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Singers Reading "The Capital Times"

Date: 08 19 1931
Description: Three women of "The Singing Sinners," a vaudeville act at the Orpheum Theater, are reading "The Capitol Times" serial story "Guilty Lips," in their dressin...
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Woman with Book of Madison Men and Women in Service

Date: 04 07 1945
Description: Barbara Groves searches through a book of clippings of Madison men and women in service. The stories were published in the "Wisconsin State Journal" and t...
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Madison Visitor Mrs. C. A. Green

Date: 10 11 1948
Description: Eighty-five-year-old Mrs. C.A. Green, reading the Wisconsin State Journal during a stay with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Glen C. (Flor...
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Roof Garden at the Central Club for Nurses

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Description: View of the roof garden at the Central Club for Nurses, completed in 1916 by architects Parish and Schroeder. The Central Club for Nurses was built for the...
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Eliza Catherine Scidmore with Newspaper

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Description: "Aunt Li de Scidmore" is seated in a chair reading a newspaper.
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Mary and Katie Temp

Date: 11 24 2011
Description: Mary (Kate) Marcou Temp is sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper while her daughter Kate Temp is kneeling on the floor viewing her electronic reader on T...
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Sitting in the Living Room

Date: 03 05 1901
Description: Indoor flash portrait of William and Johanna Krueger sitting in the living room. Johanna is reading the newspaper, while William is reading a book. Various...
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Double Exposure of Florentina Krueger

Date: 1906
Description: Double exposure of Florentina Krueger sitting in a rocking chair. On one side she is reading a newspaper, while on the other she is sitting and looking off...
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Tillie Timmel Reading the Newspaper

Date: 1908
Description: Tille Timmel, Florentina's cousin, sitting in a chair, outdoors, reading the newspaper. A large potted plant is sitting next to her.
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Chemotherapy Room at the Hospital

Date: 03 02 2015
Description: Solveig, the photographer's wife, sitting in a chair by a window reading a newspaper. A coffee cup is sitting on the window sill next to her, and magazines...
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Vocational School Speech Class

Date: 02 04 1954
Description: As preparation for speech class at the Madison Vocational School, Olga Toltzien is reading from The American Observer.
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On the Road to Damascus

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Description: On the road from Damascus to Jerusalem at the site of some ancient ruins.
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Googie Withers and Probably Ivy Emmerton

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Description: Actress Googie Withers is having her hair done by an unidentified woman, probably hair stylist Ivy Emmerton, on the set of the 1948 film "Miranda." They ar...
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At Home With State's Lawmaking

Date: 02 11 1959
Description: Mrs. Gerald (Christina) Lorge, wife of Sen. Gerald Lorge (R-Bear Creek), is shown reading and sipping coffee while waiting for her husband, who is in a leg...
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Mary Griggs Lounging Outdoors Reading with Friend

Date: 1938
Description: Mary Griggs, wearing a pink dress, cardigan and hair bow, and a male friend are lounging on blue painted wicker chaise lounge chairs with blue floral cushi...

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