Junior Qualifying Round of the Wisconsin Wom...
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Ruth L. Brissee with Rifle and Dog

Date: 09 22 1933
Description: Ruth L. Brissee holding a rifle, standing with her dog in a garden at 2437 Fox Avenue. At age 15 she is the youngest huntress in Dane County.
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Marian Montana Wheeler

Date: 09 15 1932
Description: Portrait of Marian Montana Wheeler, daughter of Mrs. Burton Wheeler, of Butte Montana, taken on the porch of the La Follette farmhouse at Maple Bluff. She ...
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Marian Dolan 4-H Champion

Date: 11 18 1931
Description: Marian Dolan, of the Maple Knoll 4-H club north of Sun Prairie, 1931 National 4-H champion, sitting at the piano.
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Miss Elsie Onsrud, National 4-H Champion

Date: 10 15 1930
Description: Elsie Onsrud, from Stoughton, national 4-H champion sitting at a piano. She was chosen as 1930 typical 4-H girl, at the National Dairy Show in St. Louis.
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Portrait of a Girl

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Description: Waist-up portrait of girl with ringlets, and a belt at her waist with an ornate clasp.
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Darlene Quinn

Date: 1936
Description: Darlene Quinn, a student at the Kehl School, poses with an accordion.
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Family in front of House

Date: 1869
Description: A family sits around a table in a yard. One woman holds a stereoscope in her lap. Behind them is a frame house with shutters on some of the windows, and a ...
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Portrait of Young Girl

Date: 1870
Description: Seated studio portrait of a young girl. She is wearing glass or amber beads.
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Nellie Grant

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Description: Studio portrait of Nellie Grant, daughter of Ulysses S. Grant, seated in a chair.
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Portrait of Young Girl

Date: 1870
Description: Seated studio portrait of a young girl. She is wearing glass or amber beads.
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Studio Portrait of Girl

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Description: Portrait of a young girl.
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Helen Hall, Youth Hostel Secretary

Date: 05 18 1944
Description: Helen Hall, secretary at the Youth Hostel headquarters on the Samuel Post farm on Middleton Road, near Shorewood Hills.
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Elizabeth Johnson and Hobart Johnson

Date: 08 13 1945
Description: Elizabeth Johnson and Hobart Johnson. Elizabeth will be attending the Potter School in Tucson, Arizona. Hobart will return to the Middlesex School in Conco...
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Young Girl Holding Rose

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young girl standing on a chair, holding a rose in her hand. The young girl's hair is pulled...
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Portrait of Girl and Dalmation Dog

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a girl standing with her arm on a chair in which a Dalmation dog sits. The girl's hair is pul...
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Girl with Certificate

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young girl with a scroll on a table, probably a graduation diploma. She is wearing all white and has a fa...

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