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Portrait of Benjamin Butts

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Description: Studio portrait of Benjamin Butts wearing bow tie and suit.
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Stephen D. Butts

Date: 1856
Description: Quarter-length oval portrait of Stephen D. Butts. He was born in Pennsylvania on August 14, 1815. Butts came to Wisconsin on July 8, 1836, and was one of...
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Benjamin "Bennie" Butts at Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1925
Description: Benjamin Butts posing outside the Wisconsin Historical Society where he worked as a messenger.
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Porter Butts House

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: Mrs. Butts pulls curtain in the Porter Butts house at 2900 Hunter Hill in Shorewood Hills, one of the first "modern" houses in the Madison area in 1937.
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Benjamin Butts Wisconsin Legislature Assembly Portrait

Date: 1877
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Benjamin Butts, which was part of a composite portrait of Officers, Clerks and Employees of the Wisconsin Assembly. He worke...
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Race of Dimes

Date: 02 05 1949
Description: Two children in wheelchairs, Jean Bokina, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bokina and right, Steven Butts, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Freeman Butts, with ...
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Porter Butts House

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: Interior view of the Porter Butts house at 2900 Hunter Hill in Shorewood Hills, one of the first "modern" houses in the Madison area, built in 1937. The sa...
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Porter Butts House

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: Interior view of the Porter Butts house at 2900 Hunter Hill, Shorewood Hills, one of the first "modern" houses in the Madison area, built in 1937. The seat...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Camera Club

Date: 12 20 1935
Description: Five men from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Camera Club. They are looking at photographs in Porter Butts' office at the Memorial Union.
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Wisconsin-Illinois Football Game

Date: 10 20 1945
Description: Man in a wheelchair on the sidelines of the Wisconsin-Illinois football game at Camp Randall Stadium. He is possibly Robert Butts, the founder of the annua...
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Wisconsin Printmakers Exhibition

Date: 10 09 1957
Description: The 19th annual Wisconsin Printmakers Exhibition was held for the first time at the Memorial Union. Two works by Alfred Sessler, a professor of art educati...
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Portrait of a Child

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an African American child (probably a girl) wearing a white dress. Text written on the back of the photog...
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Fire Protection Dist. 3 Truck

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Description: State of Wisconsin Conservation Commission Fire Protection Dist. 3 truck parked outdoors. Sign on the driver's side door reads: "State of Wisconsin Conserv...
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Wisconsin Assembly Clerks and Employees

Date: 1877
Description: Composite of portraits of the men of the Wisconsin Assembly. Clerks and employees: 1. T.B. Reid, Sgt-at-Arms 2. W.A. Nowell, Chief Clerk 3. M. Knig...
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West High School Homecoming Queen & Court

Date: 10 18 1954
Description: West High School Homecoming Queen Sarita Sarig (center) poses with her Court of Honor, including Gail Lawrenz (left), Sally Arnold (standing), and Priscill...
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Shorewood Hills School Music Students

Date: 12 20 1948
Description: Shorewood Hills music students posed with their string instruments at a Christmas caroling party in the home of Mrs. Keys (Freda) Winterble, 901 University...
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St. Bernard Cagers Champions of Parochial League

Date: 03 01 1960
Description: Group portrait of St. Bernard's basketball team after winning the Madison parochial school championship. Left to right: front row - Bob Bosold, Bill Blood,...
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League of Women Voters House Tour

Date: 09 21 1954
Description: Mr. William Kaeser stands in front of a large fireplace at his home at 3467 Circle Close, one of the houses on the League of Women Voters' House Tour. Mrs....
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Ukulele Concert

Date: 08 05 1950
Description: Group portrait of participants in the ukulele concert that was part of the "open house" of the Shorewood Hills summer children's recreation program. Pictur...
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James Steele

Date: 10 20 1856
Description: Quarter plate ambrotype. Three-quarter length studio portrait of James Steele sitting in a chair with his arm resting on a table covered with a patterned c...

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