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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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Night School

Date: 05 1940
Description: Adult students pose in class at a night school, where they took classes in English and citizenship at Neighborhood House.
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Studio Portrait of Emma Gebhardt

Date: 01 18 1927
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Emma W. Gebhardt sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long, polka-dotted skirt, a printed blouse, a band...
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Ethelinda (Thorsen) Johnston of Milwaukee

Date: 1898
Description: Cabinet card of Ethelinda (Thorsen) Johnston (1856-1947), wife of John Johnston (1836-1904), a successful Milwaukee banker, wearing a printed silk dress an...
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The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword

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Description: Full-length portrait of a woman posing in a costume made out of newspapers from the "Minneapolis Journal." She is holding an oversized ink pen and has what...
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John Gilbert and Greta Garbo

Date: 01 1927
Description: John Gilbert and Greta Garbo pose for photograph at the premiere of their film "The Flesh and the Devil." She is wearing a fur coat, white gloves and is ho...
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Obey and Audrey Hepburn

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Description: Actress Audrey Hepburn, then a representative of UNICEF, visiting Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey in his office. She was in Washington to testify on b...
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Vel Phillips in the Milwaukee Common Council

Date: 1970
Description: Vel Phillips speaking into a microphone at her desk in the Milwaukee Common Council. Other desks and men are behind her. The council room has ornate interi...
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Vel Phillips Speaking with Arthur Goldberg

Date: 04 08 1961
Description: Vel Phillips stands while speaking with Arthur Goldberg, former Secretary of Labor and, at the time of the photograph, Supreme Court Justice. Another man c...
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Four Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four European American woman. The woman on the far left is sitting and wearing a dark-colored skirt and b...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified woman with eyeglasses posing standing with her hands crossed, with a handbag ...
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Obey and Nelson Shake Hands

Date: 1962
Description: Congressman David Obey and Senator Gaylord Nelson shake hands as Joan Obey looks on. The occasion was a dinner, and a man and woman sit at a table with foo...
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The Orb Sisters

Date: 1865
Description: Sisters Margarethe, left, and Catherine Orb posing for a full-length, standing portrait wearing matching dark floor-length gowns with fur-trimmed short sle...
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Vel Phillips Fashion Portrait

Date: 12 05 1961
Description: Full-length portrait of Vel Phillips wearing a dark dress with matching elbow-length gloves and earrings. She is holding a light-colored clutch handbag. In...
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Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland and Governor Rennebohm

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, chatting with Governor Rennebohm at the Kick-off for the Alice in Dairyland Program. She is wearing a full-length for...
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Book Signing Party at the Club Tavern

Date: 06 13 1975
Description: A group of three men and one woman sitting in a booth at the Club Tavern with author E.E. LeMasters, who is wearing a sport coat. Copies of the author's bo...
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Book Signing Party at the Club Tavern

Date: 06 13 1975
Description: View from behind bar towards people sitting and standing. One man is chatting with E.E. LeMasters (wearing a sport coat), the author of the book, Blue-C...
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Oiyotte Sister in Limosine

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Description: One of the "Five Oiyotte Sisters" in the back seat of a limosine.
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Group of Ojibwa Youth

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Description: A group of youth socialize in an unknown location, possibly a bowling facility. A handbag or bowling bag is sitting on the floor. On the right someone in h...

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