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| Date: | 08 13 1940 |
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| Description: | Manchester's Department Store coed model, wearing a fur jacket, hat and purse, posing on the steps of a passenger train, with two pieces of luggage on the ... |
| Date: | 08 01 1932 |
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| Description: | A Fanchon & Marco showgirl dressed in street clothes, leaning on a piano. Text on print reads: "'Mystery Revue' Orpheum Girl." |
| Date: | 08 12 1932 |
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| Description: | Raquel Torres modeling a dress and hat at Heller's, 205 State Street. |
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| Description: | Woman outdoors in front of frame structure wearing a hat and cape, and holding a fur over one arm. GED initials at bottom. |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth. The text at the bottom reads: "I sell the shadow to support the substance. Sojourner Truth." |
| Date: | 11 10 1952 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Mary Richards and Mrs. Katherine Dodge, "gown" (university) members of the Madison Literary Club, chatting at the 75th anniversary banquet of the club... |
| Date: | 1854 |
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| Description: | Sarah Goodnow married early Madison settler Darwin Clark in 1848 and died in Madison in 1854. Her sister Sophia was married to Madison pharmacist Philo Du... |
| Date: | 04 11 1944 |
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| Description: | Myra Johnson, 323 West Mifflin Street, the newest member of the Visiting Nurse Service staff, with her bicycle, which she uses to make her daily rounds. Ca... |
| Date: | 03 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Jane and Janet Brandenburg, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. (Marian) Harold Brandenburg, 4134 Hiawatha Drive, posing in their identical Easter outfits. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a man sitting on a stone fence in front of a painted backdrop, probably dressed in a Norwegian costume. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of two women wearing fashionable fur muffs, shawls and hats posing in front of a painted backdrop. On the left is Angeline Saeman Kalschuer... |
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| Description: | A well-dressed girl leans against a studio prop rock for a portrait in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a dress, bracelets, and is holding a pur... |
| Date: | 04 11 1949 |
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| Description: | Visiting nurse Esther Sorensen standing at her car ready to start her daily activities. |
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| Description: | A woman seated in a chair wearing a coat with a fur collar, hat, and holding a handbag. |
| Date: | 08 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Two Madison sisters board a train to travel to out-of-state colleges. Mary Clare Koltes, left, is transfering from the University of Wisconsin to Rollins C... |
| Date: | 01 22 1952 |
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| Description: | The junior division of the University of Wisconsin Service League for faculty wives has a number of interest groups including the sewing group, shown prepa... |
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| Description: | Ninth plate ambrotype of an unidentified young woman in dotted long sleeve dress, seated and holding a purse and a bouquet of flowers. Hand coloring on che... |
| Date: | 03 28 1952 |
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| Description: | Jean Staack, at left, and Dennis Galarowicz, at right, model clothes to be featured in the St. Raphael's school style show. Among the other models are addi... |
| Date: | 01 18 1927 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio portrait of Emma W. Gebhardt sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is wearing a long, polka-dotted skirt, a printed blouse, a band... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Clara Middleton, well-dressed and wearing a large hat, holding her pet fox terrier's chin as the two share a gaze. |
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