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Sojourner Truth

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Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth. The text at the bottom reads: "I sell the shadow to support the substance. Sojourner Truth."
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Wisconsin Delegate to Republican National Convention

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: Helen Eby, Madison, delegate from Wisconsin to the Republican Party National Convention held in Chicago, Illinois.
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Daisy Bates, Little Rock Nine and Dr. James Levy

Date: 1958
Description: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine with officers of the NAACP at their 49th annual convention. Mrs. Bates and the nine students received an award for the...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 04 11 1949
Description: Visiting nurse Esther Sorensen standing at her car ready to start her daily activities.
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Christmas Seals

Date: 11 26 1949
Description: Gov. Oscar Rennebohm presenting a check for his contribution to the 1949 Madison Christmas Seal sale to Esther Hermsen of the Madison Tuberculosis Associat...
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Madison United Givers' Fund First Drive

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: Mrs. Sophia Siebecker, far right, explains the duties of the Travelers' Aid Association of which she is the director in Madison, to four United Givers' Fun...
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Daisy Bates

Date: 04 1963
Description: Daisy Bates seated at a desk in the NAACP office.
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Studio Portrait of Three Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of three women sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Each woman is wearing an elaborate hat and a necklace. The woman sitting...
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Studio Portrait of Two Women in Hats

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two women posing sitting and standing in front of a painted backdrop. On the left, the older woman is holding a basket on he...
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Easter Greetings

Date: 1910
Description: Easter postcard with a female rabbit sitting on an Easter egg and a male rabbit standing behind her. Another male rabbit is taking their picture with a cam...
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Hope I Figured Right

Date: 1965
Description: Child's Valentine's Day card with a boy and a girl. He is wearing shorts, jacket, eyeglasses, and a graduation cap. He holds a slate in one hand with the t...
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Christ Presbyterian Church Missionary Tea

Date: 07 16 1954
Description: Three long-time Presbyterian women leaders posing for a portrait on the terrace at 739 Farwell Drive in Maple Bluff. They are, from left, Lota Reid, Minnie...
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Lutheran Pastor Edwin Moll

Date: 07 24 1954
Description: Portrait of Lutheran pastor Edwin Moll with his wife, in Madison to visit his son. Pastor Moll was pastor of Luther Memorial Church from 1937 to 1939. He h...
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Christmas Tree from Wisconsin

Date: 1983
Description: Congressman David R. Obey (standing below the C) greets a delegation from Wisconsin that accompanied the official Capitol Christmas Tree cut in the Chequam...
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Earl for Senate

Date: 1988
Description: Former Wisconsin Governor Anthony Earl stands outdoors near an airplane with a group of supporters. He made an unsuccessful run for the United States Senat...
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Golden Agers

Date: 01 08 1957
Description: Joseph Rozansky, Joseph Vein, and Bessie Vein (left to right) enjoy conversation at the monthly afternoon party put on by the Council of Jewish Women at th...
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Studio Portrait of a Woman

Date: 1911
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman standing in front off a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dark dress, shoes, hat with bow, light-colored gloves and...
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Frame 64: The Three Women Set Off to Washington

Date: 1964
Description: Annie Devine, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Victoria Gray, fellow MFDP candidates. All three women are wearing hats and carrying handbags. A crowd of people are be...
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"We Saw You" at the Middleton Fashion Show

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: Home Economic students at Middleton High School model the Easter outfits they made. Left to right are: Ruth Ann Frisch, Moreen Gurfoot and Donna Maly. Donn...
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Rotary Club of Madison-West

Date: 06 14 1957
Description: Rotary Club of Madison-West charter meeting at the Cuba Club. Left to right: Trayton Lathrop, secretary; Basil Peterson, Downtown Rotary; Mrs. D.I. Kistler...

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