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Orpheum Theatre Usher

Date: 1936
Description: Orpheum Theatre usher, Rolland W. Hamelin, who had recently received an appointment to West Point. 216 State Street.
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Office Work

Date: 1950
Description: Women office workers file and take phone calls in a busy shared work space.
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Hospital Patient Watching Television

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: The installation of televisions in hospital rooms is a welcome addition to this patient at Misericordia Hospital.
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Buffet Table at St. Mary's Hospital

Date: 1941
Description: Two nurses and four elderly people sitting behind buffet table at St. Mary's Hospital, 720 South Brooks Street.
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Group of Women

Date: 12 15 1935
Description: Group portrait of seventeen women posing behind a dinner table, 24 W. Mifflin Street. Taken for Laura Anderson.
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Jean Miller Sprinkle, Bride

Date: 08 06 1935
Description: Portrait of Jean Miller Sprinkle as a bride.
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Wedding Supper

Date: 10 24 1934
Description: Eight people enjoying a wedding supper in the home of Dr. John Hill, 514 South Park Street, for newlyweds (?) James H. Hill Jr. of Baraboo, and Kathryn Bor...
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Women's Club Presidents

Date: 10 09 1934
Description: Portrait of three women's club presidents. Mrs. Hazel Jenks, 2015 Jefferson Street, President of the Madison Woman's club; Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, Gener...
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Cadet Singers

Date: 08 30 1930
Description: Floyd's Singing Cadets. Two cadets and a leader are posing at the Orpheum theater.
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Wilbur Corcoran Funeral

Date: 03 08 1930
Description: Five-year-old Wilbur Corcoran, son of Frank and Margaret Corcoran, 624 Williamson Street, lying in a coffin surrounded by flower arrangements and a three-t...
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Marx Family Group Portrait

Date: 09 19 1928
Description: Marx family portrait, view 1, taken for Sam Marx.
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Marx Family Group Portrait

Date: 08 19 1928
Description: Marx family portrait, view 2, taken for Sam Marx.
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Marx Family Group Portrait

Date: 09 19 1928
Description: Marx family portrait, view 3, taken for Sam Marx.
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Crowning of Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1952
Description: Beverly Ann Steffen of Appleton is crowned the 1952 Alice in Dairyland.
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High School Graduation in Opera House

Date: 1897
Description: Two young men and ten young women in white dresses sitting in a semi circle on the stage of the Black River Falls Opera House. The stage is decorated with ...
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W.T. Price Memorial Display

Date: 1897
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of memorial wreath grouping surrounding a draped portrait of W.T. Price. The wreaths have text which read: "...
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Masonic Commonwealth Lodge No. 325

Date: 06 24 1947
Description: Masonic Commonwealth Lodge No. 325 twenty-fifth anniversary dinne. Wide angle view showing masons and their wives sitting at tables, and floral decorations...
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Young's Cafe

Date: 08 05 1947
Description: Slightly elevated view of the interior of Young's Cafe, located at 316 East Wilson Street. Joseph and Anna Young are standing in the Cafe surrounded by bou...
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Mrs. Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 08 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, arranges a floral centerpiece on a table in front of a floral pattern of wallpa...
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Mrs. Grace M. Pekel

Date: 05 18 1944
Description: Mrs. Grace Pekel, principal of Shorewood Hill school, retiring after serving as principal at that school since 1928.

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