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Truax Field Officers' Wives Tea

Date: 03 20 1945
Description: The Women's Club sponsored tea for officers wives of all services at the Officers Club of Truax Field. Left to right: Mrs. C.W. Hansen, Mrs. Leslie K. Poll...
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Group at Lawn Party

Date: 08 09 1902
Description: Group portrait of lawn party. Syl sits on the ground holding a sword in front of four women who are seated and one woman who is standing. The men, all wear...
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Woman with Two Men

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Description: A woman who appears to be Aunt Helen shakes hands with a man in a room while another man looks on. The room appears to be a studio as it has a large painte...
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Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Hat

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a woman standing in front of a painted backdrop. She has her hands resting on a velvet upholstered, curved backed c...
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Zonta Style Show

Date: 09 08 1953
Description: Evelyne Clauder, president of the Madison Zonta Club, sitting in a chair and surrounded by, right, Sayda Pettersen, general chairperson of the style show, ...
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Exchange Club Style Show

Date: 03 31 1954
Description: Group portrait of the Exchange Club style show models. They include, from left, Dolly Williamson, Mary Weston, and Nina Bonsack.
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Alexander Simplot and His Wife

Date: 1866
Description: Tintype of Alexander Simplot, sitting, and his wife, standing, who is wearing a fashionable hat and coat and holding a fur muff.
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Jaycette Style Show Models

Date: 02 28 1956
Description: Barbara Lawson, representing the Truax Field Officers' Wives' Club, models fashion for the 'smart clubwomen.' The proceeds of the style shows were to maint...
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Woman Sitting in a Chair

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of Lena Gerath Falkenstein seated in a chair on a patterned carpet in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dress, flow...
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Group Picnic

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Description: View across lawn towards the end of a table where a group of people are posing sitting for a picnic under the shade of trees. More men and women are standi...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman posed standing with her right elbow and left...
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Emma Schoelkopf in Front of a House on Jenifer Street

Date: 1916
Description: Emma Schoelkopf is posing in the yard in front of a house on Jenifer Street. She is wearing a matching skirt and fur-trimmed coat and hat. There is a rocki...
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After Sunday Dinner

Date: 1914
Description: Group portrait of eight women and two men posing on the lawn at Black Point. The description on the reverse of the photograph reads: "The Wacker family aft...
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Woman Posing with Furs

Date: 1938
Description: A woman is seated in front of silver fox pelts hanging from pegs at the Fromm Brothers Fur and Ginseng Farm sale. On the right is a poster of an advertisem...
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East Side Women's Club Banquet

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: Mothers and daughters looking over a menu at the East Side Women's club banquet at St. John's Lutheran church. Seated at the table are: Geraldine Morrison ...

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