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Dickey Chapelle with Children

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Description: Dickey Chapelle, with cameras around her neck, poses with three women and a group of children.
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A cyanotype photograph of a man in oriental dress on the Midway of the World's Columbian Exposition. He stands behind a gate; a sign warns, "No Admittance ...
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Maryknoll School

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Description: Five young boys waiting to enter Maryknoll School in China.
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Beheaded Criminals in China

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Description: A view of four beheaded men lying on the ground with a group of officers standing behind, posing for the camera. A man to the left in the central group hol...
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Public Hanging in Korea

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Description: A view of men's bodies hanging from poles. People are watching from behind. Caption reads: "Public Hanging in Korea."
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YWCA Benefit Tea

Date: 05 25 1956
Description: Attending the YWCA Benefit Tea for internationally speaking foreign students in costume of their native land are, left to right: Judith Ahana, Honolulu Haw...
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YWCA Benefit Tea

Date: 03 25 1956
Description: Louise Troxell, honored guest of the YWCA Benefit Tea for internationally speaking University of Wisconsin foreign students, chats with two foreign student...
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Altrusa Club Spring Garden Festival

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: Makita Tomita (right), a native of Tokyo, Japan, demonstrating basic Japanese flower arrangement. Looking on at left, are Altrusa Club members Janet Jennin...
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Harold Engel Interviewing Hawaiian Visitor

Date: 1952
Description: Two men sitting at a table, looking at a sheet of paper. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1950-4. Harold Engel, assistant director of TV station WHA interview...

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