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Men Escorting Woman on Railroad Platform

Date: 1897
Description: Two men escorting a fashionably dressed woman with a feathered boa obscuring part of her face. People are standing in the background near a train next to t...
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Fashion Show Models with High School All-State Football Players

Date: 12 18 1948
Description: Three female models that took part in a fashion show for the Wisconsin All-State Football Squad during a dinner at Manchester's Madison Room, shown with fi...
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The Ringling Family

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Description: Studio group portrait of the Ringling family, including Al Ringling. The brothers in the photo are: John (sitting left ), Al, Alfred "Alf T.," August "Gus...
Postcard

Four Girls in White Dresses

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of four unidentified girls, perhaps family members (sisters?). They each wear a white dress, and the three older...
Photograph

Models in Formal Attire

Date: 01 27 1949
Description: Thomas Burns in a tuxedo, Gene Adams in a suit which would be appropriate for the well-dressed prom-goer, and Mrs. Edward I. Boldon, Jr., in a formal gown,...
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Profile of Well-Dressed Woman

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Description: A well-dressed woman poses for a portrait. She wears a large white hat, a locket, and flower corsage.
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Council of Jewish Women Style Show

Date: 02 07 1949
Description: Preview of the spring fashion show and tea sponsored by the Madison section of the National Council of Jewish Women. Seated at right is Mrs. Lee (Alma) Bar...
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Formally Dressed Man and Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of a man wearing a suit jacket with a flower in the lapel, vest with watch fob, bow tie, and trousers. A woman sits next to him and is wear...
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Portrait of a Standing Girl

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Description: A well-dressed girl leans against a studio prop rock for a portrait in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dress, bracelets, and is holding a pur...
Photograph

Spring Fashions

Date: 02 21 1949
Description: Shirley Jasper stands in an afternoon tea dress, while her sons Billy, age 4, and Tommy, age 6 months, look on. She has a fur wrap around her arm.
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Spring Fashions

Date: 02 21 1949
Description: Joan Davis, a Manitowoc coed who reigned on the previous weekend as queen of the 30th Little International Livestock Show sponsored by the College of Agric...
Photograph

Spring Fashions

Date: 02 21 1949
Description: Diana Dean, Maple Bluff, a student at Wisconsin High School, modeling a corded cotton dress perfect for a high school girl.
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Spring Fashions

Date: 02 21 1949
Description: Pattie Neilson, recent art school graduate of the University of Wisconsin, and a fashion illustrator and copy writer for a Madison women's specialty shop, ...
Photograph

Group Posing Among Trees

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Description: View of a man in a top hat, and a sitting woman posing against a tree on the left and right, and a baby in a baby carriage is in the middle. Fernwood; Grou...
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Seated Woman Wearing Hat

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Description: A woman seated in a chair wearing a coat with a fur collar, hat, and holding a handbag.
Print

Family Around Christmas Tree

Date: 1850
Description: An engraving depicting a formally dressed family gathered around a Christmas tree, which is lit with candles.
Photograph

Woman Posing with Potted Plant

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a woman in a long dress posing with a crown of thorns plant in the front yard of house. The plant is in a pot which is sitting on a pie...
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Krueger Family in the Snow

Date: 02 1905
Description: Winter scene with Jennie, Flora and Edgar Krueger standing at the end of a path shoveled in extremely deep snow. Farm buildings and the base of what may be...
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WSGA Style Show

Date: 08 09 1949
Description: Joan Donald (left), of St. Croix Falls, and Betty O'Donnell, of St. Louis, Missouri model strapless evening gowns for the WSGA style show.
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Mary E. Smith

Date: 1903
Description: An outdoor portrait of Mary E. Smith, taken by her husband Dr. Joseph F. Smith. Mrs. Smith is sitting in the grass, and wears an elaborate hat decorated wi...

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