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Office Baby

Date: 05 19 1965
Description: Mother brings baby to secretarial job.
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Grocery Shopping

Date: 1950
Description: A grocery clerk boxes up purchases as a woman and her young son wait at the checkout counter.
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Woman and Girls in McCormick Works' Garden

Date: 07 1932
Description: Mother and her two daughters posing near a version of International Harvester's logo at the McCormick Works community garden. The garden was one of several...
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International Travelall

Date: 1971
Description: Color advertising photograph of a family enjoying a campfire near their Travelall 1010 truck and Mallard camper. The father of the family strums his guitar...
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Children Standing in front of Wooden Fence

Date: 1872
Description: Six children standing in front of a wooden fence that has posts and a picket fence gate. A cat is sitting on the wooden walk behind them and their mother i...
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Ilena Frerker Shopping at Grocery Store

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Ilena Fierker and her children, Bobby and Dicky, buying Dean's Milk from Clarence O. Furset, manager of Piggly Wiggly Food Center, 2701 University Avenue.
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Group Portrait with Automobile

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Description: A group portrait taken next to an automobile, consisting of a woman (probably Alma Reinhardt Taylor) with her hand on the car, one boy (probably Fred Taylo...
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Pi Beta Phi Sorority Benefit Tea

Date: 11 05 1951
Description: Mrs. Mary Conley and her daughter, Barbara, wear hand-loomed mother and daughter aprons which will be on sale at the annual benefit tea held by the Pi Beta...
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Americanization Pageant Donation Bottles

Date: 08 31 1953
Description: Marie Oakey, left, and children Genevieve and Jacques du Vair place coins into collection bottles to support a patriotic drive held by the Madison Women's ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down retail street. Cars are parked along the curbs. The stores include: Victrola's dealer, a cafe, a recreation parlor, a restaurant, a clothing stor...
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March of Dimes

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Portrait of five-year-old Lynn Stenrud with her mother Mrs. Ingvald Stenrud (middle), and Mrs. Robert Huehel (right), all from Deerfield. Lynn is wearing a...
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Preparing Watercress for Sale

Date: 06 11 1954
Description: Mae Chidester and her son Philip demonstrate their technique of preparing watercress for shipping to Madison retail outlets. The watercress grows on the la...
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Sue Carolyn Renk

Date: 06 18 1958
Description: Sue Carolyn Renk examines a piece of crystal glassware as her mother, Mrs. Wilbur Renk looks on. She is preparing for her wedding and her graduation.
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Goodman's Empty Stocking Christmas Party

Date: 11 06 1960
Description: Robert Goodman, left, and Irwin Goodman, right, are shown with their mother Belle Goodman, during a Christmas party thrown for the employees of Goodman Jew...
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Busy Mother

Date: 09 30 1965
Description: Mrs. Rodney Gallagher, Rt. 2, Fish Hatchery Road, with a phone at her ear and a list at her side. She is sitting at a table with her five children, who are...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Jo Clark, age 3, is sitting on a table in a department store as clerk Frances Sternberger (left) is tying the chin strap of a new Easter hat. Jo's mother, ...
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Drug Store Interior

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of the drugstore owned by Jerome Francis Franklin Jr., located next to the Franklin Hardware Company/Eland Post Office. In the foreground are...

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