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Female Band Serenading Cows

Date: 08 1930
Description: The Ingenues, an all-girl band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether th...
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Wisconsin Power and Light Co.

Date: 06 15 1945
Description: Group portrait of C.L. Turner, traffic supervisor for Wisconsin Power & Light Company, and six female employees of Wisconsin Power & Light Company, 122 Wes...
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Thom McAn Shoe Store

Date: 08 16 1944
Description: Clerks help customers try on shoes at the Thom McAn Shoe Store, 224 State Street.
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Telephone Switchboard Operators

Date: 06 25 1937
Description: Women switchboard operators, wearing headsets with microphones at the Wisconsin Telephone Company, located at 17 S. Fairchild Street. There are rotary dire...
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Darling Shop Interior

Date: 10 12 1936
Description: Darling Shop, 9 E. Main Street, interior, showing women's coats and hats.
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Longfellow School Women's Volleyball Team

Date: 04 08 1936
Description: Group portrait of the City of Madison recreational volleyball champions. Longfellow School was located in the Greenbush neighborhood. Front left is Agnes B...
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Longfellow School Women's Volleyball Team

Date: 04 08 1936
Description: Group portrait of seven women in uniform on the Longfellow School volleyball team, Greenbush neighborhood.
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Women's Soccer/Baseball Team

Date: 04 08 1936
Description: Group portrait of West High School women's soccer-baseball team (Board of Education Rec. Dept.).
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Accordion and Guitar Players

Date: 03 11 1936
Description: Man playing accordion and man playing guitar at the Town Club Tavern, located at 2501 Sherman Avenue.
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Eighth Grade Class, Franklin School

Date: 01 25 1935
Description: Group portrait of eighth grade class at Franklin School, 305 W. Lakeside Street. The students are holding their diplomas.
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Nurse in front of Refrigerator

Date: 04 16 1935
Description: A nurse in uniform standing in front of an open refrigerator, checking vials of medicines at the Wisconsin General Hospital.
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Historic Shoes

Date: 04 02 1935
Description: Historic shoes. Back row, L to R: Duck-toed or Turk's boot, 1875; Child's leaded-toe boot, 1860; Lady's side-lacer 1855; Congress gaiter, 1860-1890. Front ...
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East High School Basketball Players

Date: 03 18 1935
Description: Three male East High basketball players in uniform: #24 Gilbert Hamre, #28 Earl Olson, and #25 John Barth.
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East High School Basketball Players

Date: 03 18 1935
Description: Three male East High School basketball players in uniform: Billy Schmitz #34, Pat Richter #29, and Frank Meier #31.
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East High School Basketball Players

Date: 03 18 1935
Description: Two male East High School basketball players and manager. Bill Lachell #30, Duane Alexander, manager, and Victor Hedman.
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East High School Boy's Basketball Team

Date: 03 18 1935
Description: Group portrait of eleven male East High School basketball players in uniform, and a coach and two assistants.
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Girl Having Scoliosis Check

Date: 02 12 1935
Description: A woman examining the back of an East High School girl for scoliosis.
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Brandy's Orchestra

Date: 01 14 1935
Description: Group portrait of Brandy's Orchestra at the Loraine Hotel lounge.
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Three Hunters

Date: 11 19 1934
Description: Three hunters posing with shotguns and their bounty of a fox, squirrels and rabbits. The man on the right may be UW-Madison chef Carson Gulley.
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'Buster Brown' Party

Date: 09 15 1934
Description: Group portrait of more than 40 children with Buster Brown at 'Buster Brown' party at Burdick and Murray Department Store.

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