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Jane Theresa Taylor in Bajiou, Philippines

Date: 1913
Description: Trading market; Bajiou, Philippines. Image of boy with notation: "Janie paying a native of Bajiou P.I. for having his picture taken and giving me his hat."...
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Walk-Over Shoe Store Display Window

Date: 02 22 1933
Description: Walk-Over Shoe Store, 8 E. Mifflin Street, window display with handbags and Cabana shoes.
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Marge Bong and General Kenney at Bong Memorial

Date: 05 1946
Description: Marge Bong and General Kenney standing by a bust of Major Richard Ira Bong (1920-1945), at the Richard Bong Memorial dedication on Memorial Day.
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Hill's Department Store Display Window

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: Hill's Department Store, 202 State Street, display window featuring summer dresses with black and white checks. Includes five mannequins and a sign stating...
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Women Booked For Prostitution

Date: 08 05 1942
Description: Women are booked for prostitution by state agents at the Iron County jail after vice raids at Hurley-area taverns on a Tuesday night.
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Lt. Col. Frieda Nolte, officer in charge of the Madison post, welcomes Jenny Frothingham to a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56...
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International Scout II Brochure

Date: 1971
Description: Front cover of a brochure advertising the International Scout II truck. Features a color photograph of people lining up to examine a Scout II. The text r...
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Herfurth House

Date: 1951
Description: The front door of the Herfurth house, 703 East Gorham Street, built by Theodore Herfurth around 1870 and owned in 1952 by Mrs. Ralph Dennis. A woman is sta...
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Wisconsin Delegate to Republican National Convention

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: Helen Eby, Madison, delegate from Wisconsin to the Republican Party National Convention held in Chicago, Illinois.
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Superintendents of State Welfare Institutions

Date: 10 23 1944
Description: Group portrait of 13 superintendents of state welfare institutions with A.W. Bayley (extreme right, standing), director of the Wisconsin Deptartment of Pub...
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Jane and Janet Brandenburg in Easter Outfits

Date: 03 27 1945
Description: Jane and Janet Brandenburg, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. (Marian) Harold Brandenburg, 4134 Hiawatha Drive, posing in their identical Easter outfits.
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Women with Straw Hats on Sidewalk

Date: 1910
Description: Young ladies with large straw hats standing on the sidewalk. One woman is holding a basket, while another woman is crouching down holding a purse. A child ...
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Checking the Oil

Date: 1956
Description: Woman in polka dot dress is looking on as a service station worker checks the oil in her car.
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State Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 07 15 1949
Description: The tournament committee for the Wisconsin women's golf association tournament gathers beneath a tree for a group portrait. The tournament was to be held a...
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Madison Business and Professional Women's Club

Date: 10 21 1949
Description: Group portrait of the Ways and Means Committee of the Madison Business and Professional Women's Club. Seated, left to right: Jessie Harloff; Edna Lundy; Dr...
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Christmas Seals

Date: 11 26 1949
Description: Gov. Oscar Rennebohm presenting a check for his contribution to the 1949 Madison Christmas Seal sale to Esther Hermsen of the Madison Tuberculosis Associat...
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Jaycettes' Fashion Show

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: Three of the models participating in the Jaycettes' fashion show admire a large-sized cartoon that will be used in the show, inspired by State Journal cart...
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Two Madison Coeds Depart for College by Train

Date: 08 23 1950
Description: Two Madison sisters board a train to travel to out-of-state colleges. Mary Clare Koltes, left, is transfering from the University of Wisconsin to Rollins C...
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Madison United Givers' Fund First Drive

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: Mrs. Sophia Siebecker, far right, explains the duties of the Travelers' Aid Association of which she is the director in Madison, to four United Givers' Fun...
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Models in St. Raphael's School Style Show'

Date: 03 28 1952
Description: Jean Staack, at left, and Dennis Galarowicz, at right, model clothes to be featured in the St. Raphael's school style show. Among the other models are addi...

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