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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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Dr. Laura Ross Wolcott

Date: 09 06 1882
Description: Engraving of Dr. Laura Ross Wolcott, the first president of the Woman Suffrage Movement in Milwaukee.
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Father Holding Child

Date: 1960
Description: A father is holding his young son in his arms.
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Woman with Blender

Date: 03 18 1955
Description: Woman stirring the contents of an Osterizer blender that is sitting on the stove.
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Women in the Rain

Date: 1900
Description: Three women in hats and long skirts walk with umbrellas in the rain.
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Church Skit

Date: 06 26 1963
Description: Hope United Church of Christ members are putting on a skit of the "roaring twenties."
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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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Democrats for Goldwater

Date: 10 28 1964
Description: Women representatives of Democrats for Goldwater from Central Wisconsin rally to support their candidate.
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Milwaukee Harvester Company Advertising Card

Date: 1894
Description: Advertising card for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a chromolithograph illustration of a woman holding a tree branch.
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Short Wave Communication

Date: 01 26 1956
Description: Sitting in a car, a woman and her daughter are talking to another daughter who is at Albrook Air Force Base in the Canal Zone.
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Telegraph Operator

Date: 09 27 1956
Description: Miss Nellie Millane sits at the telegraph key at Western Union Telegraph Co. where she worked as a Morse Code operator for 49 years.
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Fish Bait

Date: 08 02 1963
Description: Contestant baits her hook in Washington Park at the annual Milwaukee county park commission's fishing rodeo.
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Portrait of a Woman

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Description: A portrait of a young woman with pearls.
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Donald Davidson, Braves PR Director witth Lew Burdette

Date: 04 13 1961
Description: Donald Davidson (left), Director of Public Relations for the Milwaukee Braves, talks with pitcher Lew Burdette at an Elks club dinner.
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Mary Rennebohm

Date: 08 06 1948
Description: Mary Rennebohm, wife of Governor Oscar Rennebohm, is shown dressed in a nineteenth century gown and bonnet while serving as a hostess at the opening day of...
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Sebastian Gebhard Messmer

Date: 10 24 1913
Description: Three-quarter length seated studio portrait of Sebastian Gebhard Messmer, Milwaukee Archbishop.
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Ellen Clara Sabin

Date: 04 08 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait in front of a studio backdrop of Ellen Clara Sabin, Milwaukee teacher and administrator.
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Harriet Earling Thwaits

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Harriet Earling Thwaits, Milwaukee philanthropist, wife of Frederick C. Thwaits.
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William H. Upmeyer

Date: 03 17 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of William H. Upmeyer, Milwaukee jeweler.
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Robert Bloch with Eyeglasses and Cigarette

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Description: Robert Bloch, wearing a suit and tie, is posed with a cigarette in his right hand.

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