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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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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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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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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...
Book or Pamphlet

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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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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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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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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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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Red Cross Gray Ladies

Date: 07 07 1953
Description: Five of the Red Cross Gray Ladies (volunteers) who work consistently at the Mendota State Hospital are shown seated around a table. Left to right, they are...
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Better Radio and Television Institute

Date: 09 27 1953
Description: Eleanor Merkel is shown taking advance registrations for the Better Radio and Television Institute meeting in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union under th...
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Women's Republican Club Meeting

Date: 12 11 1953
Description: Milo K. Swanton, a member of the president's Agricultural Advisory Committee, speaks with members of the Women's Republican Club. With him, left to right, ...
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Wisconsin State Journal Correspondents

Date: 02 27 1954
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin State Journal staff with correspondents who were recognized for at least 20 years of service at the Wisconsin Sta...
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Delta Delta Delta Pansy Breakfast

Date: 05 16 1954
Description: Glee Moses, left, and May Burnham admire June Cannon's engagement ring during the annual Delta Delta Delta Pansy Breakfast. Engaged University of Wisconsin...
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Dane County Democratic Women's Club

Date: 06 11 1954
Description: Katie Louchheim, right, director of women's activities for the Democratic National Committee, is shown with Eleanore Roessler (left), Madison, Mrs. Ervin B...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service Luncheon

Date: 10 20 1954
Description: Among those attending the Madison Visiting Nurse Service fall luncheon at the Blackhawk Country Club are Agnes Griffith and Beulah Aubey, two registered nu...
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Philharmonic Chorus Members

Date: 05 14 1956
Description: Nellie Howland, one of the five original members of the Philharmonic Chorus, is shown in a local drugstore as part of her job as inventory worker for the M...

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