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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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Obey and Lucey

Date: 1965
Description: Assemblyman David R. Obey and Patrick J. Lucey meeting with a group of students and their teacher, a nun, in the Wisconsin Assembly Parlor. Although undat...
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Wisconsin Democrats and Morris Udall

Date: 1975
Description: Democratic members of the Wisconsin congressional delegation with Morris Udall (center), probably at an event associated with Udall's attempted campaign fo...
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Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. Signs a Law

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Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., sits at his desk signing a document. Four men stand behind him, all wearing suits. The Wisconsin state flag hangs on the wa...
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Governor Patrick Lucey hands James Morton Smith the Historic Preservation Week Proclamation

Date: 05 1975
Description: Governor Patrick J. Lucey, (left) stands holding the proclamation, and James Morton Smith, director of the Wisconsin Historical Society, (right) holds the ...
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Diplomatic Meeting

Date: 1980
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (far left) meeting President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq during a visit to Pakistan.
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Playing Chess

Date: 1898
Description: Reverend Henry Faville and his son, Ted, are seated around a small table playing chess in their home.
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Mrs. Calvin Johnson and Others

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Description: Indoor group portrait of a man and three women. The woman sitting on the right is identified as Mrs. Calvin Johnson. The items on the mantle and in room ar...
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Israel Wolnerman and Family at their Milwaukee Home

Date: 12 19 1980
Description: Holocaust survivor Israel Wolnerman, his wife Irene, and their daughter Ann at their residence. Wolnerman was among thousands of prisoners from Staltach (a...
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Man Reading in Living Room

Date: 1912
Description: Otto G. Ansorge sits in his home on Lake Avenue and reads. Ansorge was a jeweler and band director in Winneconne.
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Professor Rasmus B. Anderson at Home

Date: 1902
Description: Professor Rasmus B. Anderson, noted authority on Scandinavian affairs, with Karema Anderson and his son Rolf, with dog “Ned”, in their home.
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Tenny and Underwood

Date: 1905
Description: Two gentlemen, identified as E. Tenny, of Denver Colorado, left, and E.W. Underwood of Montello, Wisconsin, are posing sitting in the parlor of Underwood's...
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Obey and Leadership

Date: 07 1970
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (facing away from the camera) with Democratic leaders John McCormack and Carl Albert. The photograph was taken for a br...
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Dentist Opens Office in Madison

Date: 11 1954
Description: Hawaiian resident, Dr. Victor T. Wayland, opens a dental office in the Hauser Building at 1417 University Avenue. A graduate of the Marquette University sc...
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Duet

Date: 1901
Description: Ralph Wettstein, left, and Herbert Paul Brumder (1885-1967) singing while sitting in a room with a curved wall. They are holding a large open book. Each ma...
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Jennie and Edgar

Date: 1941
Description: Jennie Krueger Bruetzman and Edgar Krueger sitting together on the sofa in the living room.
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Election Night

Date: 11 1948
Description: Governor and Mrs. Oscar Rennebohm in the Governor's Residence, 130 E. Gilman Street, listening to the election returns on the radio. Some of the mansion's...
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Ernst Friedlander Family in Home

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Portrait of Ernst and Marie Friedlander with their baby, Helen, in the living room of their home that Ernst designed. The room includes a stone wall firepl...
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Annual Christmas Charity Ball

Date: 12 29 1953
Description: The annual Christmas Charity Ball held at the Loraine Hotel. Tom Stephan holds a box containing a corsage for his dance date, Jean McFarland. Standing on a...
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Barry Family Posed Indoors

Date: 1900
Description: John Barry and his family seated around a piano in their home.

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