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March of Dimes Contribution

Date: 01 05 1955
Description: A toddler is inserting a dime into a March of Dimes collection board as her mother is holding her in her arms and looking on. The collection is to raise mo...
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Ilena Frerker Shopping at Grocery Store

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Ilena Fierker and her children, Bobby and Dicky, buying Dean's Milk from Clarence O. Furset, manager of Piggly Wiggly Food Center, 2701 University Avenue.
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Mother By Choice

Date: 06 20 1992
Description: A group of pro-choice supporters stand together outdoors. One woman holds a sign that reads "Mother By Choice".
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Marie Tschirren at Storage Shed

Date: 1958
Description: Marie Tschirren and her young son taking a side of lard from a storage building on their farm in Niedermuhlern, Switzerland. A sign above a farm implement ...
Poster

International Harvester Safety Sign

Date: 1920
Description: International Harvester industrial safety sign featuring an illustration of a mother and child with the slogan: "Do It For Us." The sign reads: "Do It For ...
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Mothers Against the War

Date: 1966
Description: Mothers and infants at a demonstration against the war in Vietnam.
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Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down retail street. Cars are parked along the curbs. The stores include: Victrola's dealer, a cafe, a recreation parlor, a restaurant, a clothing stor...
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Girl Scout Cookie Sales

Date: 02 08 1954
Description: Mrs. William C. Roberts (left) of 29 Frederick Circle, co-chairman of the annual Girl Scout cookie sale in Madison, posing with her four daughters, Blanche...
Print

MADD Stickers

Date: 1985
Description: Two stickers promoting Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) with a drawing of a car with a martini glass in front of it and a circle-backslash symbol (proh...
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Family on the Dock

Date: 1908
Description: The photographer's family poses on the dock beside the ship "Sailor Boy" of Sturgeon Bay. Clothilde Hotz holds the hand of Ferdinand Leonard (Fedy); daught...
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Mothers' March on Polio

Date: 01 07 1958
Description: Ward captains meet to plan the Mothers' March on Polio in connection with the Dane County March of Dimes. The Mothers' March will take place the night of J...
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Dow Chemical Protest

Date: 10 1967
Description: A small group of women, along with two children, hold signs protesting Dow Chemical. Two women are wearing gas masks.
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East Side Women's Club Banquet

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: Banquet chairman Gwendolyn Hinrichs and daughter, Scherie Lynn, discuss the program with program chairman, Sadie Munson, at the East Side Women's club banq...
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Minetta Leonard

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: Indoor portrait of Minetta Leonard, who will give an illustrated travel talk to the Christian Mothers and Altar Society at St. Bernard's Catholic Church in...
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Westport St. Mary's of the Lake 7th Annual Harness Racing and Horse Show

Date: 06 14 1957
Description: Esther Hornung (husband Anthony), Route 1, President of the Westport St. Mary's of the Lakes Altar Society, tours the Wilmar Farm harness racing track with...
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Drug Store Interior

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of the drugstore owned by Jerome Francis Franklin Jr., located next to the Franklin Hardware Company/Eland Post Office. In the foreground are...
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Family of Squatters

Date: 1972
Description: A family of squatters standing in front of a shack, in a camp outside of Santiago, Chile. The father is holding a child in his arms and the mother is stand...
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Women Hugging Two Children on Capitol Square

Date: 05 24 1958
Description: An unidentified woman hugging two children while standing on the Capitol Square across the street from the Park Hotel. At the corner of the Park Hotel on t...
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At the Beach

Date: 1921
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert P.) Brumder is standing on a beach with her children Herbert E., left, and Barbara. The children are wearing matching swimsuit...
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Mrs. Jessie E. Manchester and Morgan Manchester

Date: 11 03 1960
Description: Jessie E. Manchester, widow of merchant Harry S. Manchester, and her son, Morgan Manchester, president of Manchester's, at the grand opening of the firm's ...

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