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Photograph

Clothing Enhancement

Date: 1950
Description: A girl draws a design on a blouse worn by a mannequin while a woman observes her progress.
Photograph

Manchester's, Inc., Favorite Colors Window Display

Date: 05 25 1950
Description: Manchester's, Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, "Favorite colors brown, green, and yellow" dresses window display, with two mannequins. Window #5.
Photograph

Manchester's, Inc., Playtex Girdle Window Display

Date: 09 20 1950
Description: A window display at Manchester's, Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, featuring a mannequin advertising Playtex girdles.
Photograph

Manchester's, Incorporated, Playtex Window Display

Date: 06 05 1956
Description: H.S. Manchester's, Incorporated, 2 East Mifflin Street, window display featuring "Playtex Panty Briefs" and mannequin, with decorated tube packaging for br...
Photograph

Hill's Department Store Display Window

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: Hill's Department Store, 202 State Street, display window featuring summer dresses with black and white checks. Includes five mannequins and a sign stating...
Historical Object

Worth Gown

Date: 1880
Description: Gown made by Charles Frederick Worth of Paris for Frances Fairchild, wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild.
Photograph

Kitchenware on Display

Date: 1951
Description: Two female mannequins are standing with an International Harvester freezer and refrigerator. This display may have been at the International Harvester head...
Photograph

Cinderella Shop Store Window, Bridal Dresses

Date: 09 19 1953
Description: Mannequins in bridal dresses stand on display in the window of Cinderella Shop, located at 8 South Carroll Street.
Photograph

Sears Fabric and Pattern Department

Date: 11 25 1954
Description: Fabric and pattern department of the new Sears store, located at 1101 East Washington Avenue.
Photograph

U.W. Farm and Home Week Exhibits

Date: 02 03 1958
Description: Farm and Home Week visitors Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Riek (Plain) are challenged to accessorize a basic black dress.
Photograph

Fire Prevention Week Parade Float

Date: 1971
Description: Color photo of an International Scout pulling a parade float for Fire Prevention Week. The float has a large finger pointing to the word "YOU" and on vario...
Photograph

YWCA Plans Style Show

Date: 11 01 1960
Description: Two of the models who will display winter fashions at the YWCA style show and dessert party are Terry Alayu (seated), service director at Truax Field, and ...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Green Parlor

Date: 
Description: Ektachrome postcard of the Green Parlor, with a mannequin of a man in period dress sitting in a chair. Text on reverse reads: "The Green Parlor or sitti...
Photograph

Indian Exhibit

Date: 1958
Description: A recreation of an Indian hut with a mannequin exhibited in the galleries at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
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Interior of Kellor's Lakeview Store

Date: 02 13 1959
Description: The fallout shelter in the basement of the Lakeview Store, owned by Carroll Kellor. The store, the site of a possible robbery, is located on Highways 14 a...

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