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Registering to Vote

Date: 09 02 1954
Description: A group of newly naturalized citizens registering to vote at City Hall.
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Woman Curler

Date: 01 24 1963
Description: Elderly woman taking a break from a curling. She is a member of the "curling Scots" who toured the United States in 1963.
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Ole Bull

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Description: Monograph of famous Norwegian violinist Ole Bull holding his violin and bow.
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Italian Women's Mutual Society Banquet

Date: 02 23 1941
Description: Italian Women's Mutual Society 7th anniversary banquet in the Italian Workingmen's Club building, 914 Regent Street, Greenbush.
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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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Portrait of French Indians

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Description: Portrait of French Indian men who made the trip to Washington via the Mississippi River to sign the 1854 Treaty ceding lands in both Minnesota and Wisconsi...
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Newlyweds in the Kitchen

Date: 09 08 1948
Description: Dad Farmanfarma and his wife, Sylvia, in their kitchen in their home that has Swiss, Persian and American influences.
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Mrs. Isabel Llerandi and Her Five Younger Children

Date: 02 18 1949
Description: Reunited after seven years of wartime separation, Mrs. Isabel Llerandi and her five younger children spent a week together in the home of Mr. & Mrs. Henry ...
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Remodeled Clothes for Displaced Persons

Date: 02 25 1949
Description: West High School pupils Muriel Showers and Anna Pronin watch Pamela Showers, 15 months, and Joan Gmeinder, 7, model two of the outfits that clothing studen...
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Studio Portrait of Charlie Saunders and Family

Date: 1900
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American man, and two Ho-Chunk women. The man is wearing a military hat and suit j...
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Group Portrait of Tom Roddy and Two Ho-Chunk Men

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of a European American man flanked by two Ho-Chunk men, all posing standing. The Ho-Chunk men are dressed in regalia a...
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Studio Portrait of Two European American Boys

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a European American boy posed sitting on the left, wearing striped coveralls, a striped shirt, and a hat....
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Portrait of a Ho-Chunk Man and a European American Man

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man posed sitting on the left with his legs crossed, hands clasped, and wearing a suit, bow ti...
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Studio Portrait of John Hazen Hill

Date: 1910
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man with a beard posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is smoking a pipe and holding a cane in his left ...
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Wisconsin High School Foreign Students

Date: 12 14 1949
Description: Group portrait of students who have been granted visas from foreign lands to study at Wisconsin High. Left to right: Robert Dawn, Shanghai, China; June Bin...
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Portrait of a Young European-American Man

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of a young European American man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a suit, necktie, and lapel pho...
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Tom Roddy and Others with Ho-Chunk Artifacts

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Description: Two European American men posing sitting in front of two European American women and a Ho-Chunk woman posing standing. They are all wearing Ho-Chunk regali...
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Portrait of Tom Roddy and His Wife

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Description: A European American man is posing reading on the left, and a European American woman is posing standing on the right in a room decorated with Ho-Chunk arti...
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Tom Roddy and Others Posing with Ho-Chunk Artifacts

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Description: Two European American men are posing sitting on the floor cross-legged and kneeling on the right, and two European American women and a Ho-Chunk woman posi...
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European American Woman and Children Dressed in Ho-Chunk Regalia

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Description: A European American woman and two boys posing sitting and a European American girl posing standing, all dressed in Ho-Chunk regalia. They are in a room dec...

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