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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on step stool wearing hat and gloves, with fur collar coat, dress shoes, and carrying a purse. Part of the fashion series from Kessenich's R...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on step stool wearing hat and gloves, with fur collar coat, dress shoes, and carrying a purse. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Rea...
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Two Women Modeling Fur Coats

Date: 08 12 1937
Description: Two women modeling fur coats for Simpson's women's clothing store, 23 N. Pinckney Street. Alternate view.
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Woman Modeling Fur Coat

Date: 08 12 1937
Description: Woman modeling full-length fur coat at Simpson's women's clothing store, 23 N. Pinckney Street.
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Women with Governor Schemedeman

Date: 02 23 1933
Description: Governor Albert G. Schemedeman with Frieda Mooney, National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War Auxiliary, and Nina Westbury, Nati...
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Manchester Women's Fur Coats Show Window

Date: 09 30 1930
Description: Manchester window display showing two women mannequins wearing hats, and cloth coats with fur trim.
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Manchester Women's Fur Coats Show Window

Date: 09 30 1930
Description: Manchester window display showing two women mannequins wearing hats, and cloth coats with fur trim.
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Ho-Chunk Man in Fur Coat

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Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearing a long fur coat and a Scotch cap.
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Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumni Style Show

Date: 04 03 1950
Description: Mrs. Stephen E. (Kathryn) Gavin of 2811 Monroe Street, chairman of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae benefit dessert bridge party and style show, sitting at ri...
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Red Cross Peacetime Activities

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: The work of the Red Cross in peacetime is less well publicized than its wartime services. Mrs. Thomas J. (Mildred) Pattison, 2024 Kendall Avenue, residenti...
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Daisy Bates with Two Other People

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Description: Daisy Bates posed on a sofa between an unidentified man and an unidentified woman who is wearing a fur cape.
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Alpha Phi Sorority Benefit Dessert Party

Date: 04 12 1954
Description: Alpha Phi Mother's Club sponsors an Alpha Phi sorority musical program as a benefit party. Seated in foreground: Arrietta Hastings, president of the Mother...
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Successful Bird Hunt

Date: 1960
Description: A man holds a wood stretcher/fleshing beam near his game.
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 04 10 1956
Description: Three women from the Madison area attend the second annual convention of the Madison diocesan Council of Catholic Women held at Our Lady Queen of Peace Ca...
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Mary Krueger with Twins

Date: 1899
Description: Mary Krueger, sitting in a rocking chair and holding twins Jennie and Edgar Krueger on her lap. There is a fur rug on the floor.
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Field Secretary for National Council of Catholic Women

Date: 09 23 1957
Description: Nora Le Tournear, center, a field secretary for the National Council of Catholic Women, is in Madison to speak to Catholic women and give leadership traini...
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Tea to Honor Helen Fairchild

Date: 10 09 1957
Description: Attending a tea in honor of Helen E., wife of Edward T. Fairchild, former chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court are, left to right, Gladys, wife of ...
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We Saw You at Credit Union Luncheon

Date: 05 1958
Description: A fashion show with models from various Madison credit unions is presented at a luncheon given at the Blackhawk Country Club for the wives who accompanied ...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service Annual Meeting

Date: 10 15 1958
Description: The annual meeting of the Madison Visiting Nurse Service at the Blackhawk Country Club. Pictured are board members and the guest speaker, from left to righ...
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Ladies' Golf-Bowling League

Date: 03 13 1959
Description: A sportsmanship award was made for the first time at the spring luncheon of the Ladies' Golf-Bowling League. It was awarded to Mary Brandel, standing secon...

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