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Cat in Assembly Chambers

Date: 08 02 1961
Description: Two Wisconsin legislators hold a cat found in the Assembly chambers.
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First Dutch Settlers

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Description: Dutch family posing outside their log home with two horses.
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A. Erickson & Company Grocery Store

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Description: Interior of the A. Erickson & Company Grocery Store. There is a cat sitting on the counter on the left.
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Unidentified House with Cat

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Description: View from yard of a wooden house with a small porch. There is a cat sitting on a window sill.
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Here Kitty, Kitty...

Date: 04 20 1959
Description: An electrical or telephone lineman, is using a burlap bag while attempting to rescue a cat perched on a power pole.
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Interior of Historic Statz House

Date: 09 26 1955
Description: Slightly elevated view of Lenore Middleton (Mrs. Forest Middleton) posing with her cat in the antique-filled living room of her home at 3241 Highbury Road ...
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Ida Van Schaick and Friend

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Description: Outdoor view of two women sitting on the porch of a wooden house. The woman sitting on the left is identified as Ida Beatty Van Schaick, the wife of Charle...
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A Boy and His Dog

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Description: Outdoor view towards a boy posing sitting with a dog in the corner of a yard of two wooden buildings. A cat is in the foreground.
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Children and Their Pets

Date: 12 05 1950
Description: Douglas Shaw Woodman, age 3, sitting with his Persian cat, "Mr. Thomas."
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Radio and Cat

Date: 1940
Description: Cat standing on top of a well-used radio.
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Four Soldiers, Indigenous Man and Cat

Date: 08 20 1943
Description: Four soldiers from Wisconsin look at a cat held by an indigenous man on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Name...
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Jennie Krueger Bruetzman and Tramp

Date: 12 1905
Description: Jennie Krueger sitting in a rocking chair on a porch holding her cat Tramp, who is dressed in baby clothes.
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Don Halverson's Cat, Effie

Date: 01 17 1957
Description: Portrait of Don Halverson's cat, Effie, who runs his retired household at 5022 Milward Drive.
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European Americans

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of an unidentified group of three women and a man posing on the porch of a wooden house. The elderly man and woman are sitting on th...
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Outdoor Portrait of Two European American Women and a Cat

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Description: Outdoor portrait of two unidentified women posing standing on a porch on a wooden building. One of the women is holding a cat in her arms. Snow is on the g...
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Abslom Erickson's China Shop; Interior

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Description: Indoor view of a cat sitting on a counter among a display of chinaware. Some of the pieces are on shelves, and other pieces are hanging on the wall. There ...
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Girls with Cats

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Description: Outdoor view of two girls posing sitting on the top of porch steps, on either side of a bird cage with a parrot on top of it. Both girls are holding cats i...
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Boys on Horseback

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Description: Outdoor view of two boys posing sitting on horseback in front of a fence. There is a wooden building in the background. A cat is in the foreground.
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Child and Kitten

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Description: Outdoor view of a small child posing standing near a wooden walkway. Houses are across the street in the background. A kitten is resting in the grass in th...
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Merchant's Inn

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Description: Exterior view of Merchant's Inn located at the southwest corner of S. First Street and Fillmore. Two women sitting on the second floor balcony. A group of ...

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