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Singers Reading "The Capital Times"

Date: 08 19 1931
Description: Three women of "The Singing Sinners," a vaudeville act at the Orpheum Theater, are reading "The Capitol Times" serial story "Guilty Lips," in their dressin...
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Mrs. Damiani and Daughters

Date: 06 04 1931
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Damiani with her daughters, Josephine and Elaine, arrested with her husband who was charged with passing counterfeit bills.
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Girls Costume Party

Date: 05 19 1931
Description: Ten women dressed in costumes for a party, 1401 Northern Court.
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Shooting Movie in Wisconsin Supreme Courtroom

Date: 02 23 1931
Description: Shooting movie in Wisconsin Supreme Courtroom in the Wisconsin State Capitol building.
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Lillian Rice at Police Station

Date: 01 30 1931
Description: Lillian Rice (aka Loretta La Boze), 18 of Janesville, in man's clothing with police matron, Pearl Shaughnessy, at the Police Station. Lillian was arrested ...
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Miss America

Date: 10 06 1930
Description: Miss America, Margaret Ekdahl, standing in the Burdick & Murray department store modeling black pumps (shoes). Women are sitting in chairs behind her on th...
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Floralo Incense Company

Date: 09 18 1929
Description: Three women working at Floralo Incense Company, located at 1212 Regent Street. The are tamping and boxing incense.
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Oscar Romare Four Generations Portrait

Date: 05 19 1929
Description: Oscar Romare four generations portrait. Two men, and a woman holding a baby, are posing outdoors.
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Oscar Romare Four Generations Portrait

Date: 05 19 1929
Description: Oscar Romare four generations portrait. Two men, and a woman holding a baby, are posing outdoors.
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Oscar Romare Family Group Portrait

Date: 05 19 1929
Description: Oscar Romare family group portrait outdoors, including a dog.
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Mautz Paint & Glass Co. Office

Date: 04 24 1929
Description: Office staff at work in Mautz Paint & Glass Company office, 939 East Washington Avenue. There is a spiral staircase on the left leading up to the next floo...
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Phi Sigma Delta Fraternity Dinner Dance

Date: 01 12 1929
Description: Phi Sigma Delta fraternity dinner dance group portrait in the Crystal Ballroom at the Loraine Hotel.
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Vecto Store Interior

Date: 06 28 1928
Description: Interior of Vecto Store, located at 422 West Gilman Street. Included in the view are American Radiator Company furnaces, hot water heaters, and a woman sit...
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Telephone Exchange Switchboard

Date: 08 14 1946
Description: Five men are rebuilding the "Fairchild" exchange switchboard at the Wisconsin Telephone Company building. Four women telephone operators in the background ...
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Susan B. Anthony

Date: 03 1884
Description: Studio portrait of Susan B. Anthony wearing a black dress. She is standing and leaning on the back of a chair.
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Assembly Speaker's Desk

Date: 1897
Description: Assembly Speaker's desk, showing an unidentified woman, probably a tourist, standing by the Speaker's chair. In front of the Speaker's desk are the clerks'...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Office of SHSW Librarian

Date: 05 1896
Description: The office of Historical Society Librarian Minnie Oakley in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. From 1866 to 1883 the Historical Society occupied the entire...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Stacks of the Historical Society Library

Date: 05 1896
Description: Minnie Oakley and Florence Baker Hayes (reaching for a book), two Historical Society librarians, during the period when the Society was housed in the South...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Office of SHSW Librarian

Date: 1892
Description: Minnie Oakley, assistant librarian of the Wisconsin Historical Society, seated at her desk in the South Wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol. This photogra...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Office of Historical Society Librarian

Date: 1892
Description: Emma Hawley, a Historical Society librarian, at her desk in the South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. After the Society purchased its first type...

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