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Women with Schuetzen Rifles

Date: 06 1887
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester posing with "schuetzen-rifles." ...
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Beauty Wear Hosiery Window Display

Date: 01 31 1941
Description: Window display for Beauty Wear Hosiery stockings, with sign in picture frame that reads: "Beauty Wear, Pretty as a Picture HOSIERY, Your Old Hosiery Has Ca...
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Children at Vilas Park Fountain

Date: 09 09 1940
Description: Boy and girl modeling Manchester's Department Store clothes at the Vilas Park drinking fountain. Included in sleeve is a separate negative overlay negative...
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Vacationers at Cabins

Date: 1931
Description: Women, men and children in summer clothes stand between cabins at the Gallop Inn on Tainter Lake.
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Family Dressed in Sunday Best

Date: 1875
Description: A family dressed in their Sunday clothes are gathered around a table that has flowers on it. The frame house behind them has shutters.
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Family Seated around Table

Date: 1878
Description: A family dressed in their finest clothes sits around a table with glassware on it. The man on the left wears a top hat at a jaunty angle. Behind them is a ...
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Family Posed in front of Gothic Revival House

Date: 1875
Description: A very formal family is seated around a table ornamented with glassware. Men strike poses in the yard. Behind them is a large wood frame Victorian house wi...
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Family Gathered Behind House

Date: 1879
Description: A family is gathered around a table in the yard. Behind them is a fence and behind that a frame house is seen in a three-quarter view. It has arched second...
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Family Posed near Fence and Frame House

Date: 1872
Description: An unidentified family, thought to be Yankees, pose at a board fence in front of an upright and wing frame house. The group includes two women with poses i...
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Portrait of Woman in Fur Coat

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Description: Studio portrait of a standing woman wearing a fur coat and fur muff, possibly Julia Schnurr or Snurr. Standing with draped support on left, with painted b...
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Portrait of Man in Suit with Hat

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated young man in a striped suit jacket and vest holding his hat in hand. He wears a collarless shirt with fabric tucked around his ...
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Crowd at Railroad Tracks

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Description: A crowd of happy, well-dressed adults and children wait at the railroad tracks for a train.
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Group of Women at Railroad Station

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Description: Crowd of women at railroad station. People are getting on and off of the train.
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Man & Woman Boarding Northwest Airliner

Date: 09 09 1940
Description: Man and woman with two suitcases boarding a Northwest airplane. "Hundred to One" It's for You" Manchesters Fall merchandise sale. Advertisement says "Now t...
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Two Women at Horse Stall

Date: 09 08 1940
Description: Two women modeling Manchester clothes while standing in front of a horse stall. A dog is on the left. "Hundred to One, It's for You" Manchester's new Fall ...
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Two High School Students

Date: 09 09 1940
Description: Two high school students (boy and girl) walking on football field. "Hundred to One" It's for you! Manchester's new Fall merchandise sale. Advertisement say...
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Queen of America's Dairyland

Date: 10 20 1946
Description: Betty Gene Gardner, Ridgeway, who was chosen Queen of America's Dairyland at the 1946 Wisconsin State Fair, is shown boarding a train for the Dairy Industr...
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Frank Allis in Library

Date: 12 1892
Description: Portrait of Frank Allis wearing a suit, seated in library.
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Style Show

Date: 02 22 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin Women's Self Government Association style show, showing two women standing, dressed in suits, hats and gloves.
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Style Show

Date: 03 22 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin Women's Self Government Association style show, showing two women, one standing in a suit with hat and gloves, and one seated, wear...

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