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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | An elderly man stands in a room holding a small girl. Caption on negative reads, "Mary C. and Grandpa." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Family group resting on Court House hill, near Perkin's cottage. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with four women, a man and a child, all well-dressed, posing on the ice wearing ice skates. Other skaters are behind them. Caption reads: "Syl... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | A family, two parents and five children, gathered around a decorated Christmas Tree with gifts underneath. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a horse-drawn float featuring a Viking ship and men dressed as Vikings. Men are marching behind with American and Norwegian flag... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A group of a man, two women and two children playing croquet next to an automobile and a gazebo in a park. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Two generations of the Brandel family pose with golf clubs at the Fox Lake Golf Course. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Two men, a young boy, and two women relax by a tree near a stream. |
| Date: | 06 14 1940 |
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| Description: | Boy Scouts and others recite the Pledge of Allegiance during Madison's first public Flag Day ceremony held at the UW football stadium. |
| Date: | 11 23 1949 |
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| Description: | View across river of a large crowd of people on a sledding hill, and also gathered around a shelter building. Houses are in the background atop the hill. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Tree-lined view from shoreline looking down at a lake scene of two adults and two children in a rowboat. Lily pads are floating on the surface of the lake ... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with skiers getting ready to push off, with bundled-up observers looking on in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with a family and their dog preparing for their descent down the hill on a toboggan. From left to right, Gene Anderson (my uncle), Betsy Marqu... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Man and boy in silhouette ice fishing on Lake Winnebago. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from East College Avenue bridge of motor boats exiting Lock #4 on the Upper Fox River. |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Two children riding in a dog sled driven by an adult standing in the back. Three dogs are pulling the sled. The child in front is wearing sunglasses, and t... |
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| Description: | Five children play in the yard while a young woman watches from the doorway. A boy hangs from a cross bar; a boy rides a rocking horse; two girls sit on a ... |
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