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Mrs. Lehman and Son John

Date: 09 28 1932
Description: Mrs. C.D. Lehman, a writer of children's books, with her son, John, a University of Wisconsin student. They are pictured in their home in the Princeton apa...
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Four Women Share a House

Date: 03 21 1955
Description: Joan Williams and Dolores Roegner repair a furnace with a hammer and pliers in the house they share with two other young women at 2253 Rugby Row.
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Gardens Near Apartment Building

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of men and women working in a large garden behind what appears to be an apartment building.
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Mrs. Theodore Statz at Basement Apartment

Date: 09 18 1948
Description: Mrs. Theodore Statz outside a window of her family's basement apartment at 425 West Wilson Street. They are soon to be evicted because their apartment does...
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Martin and Eva Lauffer Deutschkron

Date: 1942
Description: Martin and Eva Lauffer Deutschkron in a Berlin apartment shared with his parents.
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New Year's Eve Party at Deutschkron Apartment

Date: 1946
Description: New Year's Eve party at Deutschkron apartment. Eva Lauffer Deutschkron second from left in foreground, Martin Deutschkron is at far right; Berlin.
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Eva Lauffer Deutschkron and Son Edward

Date: 1949
Description: Eva Lauffer Deutschkron and son, Edward, sitting in front of their apartment; 2127 University Avenue.
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Eagle Heights Apartment Interior

Date: 01 26 1949
Description: Mrs. J.E. Hurff standing on the stairway of her Eagle Heights apartment, furnished with Chinese art objects purchased during Captain J.E. Hurff's naval dut...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 04 1949
Description: The Madison Business and Professional Women's club celebrates National Business Women's Week by honoring some of its members. Ms. Clara Effinger, 842 Spaig...
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William C. Treichel House

Date: 12 13 1949
Description: Mrs. William C. Treichel sitting in the above-store apartment that she and her husband decorated in the Colonial style. Mr. Treichel, an attorney, gave up ...
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Bloch Family on Porch

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Description: Robert Bloch and his family pose on their second floor porch at the flat they rented at 2626B Maryland Avenue. This was during Bloch's work at the Marx age...
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Decorating First Apartment

Date: 04 17 1950
Description: Newlyweds George and Lorna Homes decorate their first apartment at 1028 Erin Street. The couple is shown hanging up a bedsheet to serve as a window curtai...
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Decorating First Apartment

Date: 04 17 1950
Description: Newlyweds George and Lorna Holmes decorate their first apartment at 1028 Erin Street. Lorna is painting a living room wall as George is looking on.
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Unidentified Woman in Hat

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Description: Possibly a picture of Harold Gauer's brother Norman's "exotic oriental' dancer wife. Photograph was taken in the Brady Street "Lab."
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Portrait of Alice Bedard

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Description: Formal portrait of Bedard. Photograph was thought, by Harold Gauer, to have been taken just after High School graduation.
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Portrait of an Unidentified Woman

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Description: Possibly Lee Wong, Norman Gauer's (brother of Harold Gauer) "exotic oriental" dancer wife. Photographed in the Brady street "Lab."
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Portrait of Marion Bloch

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Description: Formal portrait of Robert Bloch's wife, Marion. On the wall a small American flag is propped on the apartment intercom.
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Alice Bedard

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Description: Bedard in "exotic" New Year's Eve costume.
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Angie Vail in Costume

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Description: Costume party picture of Angie Vail (nee Siajn) taken by Harold Gauer at the Brady Street apartment. The party was during the war years. On the wall a smal...
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Angie Vail in Hat and Boots

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Description: Angie Vail (nee Siajn) in "exotic" costume. Photograph may have been a "girlie" shot taken for Bob Vail.

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