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Woman on Motor Scooter

Date: 1958
Description: A motor scooter in an advertisement with female model sitting on a Cushman Road King motor scooter.
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Girl and Three Young Men

Date: 03 15 1946
Description: Teenage girl with three young men, one in uniform, at a soda fountain. The boys are admiring her necklace and bracelet.
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Couple at Soda Fountain

Date: 03 15 1946
Description: Teenage couple holding hands at soda fountain and sharing a soda. They are wearing his and her bracelets.
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Two Girls Comparing Charm Bracelets

Date: 03 15 1946
Description: Two views of two girls comparing charm bracelets.
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Girl Eating Ice Cream

Date: 03 15 1946
Description: Two views of a girl eating ice cream at a soda fountain. She is wearing a headband and a choker.
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Couple at Soda Fountain

Date: 03 15 1946
Description: Two views of a couple sitting at soda fountain, featuring his and her lapel jewelry.
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Nelson's Jewelry Store Interior

Date: 12 13 1940
Description: Interior view of Nelson's Jewelry Store, 21 North Pinckney Street.
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Orpheum Theatre Ticket Girls

Date: 02 25 1939
Description: Group portrait of seven ticket girls in matching uniform tops at Orpheum Theater, 216 State Street.
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Two Women Modeling Fur Coats

Date: 08 12 1937
Description: Two women modeling fur coats for Simpson's women's clothing store, 23 N. Pinckney Street.
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Mrs. Phillips, Secretary of W.C.T.U.

Date: 08 24 1934
Description: Portrait of Margaret Phillips, secretary of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, seamstress, writer, and a Madison activist.
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Goodman's Jewelers

Date: 06 22 1934
Description: Goodman's Jewelers display windows, and entrance, located at 220 State Street.
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Goodman's Jewelers

Date: 06 21 1934
Description: Goodman's Jewelers, 220 State Street. Signs read: "Watch for opening of Goodman's Jewelers" and "Watch newspapers for opening date."
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Attic Angels Ball — Receiving Line

Date: 04 06 1934
Description: Five women in ball gowns standing in the Attic Angels Ball receiving line in the Loraine Hotel, l to r: Mrs. Erwin Schmidt; Mrs. Wallace W. Chickering, Soc...
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Portrait of Charles May Family

Date: 11 05 1933
Description: Portrait of Charles May family. Father and mother, and three children.
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Professor Edward Ross in Tahiti

Date: 07 11 1933
Description: Group portrait of Professor Ross and five friends in native dress in Tahiti. Two of the people are sitting on a stack of logs, with a cat sitting between t...
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Harrold's Jewelry Window Display

Date: 06 23 1933
Description: Harrold's jewelry window store display, 220 State Street, featuring jewelry and tableware.
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S.S. Kresge's Jewelry Window

Date: 03 31 1933
Description: S.S. Kresge's store, 25 E. Main Street jewelry window.
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Helen Schleck

Date: 09 26 1932
Description: Helen Schleck (Mrs. Mathias H.), standing beside a radio, is a Dane County pioneer celebrating her 86th birthday, 1201 Sherman Avenue.
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Reri Trying Cinderella Cosmetics

Date: 07 25 1932
Description: Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum theater trying Cinderella cosmetics in her dressing room with Mr...
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Tea Party

Date: 12 16 1931
Description: Junior Division (of the University League ?) tea party at the home of Abigail Rundell 2227 Van Hise Avenue. Left to right: Mrs. Russell H. Fitzgibbon, Lila...

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