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Spanish Dept. Play Cast

Date: 12 09 1938
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin Spanish Department play cast in costumes on stage at Bascom Hall.
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Madison Civic Orchestra

Date: 12 1937
Description: Elevated view of the Madison Civic Orchestra on stage in the Masonic Temple in concert dress with instruments.
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Dane County Title Company Office

Date: 01 20 1938
Description: Interior view of Dane County Title Company office, 109 S. Fairchild Street, with 11 people, some of them using typewriters. A water fountain (bubbler) is a...
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Testing a Westinghouse Refrigerator

Date: 01 03 1938
Description: Testing a Westinghouse refrigerator (door open with food inside and woman standing behind the open door) with wires from an Official Test Panel attached to...
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State Employees Party

Date: 12 17 1937
Description: Group portrait of state employees taken at a party in Tripp Commons Hall, Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin. Taken for State Employee magazine.
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Alpha Epsilon Pi Sorority Party

Date: 11 27 1937
Description: Alpha Epsilon Pi Sorority formal party at the Hotel Loraine.
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Regina E. Groves

Date: 11 08 1937
Description: Regina E. Groves (Mrs. Earl Barnhart) talking to a man sitting across the table/desk from her at the Groves School for Secretaries, located at 502 State St...
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Woman Trying on Fur Coat

Date: 11 04 1937
Description: Salesman helping woman trying on fur coat, with her husband looking on, at Simpsons Garment Co., located at 23-25 N. Pinckney Street.
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Rose Bud Tavern

Date: 10 22 1937
Description: Couples and bartenders at the bar in Rose Bud Tavern (Club Rosebud), Route 50 (3520 E. Washington Avenue), examining a poster which reads: "$1200 in cash p...
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McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 10 13 1937
Description: Couple sitting in a booth and eating ice cream in booth at McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor, 507 State Street.
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Woman and Refrigerator

Date: 09 13 1937
Description: A woman is looking into a Westinghouse refrigerator full of food. There is an official test panel with 2 meters on top of the refrigerator.
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Two Women Modeling Fur Coats

Date: 08 12 1937
Description: Two women modeling fur coats for Simpson's women's clothing store, 23 N. Pinckney Street.
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Two Women Modeling Fur Coats

Date: 08 12 1937
Description: Two women modeling fur coats for Simpson's women's clothing store, 23 N. Pinckney Street. Alternate view.
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Woman Modeling Fur Coat

Date: 08 12 1937
Description: Woman modeling full-length fur coat at Simpson's women's clothing store, 23 N. Pinckney Street.
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Hershleder Furriers Style Show

Date: 07 22 1937
Description: Hershleder Furriers, 529 State Street. Style show with model wearing a fur cape. Men, women and children are in the audience.
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Girl Singer

Date: 08 03 1937
Description: Full-length portrait of girl singer in floor length polka dot dress standing in front of a microphone. Taken for Anson Weeks orchestra.
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Savidusky's Cleaners

Date: 05 14 1937
Description: Clerk and customer at Savidusky's cleaners, located at 113 Monona Avenue.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Spanish Department

Date: 05 11 1937
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Spanish Department cast of "La Careta Verde" on stage in Bascom Hall.
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Rock Wool Insulation Display

Date: 04 17 1937
Description: Three men and a woman looking at display materials in the R.H. and E.H. Carpenter, Inc. exhibit of Rock Wool insulation at the Home Show. Text on back of p...
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Mount Zion Baptist and St. Paul's A.M.E. Choirs

Date: 04 11 1937
Description: Group portrait of African American choirs from Mount Zion Baptist Church and St. Paul's A.M.E. Church, taken at Mount Zion, 548 W. Johnson Street. (?) Top...

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