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Miss Knutsen with Permanent Wave

Date: 12 07 1927
Description: Portrait of Miss Knutsen with a new permanent wave.
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Miss Mary Barnes and the Hat

Date: 01 09 1963
Description: Mary Barnes, wearing a mink stole and pearls, modeling her outrageous hat. It is wired to light 10 street lights that are arranged around the brim.
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Woman Modeling Fur Coat at Kessenich's Store

Date: 07 12 1932
Description: Woman modeling a fur coat at Kessenich's store in the fur coat department. Other coats are displayed on racks and stands on the left and right.
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Miss America Models Formal Wear

Date: 10 06 1930
Description: Miss America, Margaret Ekdahl, models a blue and rose Moire evening gown with a short white Dolman fur wrap, at the Burdick & Murray Department Store.
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Portrait of Miss Knutson

Date: 12 02 1927
Description: Portrait of Miss Knutson with a permanent wave in her hair. She is wearing a fur coat.
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Portrait of Miss Knutson

Date: 12 02 1927
Description: Portrait of Miss Knutson with a permanent wave.
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Portrait of Miss Boese

Date: 12 03 1927
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Miss Boese wearing a hat and a fur collar.
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Portrait of Mildred Gumm

Date: 12 06 1927
Description: Portrait of Mildred Gumm wearing a hat.
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Portrait of Miss Knutson with Permanent Wave

Date: 12 07 1927
Description: Portrait of Miss Knutson with a permanent wave in her hair.
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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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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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Chief Little Black Hawk

Date: 1895
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of George Blackhawk (WonkShiekChoNeeKah), sitting, and an unidentified man who is standing and w...
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its...
Postcard

Infant Dorothy Zander in Fur Coat

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of Dorothy Zander as an infant dressed in a white fur coat and bonnet.
Postcard

Woman with Dead Geese

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman dressed in a fur coat and wearing a hat standing next to a display of defeathered geese.
Postcard

Two Women with Fur Muffs and Shawls

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Description: Studio portrait of two women wearing fashionable fur muffs, shawls and hats posing in front of a painted backdrop. On the left is Angeline Saeman Kalschuer...
Postcard

Mr. & Mrs. Otto Radke

Date: 1930
Description: Photographic postcard of a three-quarter length studio portrait of Mrs. & Mrs. Otto Radke in front of a painted backdrop. They both wear hats and she holds...
Photograph

Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on the left wearing with a plaid shawl over her shoulders, and a young Ho...
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William Reckmeyer

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of William Reckmeyer, Milwaukee furrier.
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Studio Portrait of Ed Greengrass and Jennie Blackhawk

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of a Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. They are identified as Ed Greengrass (CheWinCheKayRayHeKah) and ...

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