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Central High School Play Cast Group Portrait

Date: 04 16 1929
Description: Central High School play cast and production staff group portrait for the play "As You Like It."
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United States Armed Forces Institute

Date: 12 30 1947
Description: Assembling educational materials for servicemen-students all over the world are the employees of the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI), headquar...
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L.C. and Daisy Bates with Men and KKK Cross

Date: 10 15 1956
Description: Daisy and L.C. Bates with two men and a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) cross that they found in their yard. Because this event preceded the integration crisis of 1957 ...
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Rai-Molay Dance Honor Court

Date: 12 15 1951
Description: Group portrait of the honor court for the Rai-Molay Christmas dance. The court is made up of members of Order of Rainbow and the Order of DeMolay. The girl...
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Dining at a Restaurant

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Description: Several women and a man are sitting at tables while dining at a restaurant. Potted plants are in the background.
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Group of Students

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of four women, seated in front of three men, all unidentified. The women wear high-collared white blouses and long dark skirts. The men wear...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an unidentified European American woman wearing eyeglasses posed standing. She has her right ...
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Women's Day at Wisconsin Center

Date: 04 21 1964
Description: Looking on at left is alumna honoree, Isabel Craig, of Janesville, who received the Wisconsin Alumni Assn.'s distinguished service award for outstanding al...
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Educators

Date: 10 02 1964
Description: Group of 10 men and women with a sign that reads "Education for Public Relations — Understanding"
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Group Portrait of Three Men and a Woman

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Description: Group portrait of three men, one standing, posing around a woman who is sitting in the center in front of a painted backdrop. The group is formally dressed...
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Double Portrait of a Man and a Woman

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Description: On the left side of a studio portrait a man is sitting on a stool draped with patterned cloth. He is wearing a cap, a suit with knicker pants, long dark so...
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A Woman Standing on a Porch

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Description: Three-quarter view of a woman dressed in a dark summer skirt and a striped blouse with leg-of-mutton sleeves and a striped tie, standing on a porch looking...
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Teachers

Date: 1914
Description: A group of male and female Cook County teachers studying corn, preparatory to taking up this work in their rural schools.
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Alfred Lawson and Group

Date: 1919
Description: Group portrait of Alfred Lawson, two unidentified women, and three unidentified men. They are standing outdoors in front of a Lawson Air Liner. A leather s...
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Group Portrait with Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of a group of five men and one woman standing in front of a Lawson Air Liner parked in a field.
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Odanah Indian Fair

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated group portrait of men, women and children posing at the fairgrounds at Odanah. Most of the people are Native Americans, probably Ojibwe, with a nu...
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Mayor Paul Soglin and Governor Tommy Thompson

Date: 1990
Description: Mayor Paul Soglin posing in a group portrait with Governor Tommy Thompson (sitting at his desk). Standing in a row behind the Governor is, (l to r): David ...
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She Digs In

Date: 10 11 1967
Description: Caption on reverse of wire photo: "She Digs In--An unidentified anti-war protester with designs painted on her face and carrying sign, "Sifting and Winnowi...
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Unidentified Boy and Girl

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Description: Sixth plate ambrotype of unidentified boy and girl, seated side by side, facing forward, with hands folded in laps. He is wearing a suit with striped vest,...
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Fargo Family

Date: 07 1900
Description: A decorated album page features two photographs of members of the Fargo family posing near the ornate porch of their home. In the photograph on the left, F...

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