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Woman Cleaning Wooden Floor

Date: 1920
Description: Woman cleaning a wooden floor in an open doorway of her farmhouse with a scrub brush.
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Champion Cow Milker

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: A young woman is demonstrating her championship cow-milking skills as she is sitting on a low stool and milking a Holstein cow. A person (out of frame) is ...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Office of SHSW Librarian

Date: 05 1896
Description: The office of Historical Society Librarian Minnie Oakley in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. From 1866 to 1883 the Historical Society occupied the entire...
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Vietnamese Teacher

Date: 12 14 1951
Description: Vu Thi Yen stands in the doorway at Edgewood College while wearing a dress from her native country of Vietnam. She has come to the U.S. to study to become ...
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National Food Store in the Shorewood Shopping Center

Date: 12 27 1951
Description: A woman carries groceries out of the National Food Store in the Shorewood Shopping Center, located at 3244 University Avenue in Shorewood Hills. The Magic ...
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Girl Scout Cookie Sale

Date: 02 27 1952
Description: Girl Scouts Janet and Jane Brandenburg promote a Girl Scout cookie sale to Dorothy Freck.
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Operating Room at the United States Naval Hospital

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Description: Interior of an operating room at the United States Naval Hospital, established in 1834 on the original site of Fort Nelson. The view includes operating tab...
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Patients Dining at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of patients in formal dress gathering around a long table for dinner at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded in 1880 by Bisho...
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Patients Dining at Saint Mary's Sanatorium

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Description: A group of patients in formal dress gathering around tables for dinner at Saint Mary's Sanatorium, founded by Bishop Salpointe. Windows and a set of door...
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Library Reading Room

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Description: Interior of a library reading room. A man and two women sit at tables, reading. A door leads out of the room on the left, and windows have open transoms on...
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The Terry Tavern

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Description: Interior of the dining room at the Terry Tavern. Waiters and a waitress stand near tables set for dining. Windows line the left wall and a door leads out o...
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Bar and Grill

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Description: Interior of a bar and grill. Customers sit at the counter and at tables, and waiters and a waitress stand near the bar.
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Living Room at Wabanaki Lodge

Date: 1930
Description: View of the living room of Wabanaki Lodge, a log building with a rustic interior. The room features a large fireplace on the left wall, tables, and wicker...
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Grand Union Hotel and Park

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Description: Men and women sit on benches outside the Grand Union Hotel and Park. A fenced area stands near the building and a path leads around a landscaped lawn and ...
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The Ski Shop

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Description: Two women with ski equipment stand in the entrance of a building with a sign overhead reading, "Ski Shop." A man and a woman stand inside the shop looking ...
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State Normal School Gymnasium

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Description: Composite image including children performing exercises inside a gymnasium and an inset drawing of the exterior of the State Normal School. Text at bottom...
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University of Wisconsin Sorority Pledges

Date: 11 17 1953
Description: Portrait of two University of Wisconsin co-eds recently pledged to Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Standing in the arched doorway of the sorority house at 152 La...
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Delta Delta Delta Pansy Breakfast

Date: 05 16 1954
Description: Phyllis Robertson, chapter president, greets guests as they arrive at the annual Delta Delta Delta Pansy Breakfast. Guests include, left to right: Norma Tr...
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Portrait of a Woman

Date: 1930
Description: Full-length portrait of a young woman sitting on a half wall inside the photographer's studio. She is wearing a fashionable dress with a ribbon belt, dark ...
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Krueger and Goetsch Women

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Description: Flashlight photographic group portrait of Alex Krueger standing with a group of women from the Krueger and Goetsch families.

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