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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior - Museum of the Historical Society

Date: 1900
Description: The Daniel Webster carriage on display in the Historical Society's museum in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. At that time the Historical Society's quart...
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Dressed for a Night Out

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Description: A young woman wearing a formal gown and mink stole looks at a portrait of a woman while sitting on a couch, as if waiting to go out for the evening.
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Clothing Enhancement

Date: 1950
Description: A girl draws a design on a blouse worn by a mannequin while a woman observes her progress.
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Della Royal and Horse

Date: 1906
Description: Della Royal (Mrs. Rhoda Royal) sits in a 2-wheeled cart decorated with flowers and harnessed to her world famous horse, "Glendive," as taken from a 1906 ha...
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Circus Show Buggy and Bandwagon

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Description: Dode Fisk, the operator of a dog and pony show and circus, drives a wire-wheeled show buggy pulled by the horse "Bobby". They are photographed next to a ...
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Frank B. Miller with Trained Stallion

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Description: Frank B. Miller with a trained spotted stallion, sitting on its rear legs, whose trainer was with the Norris & Rowe shows. They were photographed at winter...
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International Harvester Apparel

Date: 08 1976
Description: Mannequins dressed in "Swingster" jackets and hats bearing International Harvester colors and logos. The clothing was on display for the introduction of th...
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Walking in the Rain

Date: 1957
Description: A woman in business attire walking with an open umbrella on a rainy day in downtown Milwaukee. To her left is the Civil War monument, "The Victorious Charg...
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University of Wisconsin Coeds

Date: 1920
Description: University of Wisconsin students sitting on the base of the Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill.
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Vacationers at Cabins

Date: 1931
Description: Women, men and children in summer clothes stand between cabins at the Gallop Inn on Tainter Lake.
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Taking a Break at the Side of the Road

Date: 1917
Description: Carl Peterson and his family, take a rest while driving their car on a rural dirt road. His son's name is Laurie and the girl is Muriel Peterson Jacobs. Of...
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International Bus

Date: 11 09 1926
Description: Laura Stewart and her Jazz Pirates pose alongside an International bus. The bus features windows with curtains and luggage rack(?) on top. There is a monum...
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Alice in Dairyland, LaVonne Hermann

Date: 1949
Description: LaVonne Hermann of Mount Horeb, the 1949 Alice in Dairyland, is shown in a formal pose, wearing her crown.
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Young Girl in Dress and Bonnet

Date: 1900
Description: Young girl in dress and bonnet posing with wood crate. The photograph was likely used by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company's advertising department ...
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S.S. Kresge Store on Main Street

Date: 1954
Description: S.S. Kresge storefront and Miller's clothing store on Main Street.
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Wilma Gesell in Feathered Hat

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Wilma Gesell in a feathered hat, fur stole and muff.
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Woman Outside the "Downstairs Room"

Date: 1957
Description: View towards a woman in fancy evening dress speaking with a doorman or chauffeur outside Julius Monk's "Downstairs Room" nightclub. The tailgate of an Inte...
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Family Dressed in Sunday Best

Date: 1875
Description: A family dressed in their Sunday clothes are gathered around a table that has flowers on it. The frame house behind them has shutters.
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Family Seated around Table

Date: 1878
Description: A family dressed in their finest clothes sits around a table with glassware on it. The man on the left wears a top hat at a jaunty angle. Behind them is a ...
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Family Posed in front of Gothic Revival House

Date: 1875
Description: A very formal family is seated around a table ornamented with glassware. Men strike poses in the yard. Behind them is a large wood frame Victorian house wi...

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