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Setting Up Circus Seating

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Description: A group of boys, supervised by adult men, set up wooden folding chairs in a circus tent.
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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...
Photograph

Lorraine Gray and Frank Gray

Date: 01 11 1945
Description: Lorraine Gray, and her younger brother Frank are reading an RMR "help wanted" advertisement in the "Wisconsin State Journal." The RMR (Ruben-Mallory-Ray-O-...
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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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Family Sitting in Yard

Date: 1900
Description: Group of adults and children sitting in the yard adjacent to a cottage on Peter's Lake.
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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.
Photograph

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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Two Adults and a Child

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Description: A young girl in a dress stands between a man and woman who are seated. They pose in front of a painted backdrop. The women wears a long dress, and the man ...
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Family Portrait

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Description: A family with four children poses for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. The two parents are seated while two older children stand behind th...
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Adults with Small Child

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Description: A man wearing a suit jacket and trousers, holds a small girl wearing a dress sitting on his lap. A woman in a long dress stands behind him and rests her ha...
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Man, Woman, and Two Children

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated man in a suit jacket, vest, and trousers holding a young girl on his lap. A woman in a dress is standing behind a baby on a t...
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Mary C. and Grandpa

Date: 1898
Description: An elderly man stands in a room holding a small girl. Caption on negative reads, "Mary C. and Grandpa."
Photograph

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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Madison Soap Box Derby Parade

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Seventy-six derby car drivers march behind leader Frankie Meyers on East Gorham Street during the Soap Box Derby Parade of Youth.
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Portrait of Man and Child Outdoors

Date: 1920
Description: Outdoor portrait of man seated in a rocking chair with child standing next to him. They are both wearing hats and neckties. In the background is a house wi...

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