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Seven East High School Seniors and Cake

Date: 06 06 1935
Description: Seven East High School seniors and one woman sitting on stage with a tiered birthday cake with candles.
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Miss Harriette Holt and Mrs. Warren W. Clark

Date: 12 02 1944
Description: Miss Harriette Holt on the left, and Mrs. Warren W. Clark on the right, at the birthday party held for Miss Ellen Sabin, president emerita of Milwaukee-Dow...
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Ellen Sabin

Date: 11 29 1945
Description: Miss Ellen C. Sabin, president emerita of Milwaukee-Downer College, on her 95th birthday. Miss Sabin was one of America's most eminent woman in the field o...
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Farmers Union Workshop Member

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Description: A Farmers Union member from Astatde, Tennessee, attending a workshop at Highlander Folk School.
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Reverend DeJarnette at Highlander

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Description: Portrait of Reverend DeJarnette sitting in a wooden chair at Highlander Folk School.
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Old Men Reclining in Chairs

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Description: Old men reclining in classroom style chairs.
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Septima Clark at Highlander

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Description: Septima Clark with an unidentified companion at a table, outside at Highlander Folk School.
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UW Half Century Club

Date: 06 19 1948
Description: Max Mason, left, UW Class of 1898, Chairman of the council of Palomar Observatory in California, shown being welcomed by UW President E.B. Fred at the Univ...
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Portrait of Septima Clark

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Description: Civil Rights activist, Septima Clark, at Highlander Folk School.
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Constructive Workshops For Older Adults

Date: 11 27 1951
Description: Constructive Workshops for Older Adults, created by the Vocational School, offers many leisure time activities for newly-retired men and women. Pictured le...
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Constructive Workshops for Older Adults

Date: 11 27 1951
Description: Constructive Workshops for Older Adults, created by the Vocational School, offers many leisure time activities for newly retired men and women. Arlene Find...
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Constructive Workshops for Older Adults

Date: 11 27 1951
Description: Constructive Workshops for Older Adults, created by the Vocational School, offers many leisure time activities for newly retired men and women. Alice Holme...
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Mrs. Anna Halgrim Steffenson, Senior Citizen

Date: 08 03 1958
Description: Mrs. Anna Halgrim Steffenson of 3722 Hammersley Avenue, a senior citizen, graduated from the Platteville Normal school in 1908.
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Class of 1884

Date: 06 16 1934
Description: Members of the University of Wisconsin Class of 1884 at their 50th reunion.
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Lady with Cats

Date: 10 26 1961
Description: Rachel Salisbury of Milton Junction, a retired college English and Education teacher, sitting with two of her Persian cats with a large awards ribbon in th...
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Warren Hicks at Age 100

Date: 10 06 1965
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Warren Hicks taken on the day of his 100th birthday. The article states: "His biggest job began in 1912, when he supervised ...
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William Stiles, 71, Typing Student

Date: 12 17 1965
Description: Portrait of William Styles, who took a eight week refresher course in typing and then got a temporary job at Truax Air Force Field. The course was held at ...
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Elderly Woman Watching Children's Parade

Date: 05 10 1979
Description: An elderly woman sitting on a park bench is watching the children's parade as part of the Week of the Young Child celebration. The Week of the Young Child ...
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Nellie Jones Attending a Circus

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Entering the grounds of the Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Economics Extens...
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Nellie Jones Attending a Circus

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Attending the Ringling Brother-Barnum and Bailey Circus is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Economics Extension leader at t...

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