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Manchester's, Inc., Mannequin

Date: 09 25 1940
Description: Manchester's Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street. Mannequin in a dress with shoe department display and purse display, second floor remodeling.
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Coed Models in front of Langdon Hall

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Two Manchester's Department Store coed models, wearing dresses, hats and purses, posing in front of Langdon Hall, 633 Langdon Street.
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Coeds Model in front of Langdon Hall

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Two Manchester's Department Store coed models, wearing dresses, hats and purses, posing on the steps of Langdon Hall, 633 Langdon Street.
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on step stool wearing hat and gloves, with fur collar coat, dress shoes, and carrying a purse. Part of the fashion series from Kessenich's R...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on step stool wearing hat and gloves, with fur collar coat, dress shoes, and carrying a purse. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Rea...
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Manchester Women's Fur Coats Show Window

Date: 09 30 1930
Description: Manchester window display showing two women mannequins wearing hats, and cloth coats with fur trim.
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Manchester Women's Fur Coats Show Window

Date: 09 30 1930
Description: Manchester window display showing two women mannequins wearing hats, and cloth coats with fur trim.
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Chandler's Shoes Store Interior

Date: 08 30 1955
Description: Interior of the Chandler's Shoes store, 10 West Mifflin Street, as seen from the rear, with small shoe display in the center of the store.
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Chandler's Shoes Store Interior

Date: 08 30 1955
Description: Interior of Chandler's Shoes store, 10 West Mifflin Street, on the Square, featuring a wall display shelf with shoes and a handbag, and three hanging ceili...
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Night School

Date: 05 1940
Description: Adult students pose in class at a night school, where they took classes in English and citizenship at Neighborhood House.
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Members of the Madison Literary Club

Date: 11 10 1952
Description: Mrs. Mary Richards and Mrs. Katherine Dodge, "gown" (university) members of the Madison Literary Club, chatting at the 75th anniversary banquet of the club...
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Herfurth House

Date: 1951
Description: The front door of the Herfurth house, 703 East Gorham Street, built by Theodore Herfurth around 1870 and owned in 1952 by Mrs. Ralph Dennis. A woman is sta...
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Sarah Goodnow Clark

Date: 1854
Description: Sarah Goodnow married early Madison settler Darwin Clark in 1848 and died in Madison in 1854. Her sister Sophia was married to Madison pharmacist Philo Du...
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Visiting Nurse Service Staff Nurse on Bicycle

Date: 04 11 1944
Description: Myra Johnson, 323 West Mifflin Street, the newest member of the Visiting Nurse Service staff, with her bicycle, which she uses to make her daily rounds. Ca...
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State Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 07 15 1949
Description: The tournament committee for the Wisconsin women's golf association tournament gathers beneath a tree for a group portrait. The tournament was to be held a...
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Murder Trial Jury

Date: 05 18 1950
Description: Group portrait of the George "Butch" King murder trial jury. King, accused of the murder of Sadie Jackson, was declared not guilty by reason of insanity a...
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League of Women Voters Skit Cast

Date: 09 14 1950
Description: Four League of Women Voters of Madison members who will perform a skit, "Bridge a la League" at a membership reception, are gathered around a card table. F...
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Daisy Bates

Date: 04 1963
Description: Daisy Bates seated at a desk in the NAACP office.
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1951-52 United Givers' Fund Drive

Date: 10 16 1951
Description: Mrs. J.H. (Mildred) Stumpf, United Giver's ward solicitor, at left, is shown calling on Adeline Johnson and her son, Stephan, age six, at 509 Elmside Boule...
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Women Protestors in a Judge's Office

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Six irate women drivers sit in the office of superior court judge Roy H. Proctor's office to protest his dismissal of a traffic charge against a male drive...

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