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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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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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Young Boy Wearing Crown

Date: 1941
Description: A smiling young boy posing wearing a crown and a dress jacket. He is also wearing what is possibly a 4-H pin on his lapel.
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Gustav and Kunigunde Willms

Date: 1880
Description: Studio wedding portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Gustav Willms (c. 1854-1917) and Kunigunde (Dorn) Willms (1857-1941) in their wedding outfits. Ku...
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Ann Willms

Date: 1891
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Ann Willms (b. 1881) of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is wearing a dress, necklace, earrings and ...
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Eydie V. Watts

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Eydie V. Watts, member of the Milwaukee City Civil Service Commission. She is wearing a dark dress or blouse and a necklace and ...
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Faithful Travelers Group Portrait

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Description: Group portrait of the Faithful Travelers. Eight African American men, three in front, five in back, pose wearing light suits, dark neckties and pocket kerc...
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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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Ladies Playing Cards

Date: 07 1963
Description: Group of women playing cards while wearing hats and pearls.
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Group of Four Women

Date: 1965
Description: Group of four standing women conversing informally at a social occasion.
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Dorothy Roshak Zmuda

Date: 12 15 1944
Description: Dorothy Roshak Zmuda at work in the advertising department of Allis-Chalmers.
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Mrs. Lydia Ely

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Description: Vignetted head and shoulders portrait of Lydia Ely, a well-known artist, humanitarian and promoter of the arts in the late 19th century.
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Mary Ilsley Brigham

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Description: Carte-de-visite of a vignetted quarter-length studio portrait of Mary Ilsley Brigham (1838-1894). She is wearing a dark dress with lace on the collar.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Mrs. Louise Lawrence Van Dyke

Date: 1937
Description: Newspaper halftone in Mrs. Louise Lawrence Van Dyke's obituary in the Milwaukee Sentinel. Portion of the text: "Liberal Donor to Charity. Mrs. Louis...
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Card Player; Esther Lewis

Date: 07 11 1968
Description: Close-up of a woman wearing a newspaper hat playing cards. Identified as Esther Lewis playing with the Golden Agers club members in Washington Park, Milwau...
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NAACP Milwaukee Branch Annual Dinner

Date: 12 11 1958
Description: Slightly elevated group portrait of diners at the NAACP Milwaukee Branch's 1958 Annual Dinner.
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Margaret McGuire at Alice in Dairyland Contest

Date: 05 18 1948
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Margaret McGuire at the Schraeder Hotel in Milwaukee on the night of the Alice in Dairyland contest.

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