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Church on Easter Sunday

Date: 04 06 1969
Description: Children walking out of church after the Easter Sunday service at St. James United Methodist Church at 1114 West Brown Street.
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on box wearing hat and carrying gloves and purse, and wearing a dress. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 Stat...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on box wearing hat and coat, carrying gloves and purse. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 State Street, showi...
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Night School

Date: 05 1940
Description: Adult students pose in class at a night school, where they took classes in English and citizenship at Neighborhood House.
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Sarah Goodnow Clark

Date: 1854
Description: Sarah Goodnow married early Madison settler Darwin Clark in 1848 and died in Madison in 1854. Her sister Sophia was married to Madison pharmacist Philo Du...
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Studio Portrait of Emma Gebhardt

Date: 01 18 1927
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Emma W. Gebhardt sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long, polka-dotted skirt, a printed blouse, a band...
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Hope I Figured Right

Date: 1965
Description: Child's Valentine's Day card with a boy and a girl. He is wearing shorts, jacket, eyeglasses, and a graduation cap. He holds a slate in one hand with the t...
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Ethelinda (Thorsen) Johnston of Milwaukee

Date: 1898
Description: Cabinet card of Ethelinda (Thorsen) Johnston (1856-1947), wife of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker, wearing a printed silk dress an...
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Woman Walking on Sidewalk

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Description: A smiling woman walks down the sidewalk in a small town. She is carrying a a box-shaped purse in her right hand, and is wearing a skirt and blouse. A house...
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Christmas Tree from Wisconsin

Date: 1983
Description: Congressman David R. Obey (standing below the C) greets a delegation from Wisconsin that accompanied the official Capitol Christmas Tree cut in the Chequam...
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Ann Drucella Witt

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Description: Ann Drucella Witt, the sister of Matt Witt, poses under a vine covered trellis that frames a door to a house. She is wearing a dress, jacket, gloves, and f...
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Reginald Denny and Mabel Julienne Scott in "The Abysmal Brute"

Date: 1923
Description: The boxer Pat Glendon, Jr. (played by Reginald Denny) and socialite Maude Sangster (Mabel Julienne Scott) glare at each other in a scene still from "The Ab...
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The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword

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Description: Full-length portrait of a woman posing in a costume made out of newspapers from the "Minneapolis Journal." She is holding an oversized ink pen and has what...
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John Gilbert and Greta Garbo

Date: 01 1927
Description: John Gilbert and Greta Garbo pose for photograph at the premiere of their film "The Flesh and the Devil." She is wearing a fur coat, white gloves and is ho...
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Children and Nurses at Mobile Health Unit

Date: 1974
Description: Children are standing on the steps of the Alfred University School of Nursing Mobile Health Unit. The mobile health unit traveled around communities in All...
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Obey and Audrey Hepburn

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Description: Actress Audrey Hepburn, then a representative of UNICEF, visiting Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey in his office. She was in Washington to testify on b...
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Vel Phillips in the Milwaukee Common Council

Date: 1970
Description: Vel Phillips speaking into a microphone at her desk in the Milwaukee Common Council. Other desks and men are behind her. The council room has ornate interi...
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Vel Phillips Speaking with Arthur Goldberg

Date: 04 08 1961
Description: Vel Phillips stands while speaking with Arthur Goldberg, former Secretary of Labor and, at the time of the photograph, Supreme Court Justice. Another man c...
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Vel Phillips in a Group Portrait

Date: 07 1980
Description: Vel Phillips in a large group portrait of mostly women. The women are wearing dresses and coats and have name tags on their lapels. A building with large g...
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Four Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four European American woman. The woman on the far left is sitting and wearing a dark-colored skirt and b...

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