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Family Bomb Shelter

Date: 1952
Description: A Wisconsin family inside their new bomb shelter.
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James Croft Residence

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Description: An exterior view of the James Croft residence in Edgerton, Wisconsin. Various family members are visible in the front yard.
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Curiosities In Springdale, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: "Curiosities in Springdale, Wisconsin." A view of Nellie Springen, perhaps with her family, at a rocky outcropping enjoying coffee.
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Henry & Maria Getto in Buggy

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Description: Henry and Maria Getto in buggy, Oulu Township.
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Elizabeth and Ethel Miller Modeling Clothing

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller and her daughter Ethel model dresses sewn by Elizabeth. The photograph was taken to accompany a Wisconsin State Journa...
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Family at Dining Room Table

Date: 1900
Description: A family poses at the dining room table after dinner in Luther Valley.
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Traditional Ways

Date: 1976
Description: A young native American woman is sitting on the ground holding her infant in a cradleboard on her lap, a traditional way to protect and transport babies. S...
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Greg and Patty Herrling's Graduation from the University of Wisconsin

Date: 01 19 1965
Description: Greg and Patty Herrling are shown standing in their graduation attire on their mid-year graduation day, while their baby, Jimmy, is yawning while sitting i...
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Greg and Patty Herrling's Graduation from the University of Wisconsin

Date: 01 19 1965
Description: Gregory and Patty Herrling are shown studying in their apartment with their baby, Jimmy, in a car seat nearby. This was a typical evening while they worked...
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Eight People Dining

Date: 1893
Description: Stereograph of an interior group portrait of eight people sitting around a dining table. Identified as the B.G. Stieg family, the W. Dittberner family, Ann...
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New Year's Dinner

Date: 01 01 1900
Description: A group of family members sitting at a table laden with food for a New Year's dinner.
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Kenneth Zeismer of Fall River holding his son Jimmy during the annual University of Wisconsin's Farm and Home Week.
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Picking Corn

Date: 01 1986
Description: "Picking corn on the Luhn farm."
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Family Cleaning their Motorboat

Date: 04 21 1957
Description: An industrious family cleans their motorboat which is parked in the driveway.
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National Home Demonstration Week

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: Tim, 8, and Maureen, 6, listen quietly as their mother, Mrs. Mark Schaefer, reads a bedtime fairy tale at their home on Mineral Point Road. Mrs. Schaefer b...
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Wisconsin Civilian Defense Nurses Enrollment Day

Date: 02 20 1951
Description: Mrs. Myrtle Cadwell, a retired nurse, butters a piece of bread as two of her three children, Kristi and Carlton, look on. As a graduate nurse she could be ...
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Scofields at Dinner

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Description: Mrs. Herbert C. Scofield, with sons Lloyd and Stanley at the dinner table.
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Picking Corn

Date: 01 1986
Description: "Larry Luhn, along with relatives and friends, picked corn in a field along Bancroft Road."
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Serving Tea, a Gracious Custom

Date: 02 18 1958
Description: Sitting in front of the fireplace in the family home at 535 Wisconsin Avenue are Mrs. Lucien (Mary) Hanks, her daughter and two friends. They are (left to ...
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Bringing Food to the Table

Date: 08 14 1956
Description: Elizabeth and Joseph Werner's family sitting at the dinner table. Seated to the right of Elizabeth Werner are Philip and David. Seated to the right of Jose...

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