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Young Arthur Altmeyer and Friends

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of Arthur Altmeyer as a young man posing in Wingra Park with five other young people identified as Selma, Russell, Lloyd, May Wescot...
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Farm Family in Living Room

Date: 1900
Description: A farm family posing in their living room. Sitting from left to right is John Dietrich (1874-1947), Grace Bowman (1879-1964), and Mrs. Lizzie Macke Dietric...
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Portrait of a Young Ho-Chunk Group

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Description: Studio portrait of two young Ho-Chunk women and Frank Thomas Jefferson (Ma He Ha Na Cho E Kah), standing, and Fred Kingswan, sitting. The Ho-Chunk woman si...
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University of Wisconsin Tent Colony

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Professor J. Duke Elkow and his family stand at their "summer home" at the University of Wisconsin tent colony on Lake Mendota.
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People Posing in Front of Log House

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Description: Group portrait of people sitting in a row, with a man and woman in the center, and two young girls flanking them. Behind them standing, on the left, is a y...
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Family in Living Room

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Description: In the center is a man posing sitting in a chair. Beside him on the left are two teenage girls standing near a doorway, and on the right standing next to h...
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Presenting the Key to Wade House

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, presents the key to Wade House to Dr. William McKern, of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. The century-old stagecoach inn and...
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80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: A chorus of men singing on stage with a crowd watching. A group of officials seated on the right. Rolling farmland in the background.
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Outdoor Family Portrait

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Description: An outdoor family portrait with a golf theme. Several members are sitting on a bench and the lawn, with a large house in the background. There are two dogs...
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Music at the Wedding

Date: 07 29 1950
Description: Judy Luhn entertains guests with her accordion at the Guelig-Walsh wedding.
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Muscoda High School Basketball Team

Date: 1903
Description: Group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Muscoda High School Girls' Basketball Team and their coach. The frame has the S. Gillett imprint, but ...
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Brodhead Mandolin Club

Date: 1896
Description: Group portrait of the Brodhead Mandolin Club. The men are wearing suits and neckties, and all the women wear long white dresses. There are mandolins, as we...
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Wilbur J. Cohen Swearing-In as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Date: 05 16 1968
Description: Wilbur J. Cohen, at the podium during his swearing-in as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, makes a remark that causes his wife Eloise, President ...
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Class of 1886

Date: 1886
Description: Posed group portrait of men and women members of the “Class of '86” at Lawrence College. The 8 men have silk top hats and the 4 women have umbrellas, for a...
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J.R. Ogden and Family

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a European American family posed sitting in front of a painted backdrop. A middle-aged man with a moustache and bea...
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J.R. Ogden and Family

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a European American family posed sitting in front of a painted backdrop. On the far left is a young woman wearing a...
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Carl and Grace Ogden

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Description: Waist-up seated studio portrait of a young European American man and woman. The man is posed on the left wearing a dark-colored suit coat and light-colored...
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Martha and Tim Frautschi

Date: 09 30 1960
Description: Portrait of two of Lowell and Grace Frautschi's children, Martha and Tim Frautschi. Martha is a 1960 graduate of Radcliffe College where she majored in Far...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman wearing eyeglasses posed standing. She has her right ...
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John F. Kennedy Speaks in Hillsboro

Date: 03 25 1960
Description: John F. Kennedy outdoors with a group of Hillsboro students and residents after a campaign speech. A man on the left is taking a group photo with a camera....

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