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Daisy Bates

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Description: Head and shoulder portrait of Daisy Bates, head of the Arkansas NAACP and a key figure in the Little Rock school desegregation crisis of September 1957.
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1st Legion Band

Date: 1920
Description: 1st Legion Band.
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Moscow Laseselskab Fremad

Date: 10 09 1875
Description: Portrait of Moscow Laseselskab Fremad (Moscow Library Association). Rasmus B. Anderson is probably in the group.
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Studio Portrait of Unidentifed Man

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated man with a moustache, possibly wearing a Masonic emblem around his neck.
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Veteran Homer Snake

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing next to a chair, identified as Homer Snake, who is wearing a hat with a GAR emblem, signifyin...
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Oregon Home Talent Basketball Champions

Date: 02 27 1957
Description: Group portrait of ten uniformed men who are the Oregon Business Men's basketball team and the champions in the Suburban Home Talent League. Front row, eft ...
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James Farmer

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of James Farmer, civil rights activist and co-founder of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality).
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Richard Haley

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Richard Haley, civil rights activist and southern regional director of CORE (Congress of Racial Equality).
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Agricultural Meeting

Date: 1925
Description: Men gathered around the entrance to a church where a meeting of the State Agricultural Association has been held.
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Honey Bee Display

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Description: Display of bees in a large observation hive. The frames are behind glass or plastic. A man in white shirt, black pants and a plaid hat stands to the right,...
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August Laechelt Holding Jar of Honey

Date: 01 1976
Description: Beekeeper August Laechelt, smiling and holding a jar of honey in his hands. His nametag reads "American Beekeeping Federation; January 18-22, 1976; August ...
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Gene Boyer

Date: 1987
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Gene Boyer, a founder and the first treasurer of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
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Wisconsin's First School for the Deaf Historic Marker

Date: 1969
Description: Possibly the officers of the Wisconsin Chapter of the Junior National Association of the Deaf sitting in front of the historical marker documenting Wiscons...
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Communications Class at the YWCA

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Description: Several women attending a class at the YWCA. The word "Communication" is written on a blackboard.
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Edward Alexander and Benton Wilcox

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Description: Portrait of Edward Alexander, director of the Wisconsin Historical Society, holding a reel of microfilm, and Benton Wilcox, librarian of the Wisconsin Hist...
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Chadwick F. Alger

Date: 1972
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Chadwick Fairfax Alger, a professor of political science and officer in the International Peace Research Association (IPRA). Alg...

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