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Jennie Justo

Date: 05 15 1933
Description: Jennie Justo with hat in hand, is embraced by her mother, Lena Justo, as she leaves for a year in the Milwaukee jail for being the alleged owner of a stude...
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Tea Party

Date: 05 05 1963
Description: Mother pouring tea for her twins at the mother and daughter tea, sponsored by the Brookfield Woman's Club.
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Jennie and Lena Justo

Date: 05 15 1933
Description: Jennie Justo of 921 Spring Street in the Greenbush, wearing a hat, says goodbye to her mother, Lena Justo, as she leaves for a year in the Milwaukee jail.
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Dr. Edward A. Bass Family on Porch

Date: 1895
Description: Ada and Dr. Edward A. Bass with their children, daughter Everetta and son Cary, seated on the porch of their home.
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Women and Children

Date: 1897
Description: Women of various ages are surrounded by babies and young children, as well as chairs and cribs. Each woman is holding a baby. Cribs are hanging on chains f...
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Studio Portrait of Amanda Bighawk and Marie Bighawk Whitewater and Daughters

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman, Amanda Bighawk posing sitting holding her son Calvin Smith-Whitewater, and a Ho-Chunk w...
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League of Women Voters

Date: 02 20 1950
Description: As part of a League of a Women Voters house to house canvas to encourage voting, Mrs. Horace (Marion) Wilkie (left), chair of the Westmorland Unit, is show...
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Registration at the Health Center

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Description: Mothers with babies register at the Health Center. In the background chairs line the walls, and above them are posters on health.
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Examination of a Baby

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Description: Parents watch as their baby is given a physical examination by a woman at the Health Center.
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Registering at the Health Center

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Description: Women, who are accompanied by their children, register at the Health Center. On the walls are displayed posters on health and food.
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Woman Cutting Pattern

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Description: A mother is cutting a pattern from display material on a table.
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Americanization Pageant Donation Bottles

Date: 08 31 1953
Description: Marie Oakey, left, and children Genevieve and Jacques du Vair place coins into collection bottles to support a patriotic drive held by the Madison Women's ...
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Flight Nurse with Her Parents

Date: 1943
Description: Flight nurse, Gwen Jensen, visiting with her parents as she prepares to leave U.S. soil. Jensen is kneeling on the floor as her parents are sitting on a be...
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Education Week at East High School

Date: 11 01 1954
Description: Four parents and teachers are shown making preparations for the observance of Education Week at East High School. From left to right are, Mina Sperling, Ed...
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Catholic Church Bazaar

Date: 11 09 1954
Description: Lynn Dudley serves as a model for one of the sweaters which will be on sale at the annual bazaar sponsored by the women of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Cat...
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Healy Lane Coffee Hour

Date: 02 20 1958
Description: Monona Village homemakers share their weekday coffee hour at the home of Mrs. Randall Wind. Mrs. Wind holds her daughter Lori, age 2. Guests are Mrs. John ...
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Mothers' March on Polio

Date: 01 07 1958
Description: Ward captains meet to plan the Mothers' March on Polio in connection with the Dane County March of Dimes. The Mothers' March will take place the night of J...
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Woman, Daughter and Delivery Man

Date: 1973
Description: A woman and her daughter are pictured with a delivery man. They are gathered around a table, with the two adults standing and the child sitting. The woman ...
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Bethany Methodist Church Open House

Date: 12 06 1959
Description: Marcia Malcolm, (seated), and her son Marcus, aged seven attend an open house at the newly built education wing of Bethany Methodist Church, 3910 Mineral P...
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Woman and Infant

Date: 1912
Description: A hand-tinted image of a young woman with a ruffled nightcap tending an infant wrapped in a crocheted blanket lying in a cradle. A candle is burning in a b...

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