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Young Arthur Altmeyer and Friends

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of Arthur Altmeyer as a young man posing in Wingra Park with five other young people identified as Selma, Russell, Lloyd, May Wescot...
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Farm Family in Living Room

Date: 1900
Description: A farm family posing in their living room. Sitting from left to right is John Dietrich (1874-1947), Grace Bowman (1879-1964), and Mrs. Lizzie Macke Dietric...
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4-H Tractor Queen Serenaded on a Farmall Cub Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: 4-H Tractor Queen receiving a cake on a Farmall Cub tractor while other 4-H members serenade her.
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Township High School Musicians

Date: 05 17 1935
Description: A group of high school musicians from Township High School, Joliet, Illinois, on sleeping cots in the Field House during a National School Music contest.
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Big Falls Fire Fighters

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of a fire fighting crew posing with buckets and shovels. They are battling the Big Falls Forest Fire.
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Kehl Students with President Gerald R. Ford

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Description: Students at the Kehl School of Dance pose with President Gerald R. Ford. From left to right: Linda Mohs, Polly Mohs, Shannon Gallagher, Ford, Mary Jo Macke...
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Frank P. Cockrell and Three Young Men

Date: 07 17 1945
Description: Group portrait of Frank P. Cockrell, secretary of young men at the Madison YMCA, and three young men. From left: John Farman, Nimmer Adamany, Frank Cockrel...
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Boys and Toy Airplane

Date: 1920
Description: Reginald Jackson, Jr., of Madison, holding the toy airplane, and a group of friends, all of whom are wearing short pants, sitting on the windowsill in fron...
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Studio Portrait of Three Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1935
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of a man standing behind them. The two men sitting are wea...
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Studio Portrait of Four Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of two men posing standing, William Hall (HunkKah), left, ...
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Studio Portrait of Five Ho-Chunk Boys

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of (l to r) Johnie Thunder and George Bearchief (Ha Na Kah) sitting with their legs crossed in front of thre...
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Portrait of Seven Young Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of three young Ho-Chunk men posing standing. All of the m...
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Studio Portrait of Seven Young Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of four young Ho-Chunk men posing standing. Most of the ...
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WIBA Interview of Exchange Students

Date: 01 10 1950
Description: WIBA provides a radio workshop program featuring foreign exchange students at Wisconsin High School. From left to right are: Jeanne Tierney, interviewer, A...
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Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women and Frank Thomas Jefferson (Ma He Ha Na Cho E Kah), standing, and Fred Kingswan, sitting. The Ho-Chunk woman si...
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Rai-Molay Dance Honor Court

Date: 12 15 1951
Description: Group portrait of the honor court for the Rai-Molay Christmas dance. The court is made up of members of Order of Rainbow and the Order of DeMolay. The girl...
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City Firemen Choose an Entry for the Soapbox Derby

Date: 05 28 1952
Description: Members of the Madison Firefighters union, Local 311, chose twelve-year-old Dick Hanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian (Inez) Hanson, 134 South Butler Street ...
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YMCA Baseball Trip

Date: 08 12 1953
Description: Eleven pre-teen boys posing for an indoor portrait with their adult supervisor before their excursion to Chicago and Wrigley Field to watch the Milwaukee B...
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University of Wisconsin Tent Colony

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Professor J. Duke Elkow and his family stand at their "summer home" at the University of Wisconsin tent colony on Lake Mendota.
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People Posing in Front of Log House

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Description: Group portrait of people sitting in a row, with a man and woman in the center, and two young girls flanking them. Behind them standing, on the left, is a y...

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