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Beer and Sweet Corn

Date: 08 24 1968
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kress, dressed in lederhosen, enjoy beer and sweet corn at the Mid-summer Festival.
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The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
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Farm Couple

Date: 1920
Description: Farm couple seated together outdoors on the lawn, his arm around her shoulders.
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Rennebohm Diners

Date: 1979
Description: A couple waits for a waitress to take their order at Rennebohm Drug Store No. 19 restaurant, 204 Cottage Grove Road, the present site of the Madison Public...
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Rennebohm Diners

Date: 1979
Description: An unidentified couple at an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant. The couple had finished their meal and left their tip on the table when they wer...
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Mr. and Mrs. John E. Wise, Sr.

Date: 01 08 1955
Description: Wisconsin's new Secretary of State, Glenn M. Wise, pours coffee for her husband, John E. Wise, Sr., who is an electrical engineer with the state Industrial...
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Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones and his Wife Susan

Date: 1911
Description: Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones and Susan Lloyd Jones and their collie, Roger, probably on the porch of a cottage. Susan died Oct 26, 1911 and Jenkin died Sept 12...
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Alma and J. Robert Taylor

Date: 1905
Description: A studio portrait of Alma and J. Robert Taylor. Alma is sitting in a chair holding a sock to be darned, while putting her hand over J. Robert's mouth. He i...
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Woman Making Pasties

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Description: Woman wearing a hairnet and an apron fills a pasty in her kitchen. A man wearing coveralls is seated at the table watching.
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Man and Woman with Freezer

Date: 1944
Description: A man and woman standing at an International Harvester chest freezer holding pieces of poultry and meat. They are standing in front of a curtain.
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Mr. and Mrs. Trimpey

Date: 1912
Description: The photographer, Ephraim Burt Trimpey, and his wife, Alice Kent Trimpey, seated at a table with a tea kettle on a stand, cups and saucers. Both wear vinta...
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Picnic with the Nofsingers

Date: 06 01 1929
Description: Bernard Arms (standing), uncle of Lewis Arms, shares a picnic with his neighbors Mr. and Mrs. (Betsy) Nofsinger.
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Schnitzler Barn — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: Andy and Karen Schnitzler and "Ruffy" pose in their Community Center. The Schnitzlers purchased the farm in 1980 and began the center in 1988.
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Anderson's Country Dining — Interior

Date: 01 30 1998
Description: "Stacey is our waitress at Andersons on Friess Lake, (near Holy Hill). Perch are $9.95." From left to right; Stacey, Ralph Widmer, and Shirley Widmer.
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Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's Party

Date: 07 21 1953
Description: A couple in costume at the Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's party. Ralph T. Peterson is serving his wife, Charlotte, a typical 90's meal.
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Mendota Yacht Club Beachcombers Party

Date: 07 28 1953
Description: William and Audrey Hobbins cooking a hot dog on the grill at the Mendota Yacht Club beachcombers party.
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Wiedmeyer Home — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: Florence and Harold Wiedmeyer have been married for 65 years and lived here for 62 years. They raised 12 children.
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Woman and Very Tall Man

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Description: A young woman and a very tall man stand together in front of the cookhouse wagon. She is holding a bottle of soda and offering him a hotdog; he has his arm...
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Wedding Feast

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Description: Some twenty members of the Harold Stafford wedding party and guests, seated and standing behind a table set for a meal, with food on many of the plates. Th...
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John Alden and Priscilla

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Description: Copy of the painting, "John Alden and Priscilla." Married in 1623 in Plymouth, the couple sit in a colonial home. Priscilla spins wool on a spinning wheel...

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