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City View from Water Tower

Date: 02 02 1978
Description: "A view from the water tower, looking due south. Groundhog Day was a cloud-free day; forecasting six more weeks of bad weather."
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Stock Day

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Description: Elevated view of horses and wagons being prepared on Stock Day. There is a steep hill with trees behind farm buildings.
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Stock Day

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Description: Elevated view of horses and wagons on the road at Stock Day. There is a cattle pen in the foreground.
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Backyard Bloom of Pink Day Lilies

Date: 06 25 1954
Description: Matt Berschens shows off blooming day lilies at their peak in his back yard at 17 North Mills Street. The lilies are planted in pedestal container pots and...
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Father's Day

Date: 06 10 1952
Description: Grandfather Harry L. Geisler reads a Woman's Day magazine to his grandchildren, Timmy (James William), 5, and Nancy Anne, 2, at their home at 3120 Oxford R...
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Valentine's Day

Date: 02 12 1978
Description: "With the approach of Valentine's Day, the camera looks through the decorated windows of the Bob Bernhard home. Brenda watches her brother, Scott, playing ...
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Hatleberg Family Playing Croquet

Date: 1871
Description: The Hatleberg family playing croquet in front of their stone upright and wing house, two miles east of DeForest near the present day intersection of Muelle...
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Marcou and Family

Date: 05 26 1997
Description: Group portrait of David Joseph Marcou (left corner) and family members on Memorial Day.
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Tank Cottage Broadside

Date: 1909
Description: View of the broadside of the cottage during warm season, with a few large deciduous trees casting shadows across the cottage, though it's a sunny day. On t...
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Curved Road during Winter

Date: 01 1985
Description: "This winter view was taken on McArthur Road near the present day River View Hills Mobile Home Park."
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Janet Sauk Graduates

Date: 1967
Description: Janet Sauk standing outdoors with another woman (possibly her mother) on the day she graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is wearing her...
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Mabel Stiles Holloway and Will Holloway

Date: 1930
Description: Will Holloway and Mabel Stiles Holloway, Alice Quinney's father and step-mother, pose for a photograph in their yard on Alice's wedding day.
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Stay-At-Home Mothers

Date: 05 03 1954
Description: Dorothy Lutey shows her son Craig, age 9, how to swing a baseball bat. The photograph was taken for a Mother's Day article featuring the many roles perform...
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International D-40 Bus Dropping Off Children

Date: 1938
Description: International D-40 bus dropping school children off in a residential neighborhood on a snowy day. The bus was equipped with a 235-inch Rex-Watson 49 passen...
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Paper Boy

Date: 2012
Description: Paper boy riding a bike along Charles Street on Labor Day. He is wearing a green shirt, camouflage shorts and white tennis shoes. In the background is a ne...
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Japanese White Lilac in the Rain

Date: 06 08 2015
Description: View on a rainy day looking down from a porch towards a yard with trees, flowering bushes, and a Japanese white lilac in bloom. Across the street is a hous...
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Lewis Arms on Easter

Date: 04 26 1943
Description: Lewis Arms poses with his sister and other children on Easter Day. Front from left to right are Nedra Arms (sister) and John Hall. From left to right behin...
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City View from Water Tower

Date: 02 02 1978
Description: "Groundhog Day... A view from the water tower, looking northwest. The 20mm lens provides a very wide angle of view."
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Klug Wedding Group Portrait

Date: 06 13 1895
Description: A large group is posing sitting in the yard of a stone building on the day of the wedding of Bertha Wendtland and William Klug. Some of the people in the g...
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Francis J. Bloodgood Family

Date: 06 17 1949
Description: Group portrait of the Reverend and Mrs. Francis J. Bloodgood, former pastor of St. Andrews Episcopal Church and their family, taken at their home, 1102 Lin...

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