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Women in Motorboat

Date: 1941
Description: Two bathing suit-clad women demonstrating their Evinrude motorboat on a Wisconsin lake.
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Cochrane and ATA Pilots

Date: 1941
Description: Jacqueline Cochrane (directly under the propeller) with a group of women pilots in the British Air Transport Auxiliary. One of the leading race and test pi...
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Townsend Club Convention

Date: 1941
Description: Wisconsin attendees at the 6th annual convention of Townsend Clubs, June 30-July 4, 1941. The convention was held in Buffalo, New York. The Townsend Club...
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Two Women in Swiss Costume

Date: 1941
Description: Two women in Swiss costume, possibly for the Wilhelm Tell Festival.
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Quinney Family

Date: 1941
Description: Bridget, Floyd, Katherine (Kate), Earl (Richard) and Ralph Quinney with visiting friends in front of their family's farmhouse.
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"Citizen Kane" Production Still

Date: 1941
Description: Production still during the filming of "Citizen Kane." Orson Wells smokes a pipe and directs Dorothy Comingore (playing Susan Alexander Kane) from a wheel...
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Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan in "Kings Row"

Date: 1941
Description: Ronald Reagan and Ann Sheridan in a scene from the Warner Brothers' film "Kings Row."
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Houdini Award

Date: 1941
Description: Ben Bergor, a Madison magician, receiving the Houdini Award from the widow of Harry Houdini. Behind him is the trunk from which Bergor had escaped, and fou...
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Cast of a Play

Date: 1941
Description: Female cast members of the play “How the Story Grew” performed during the Milwaukee Turners Winterfest.
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Afghan for Red Cross

Date: 1941
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with women from the Good Times Club holding up an afghan they made for the Red Cross. A group of women, ...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Character Studies

Date: 1941
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with two views each of four women, each posing in a chair, casting a shadow on the wall behind her.
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Outdoor Group Portrait of the McCormick Family

Date: 1941
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the McCormick Family. Original caption on the back reads: "Lake Forest 1941 or 1942. Aunt Lucy, Mr. & Mrs. McCormick, Hope and Br...
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Jimmie Noone Orchestra

Date: 1941
Description: Three men and one woman playing instruments in a band. Framed photographs are hanging behind them. Caption reads: "Jimmy [sic] Noone (Negro) orchestra, ca....

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