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Dickey Chapelle Covering Operation Inland Seas

Date: 07 1959
Description: Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ...
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Hoonch-Schad-E-Gab

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk man, Hoonch-Schad-E-Gab (Big Bear), aiming a bow and arrow and wearing a fur hat with feathers...
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Mah Jongg Game

Date: 05 14 1958
Description: Four women playing Mah Jongg, a Chinese game using tiles.
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen McCabe

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Mary Ellen McCabe, 1954 Alice in Dairyland, enters State Fair Park in her official convertible, escorted by police officers on Harley-Davidson motorcycles ...
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 09 02 1953
Description: Mary Ellen Jenks, the 1953 Alice in Dairyland, visits a Boy Scout camp, where she is surrounded by admiring scouts and a member of the navy.
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Who's New Club Board Members

Date: 09 13 1955
Description: Three board members of the Who's New Club lunching at Blackhawk Country Club, Shorewood Hills. Left to right: Virginia Mansfield, Lois Cardinal, and Shirle...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Family

Date: 1931
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man and woman posing sitting in front of a Ho-Chunk boy standing in front of a painted backdrop. The boy, J...
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Man and Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of group posing in front of a painted backdrop with a prop fence. Two Ho-Chunk women are sitting and wearing several necklaces,...
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Zintka Lanuni Colby in Indian Clothing

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Description: Studio portrait of Zintka Lanuni ("Lost Bird") Colby, a Lakota, as a young child wearing traditional Indian clothing of a fringed shirt, and pants. She is ...
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Ponca Tribe Adoption

Date: 1908
Description: A view of two men on horses with many banners in the background. This was during the adoption of George Miller of the 101 Ranch, one of the early focal poi...
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Madison Toories Curling Auxilary

Date: 12 03 1951
Description: Marion Leifer, a member of the Madison Toories — a women's curling group, is shown wearing a team Scotch hat decorated with pins displaying her curling exp...
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Woman Holding Trout and Fly-Fishing Rod

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Description: A woman wearing waders and a hat holds up a trout in her right hand and a fly-fishing rod in her left hand. Attached to her hat are fly-fishing flies, and ...
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Badger Fan

Date: 2007
Description: Female Badger fan with a temporary tattoo of Bucky Badger on her cheek. She is seen in profile at a University of Wisconsin-Madison football game.
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Who's New Club Officers

Date: 09 14 1956
Description: Portrait of four officers of the Who's New Club during the fall luncheon at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Left to right: Mrs. John A. Mark, secretary; Car...
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Masquerade Group, Turnfest Club

Date: 02 25 1931
Description: Masquerade Group, Turnfest Club, Milwaukee Gymnastic Association. Five men and eleven women are dressed up in masquerade clothing, and all are wearing head...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service Luncheon

Date: 10 10 1954
Description: Among those attending the Madison Visiting Nurse Service fall luncheon at the Blackhawk Country Club are, from left to right: Clara B. Rue, Milwaukee, lunc...
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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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Ladies Municipal Bowling Association Spring Luncheon

Date: 03 27 1956
Description: Among the women who helped plan the Ladies Municipal Bowling Association Spring Luncheon are, from left: Virginia Strand, toastmistress; Mrs John Kreiter, ...
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Wisconsin Elks Association Wives Luncheon

Date: 05 18 1956
Description: These women attended the Elks State Convention in Madison. Left to right are: Mrs. William Eulberg, Portage, wife of a state trustee; Margaret Mapes, wife ...
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Who's New Club Fall Luncheon

Date: 09 14 1956
Description: Portrait of Mrs. H.W. Affeldt while attending the Who's New fall luncheon at Maple Bluff Country Club. She is wearing a white hat with a silk fringe, a bla...

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