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Hans Holtan Family

Date: 1879
Description: This is said to be the family of Hans Holtan (a.k.a. Austinson) posed in the yard before a frame house that has carpenter's lace on porch, two separate doo...
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Skavlem Family and Frame House

Date: 1875
Description: Family posing outdoors around a table in front of a frame house. There are two men with newspapers, girls with watermelon, and a woman on the porch of the ...
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Skavlem Family

Date: 1875
Description: The Skavlem family is around the table at the home of Lars H. Skavlem. A cloth, books, a vase of flowers and fruit are on the table. The two men on the r...
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Family of Eight

Date: 1876
Description: Family of eight seated in a semi-circle in yard with a stucco upright and wing house in the background.
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Family of Fourteen

Date: 1871
Description: A family of fourteen in yard outside upright and wing frame house on stone foundation, with board fencing in the foreground.
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 29 1950
Description: Spelling bee champion Arlene Brown of Janesville holding her trophy. Smiling on the right is her eighth grade teacher at St. Mary's Catholic school, Siste...
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Hable and Krueger Families

Date: 06 1899
Description: Group portrait of the Hable and Krueger families posing in the yard in front of a house. Two of the men are holding newspapers. Featured are Julius Hable, ...
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Subscription Contest Winner

Date: 08 07 1958
Description: Original caption states: "Everyone benefits. Jans Jackson, Spring Green, champion subscription salesman, of the Wisconsin State Journal's carrier bo...
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Wisconsin State Journal Young Columbus Leaves for Hawaii

Date: 12 26 1958
Description: William Scobie, age 16 of Brodhead, holds a flight bag while embarking an airplane. Scobie won a trip to Hawaii for selling the most subscriptions to the <...
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Young Columbus Winner

Date: 03 26 1959
Description: Newspaper carrier Donald Fay, 15, of Edgerton is the winner of the Young Columbus trip to Italy sponsored by the Wisconsin State Journal and its Sun...
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The Ogden Family

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Description: Indoor portrait of two European American men and two European American women posing sitting. The man is reading a newspaper, "The Northwestern Mail." Ident...
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Governor Julius P. Heil and His Family

Date: 1938
Description: Julius P. Heil sits reading a newspaper with members of his family. To his right is Joe Jr., 13 and to his left is Barbara Ann, 9. His wife, Elizabeth, sit...
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The Getto Family

Date: 1945
Description: Outdoor group portrait of five members of the Getto family posing among trees. Left to right: Fred Getto, Henry Getto, Alma Getto, Oscar Getto, and Maria G...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Brothers Malcolm, Mathew and Sidney Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, line up to pay their bill for copies of the Wisconsin State Journal that they delive...
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Dr. John A. Schindler Family — Daughters

Date: 10 24 1957
Description: Two Schindler daughters, Dora (23, left) and Elsa (21) are shown sitting at a table examining their father's second published book, Woman's Guide to Bet...
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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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Sunday on the Porch

Date: 1923
Description: Clifford Frederick Messinger is sitting on a swinging bed with his wife, Gertrude Merker Messinger. He is holding the comics section of a newspaper; Gertru...
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Two Women

Date: 1935
Description: Two well-dressed women, possibly Amelia Brumder Mayer, left, and Ida Brumder Merker, right, sitting in easy chairs in the home of their younger brother, He...

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