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Harriet Douglas Whetten

Date: 1860
Description: Harriet Douglas Whetten (b.1822). Whetten was a volunteer nurse during the Civil War. She served on hospital ships out of New York and Philadelphia from 18...
Photograph

Women Sewing for Civil Works Administration Project

Date: 1934
Description: A group of Fond du Lac women sews clothes for a Civil Works Administration project in 1934. The CWA was an emergency program that lasted from November 1933...
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Card Players

Date: 03 20 1965
Description: Several men engaged in a serious card game at the Milwaukee Municipal Social Center, one of several centers devoted to social and recreational programs for...
Photograph

Norwegian Community Picnic

Date: 1873
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large, multi-generational Norwegian family and friends gathered for a picnic celebration. In the foreground are picnic baskets ...
Photograph

Interior of Pond House

Date: 1920
Description: Interior view of home, perhaps taken through an open window. The sash and sill are in the foreground. A woman is sitting on the piano bench in front of a g...
Painting

Tshusick

Date: 1835
Description: Portrait of Tshusick, an Chippewa (Ojibwa) woman, that appeared in Volume I of The History of Indian Tribes by Thomas McKenney and James Hall.
Photograph

Group Portrait in the Governor's Office

Date: 12 23 1920
Description: Members of the Department of State in the Governor's office at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Seated, in the middle, is Secretary Fred R. Zimmerman.
Postcard

La Pharmacie Francaise Museum

Date: 1960
Description: Reproduction of the apothecary shop owned by Louis Dufilho, the first licensed pharmacist in the United States. Louisiana pioneered in regulating the profe...
Photograph

CUNA Office after Fire

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: Roy F. Bergengren's CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office after fire, 142 East Gilman Street.
Photograph

Cuna Office after Fire

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: Roy F. Bergengren's CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office after fire, 142 East Gilman Street.
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C.U.N.A. Office Staff in Hallway

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: C.U.N.A. (Credit Union National Association) office staff working in hallway after fire, Raiffeisen House, 142 E. Gilman Street.
Photograph

Wisconsin Dairy & Food Division Laboratory

Date: 06 23 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Markets, Dairy and Food Division chemical laboratory, at 1 West Wilson Street.
Photograph

The Tea Party

Date: 1925
Description: Girl pouring tea.
Photograph

Nutrition Room

Date: 04 1926
Description: Emerson Elementary School nutrition room at 2421 East Johnson Street.
Poster

International Truck Advertising Poster

Date: 1951
Description: Advertising poster for International trucks with a color illustration of a truck driver sitting in an easy chair with his feet propped up under the text "c...
Photograph

Banquet Hall, 28th National Encampment of the G.A.R. - Anaglyph

Date: 1894
Description: Stereograph view of the banquet hall for the 28th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. A man is standing on the far right.
Photograph

Teacher and Student

Date: 1965
Description: A white volunteer teaches a young African-American boy at a desk in front of a bookcase. Used in a brochure with the title, 'SNCC Summer 1965.'

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