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Cecil McLaren, Tennis Champion

Date: 11 08 1934
Description: University of Wisconsin coed, Cecil McLaren, from Cincinnati, Ohio, holding tennis racket, co-champion in Western girls' doubles and finalist in National g...
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Two Dolphin Club Girls

Date: 03 18 1931
Description: Two female Dolphin Club members in bathing suits take an acrobatic pose on the diving board of the Lathrop Hall pool.
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Fresh Vegetable Vendors

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Description: Two African American women pose with baskets of fresh vegetables on their heads while selling their produce. A building with an exterior brick chimney is b...
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Cyrus McCormick III in Uniform with Nettie McCormick

Date: 1918
Description: Lieutenant Cyrus McCormick III (1890-1970), in uniform, poses with his grandmother Nettie Fowler McCormick (1835-1923) at Walden, the Lake Forest estate of...
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Stone Building on the Gross' Property

Date: 2004
Description: This very old Pomeranian-style structure still stands on the Gross property.
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Two Sisters Posing

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Description: Salome Bollig and Regina Bollig Deans embrace and smile outdoors in front of a window in a brick wall. They are wearing light-colored dresses and lace-up b...
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Woman on Ladder

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Description: View across yard towards a woman posing sitting halfway up a ladder which is against the porch roof of a brick building. She is holding a kitten on her kne...
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Woman and Cat

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Description: Portrait of a woman posing standing while bending over on the porch of a brick house holding a cat upright by the forepaws.
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Purchased at the Auction

Date: 05 1978
Description: Gorden Senn displays a bottle that he purchased.
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Edna Richards Turner

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Description: Woman posing standing outdoors in the yard of a brick building. She is wearing a light-colored dress, and is identified as Edna Richards Turner.
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Couple; Best Residence

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified man and woman posing standing on the wooden porch of a brick building. The vantage point of the camera is from the grou...
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Ida Scholz

Date: 1913
Description: Outdoor portrait of Ida Scholz standing in front of the Langholf home. Several potted plants are on the steps beside her.
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Outdoor Portrait of Ida Scholz

Date: 1913
Description: Outdoor portrait of Ida Scholz sitting on the steps in front of the Langholf home. Several flowering plants are on the stairs beside her.
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Hans and Clara Skott

Date: 10 1944
Description: Full-length outdoor portrait of Hans and Clara Skott standing on the lawn in front of a brick building with white columns. Hans and Clara were the parents ...
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"TakeOver" Newspaper Sellers on State Street

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Description: Two "TakeOver" newspaper sellers with their faces painted are hawking the newspapers on State Street.
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Man and Woman with McCormick-Deering Tractor

Date: 02 12 1925
Description: Outdoor portrait in front of an International Harvester building of a man wearing a suit and bow tie standing next to a woman wearing a fur-trimmed coat. T...
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Adda Howie at International Harvester Office

Date: 1920
Description: View of Adda Howie standing outside the International Harvester office (probably in Milwaukee).
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Archie and Dorothea Johnson

Date: 04 16 1978
Description: Portrait of a man and woman posing sitting on the steps in front of a door. The man has his arm around the woman's shoulder. Caption reads: "Archie and Dor...
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Jeff and Pat Otten

Date: 06 26 1985
Description: Waist-up portrait of a man and woman posing together outdoors while standing against a brick wall. They are both are wearing matching sunglasses and shirts...
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Two Friends of Jeannette Holt

Date: 1919
Description: Page caption reads: "Eleanor Nelson, Florence Caldwell, Katherine Magill." It is not clear which two of these women are posing together.

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