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Portrait of Four Women in Field

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of four women, taken in a field. The two women on the left are posing standing, while the two on the right are posed kneeling or cro...
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My Heart is Shaking Only For You

Date: 1945
Description: Valentine's Day card of a soda fountain with two girls seated on stools in front of the counter and a soda jerk behind. Two puppies are on the floor near t...
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Bethany Methodist Church Open House

Date: 11 08 1959
Description: Hubert Ellison (left), William Shatter, and Tsurue Mita attend an open house of the new education wing of Bethany Methodist Church, 3910 Mineral Point Road...
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Group of Women

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of women wearing a variety of head dresses posed in front of the side of a building. They are wearing either black and gold dresses or skirt...
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Madison Figure Skating Club Holds Free Figure Skating Clinic

Date: 12 23 1964
Description: The Madison Figure Skating Club holding a free figure skating clinic for elementary school children and teenagers at the Madison Ice Arena, 1834 Commercial...
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Girl Scout Camp

Date: 09 12 1938
Description: Four large canvas tents form a semicircle in an open wooded area near a lake. Girls Scouts, some in uniforms and other in casual summer attire, are posing ...
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Van Vlissingen School

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Description: A man is standing on a brick walk near young men and women tending to trees and plants between a tall wood fence and a pipe railing running along the walk....
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John Merker and His Grandmother

Date: 1915
Description: John Merker (1900-1961), dressed in straw hat, bib overalls and a work shirt, is holding a pipe in his left hand. He is wearing a fake beard. His grandmoth...
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Riding

Date: 1930
Description: June Ellen Johnston, far left, leading a group of young people on horseback at the Milwaukee Hunt Club. She is wearing a hat, jacket and necktie, and a lon...
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We Saw You Before Leaving for Europe

Date: 04 04 1958
Description: Shown outside the State Capitol after leaving the Supreme Court Chambers: (L to R): Dorothy Gregory; Mrs. Charles Doyle and daughter, Kathleen; Mrs. George...
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Picnic

Date: 04 29 1934
Description: Mararet Bouer (Mrs. Herbert P.) Brumder, far left, and her son Philip, third from left, join other friends or relatives gathered around a large fallen log ...
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Jim Kearns Family

Date: 1905
Description: James Kearns is smiling while sitting next to his wife Clara for a family portrait. Their sons Thomas and John are sitting on the ground in front of them. ...
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Flood at Dates Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Water from French Creek covers the surface of a bridge at Dates Mill near the Marquette-Columbia County line as water rushes down a lane in the pasture in ...
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Decoration Day

Date: 05 30 1912
Description: Three girls are decorating Lucy Rumsey Holt's electric car with American flags for Decoration Day, possibly for a parade. Jeannette Holt is on the left. Sp...
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Stebbins House

Date: 1904
Description: A group is posing in front of a two-story wood frame house with a lower wing at left. Mae von der Sump is standing near a column at the left of steps leadi...
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Wauwatosa Teens with Souvenirs

Date: 08 23 1956
Description: Five young women are smiling and posing around an open suitcase, which contains various items. One woman is setting a hat on another woman's head. Caption ...
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Floy Montgomery

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a girl on her bicycle. Caption reads: "11 years" and "Floy Montgomery."

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