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Simpson's Clothing Model

Date: 07 07 1942
Description: Simpson's, 23-25 North Pinckney Street. Woman modeling a suit, with hat, gloves and purse.
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Manchester's, Inc., Window Display

Date: 09 24 1940
Description: Manchester's, Inc., Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street, window display with two mannequins wearing dresses flanking a display of a purse and hat.
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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 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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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model wearing hat, dress with jacket, spectator shoes, carrying purse and gloves, part of fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 State Stre...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model wearing hat, dress with jacket trimmed in fur, and carrying a purse, is standing on blocks in front of the dressing rooms at Kessenich's Dry Goods st...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

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

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model wearing hat, plaid jacket with plain skirt, wearing gloves, carrying purse, standing on blocks. Part of fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear...
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Kessenich's Mannequin

Date: 03 17 1938
Description: Kessenich's mannequin dressed in dress, coat, hat, purse and gloves and shoes.
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World's Fair Beauties

Date: 08 10 1934
Description: Three "most beautiful employees" of the Chicago World's Fair on a publicity tour: Patricia Marquan, Kay Griffith and Dorothy Le Fold.
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Fanchon & Marco Showgirl

Date: 08 01 1932
Description: A Fanchon & Marco showgirl dressed in street clothes, leaning on a piano. Text on print reads: "'Mystery Revue' Orpheum Girl."
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Raquel Torres Modeling at Heller's

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: Raquel Torres modeling a dress and hat at Heller's, 205 State Street.
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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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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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Ambassador Lord and Lady Halifax

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Ambassador Lord (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood) and Lady Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, at the train station. Left to right: Lady Halifa...
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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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Julia and Julius Jacobson at the Museum

Date: 1912
Description: Well-dressed Julia and Julius Jacobson looking at Indian artifacts at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin Museum during their wedding trip to Madison...
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Mailman George A. Perkins

Date: 03 10 1949
Description: Mailman George A. Perkins receiving a purse containing 25 silver dollars from Marshall Browne, publisher of the East Side News, on the 25th anniversary of ...
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Fur Remodeling Class

Date: 04 04 1949
Description: Mrs. David L. (Leta) Williams, left, and Mrs. Claude F. (Louise) Schroeder admire their fur creations at a fur remodeling class at the Madison Vocational S...

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