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Clara Bewick Colby

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Description: Formal studio portrait of Clara Bewick Colby in a long, black skirt, holding a book.
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Middleton High School Female Cheerleaders

Date: 01 13 1931
Description: Two Middleton High School female cheerleaders in uniform. On the floor in front of them are two megaphones with the letters: "MHS." A screen has been pulle...
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United Givers' Fund Volunteer

Date: 10 23 1956
Description: Betty J. DiSalvo reading good night stories to her children, Michael DiSalvo (age 6) and Mark DiSalvo (age 4) after having solicited money for 27 Red Feath...
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Twins Cecelia and Alma Moore

Date: 01 15 1948
Description: Widely known twin sisters in southern Wisconsin, Cecelia (left) and Alma Moore, now Mrs. Walter M. (Cecelia) Mass, Jr., and Mrs. Robert O. (Alma) Bauch. Th...
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Four Young Women Reading Books

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Description: Four young women sitting around a table and reading books while posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing white blouses...
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Clarion State Normal School

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Description: Interior of a library at Clarion State Normal School, established in 1873. Men and women read at tables and choose books from shelves.
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U.W. Student Orientation

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Dressed as Groucho Marx, Al Gay and Karen Christoffersen sell Badger yearbooks during student orientation at the University of Wisconsin. At right is fresh...
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Wisconsin High School Y-Teens

Date: 02 03 1954
Description: Group portrait of the Y-Teens of Wisconsin High School who will serve as hostesses when parents pay their annual visit to the school. In front, left to rig...
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Kathryn A. Gallagher

Date: 10 17 1958
Description: Kathryn A. Gallagher, historian of the Madison Catholic deanery, looks over a State Journal clipping in the diocesan council's scrapbook of a memorable eve...
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Class at Agricultural School

Date: 1907
Description: Students read attentively in one of the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy's classrooms. The male students are dressed in dark sui...
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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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Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson

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Description: Actors Ruby Dee and Jackie Robinson filming a scene from the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." They are sitting on a bench outdoors. A reflector is on...
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Lucy and W.A. Holt Standing Together Outside

Date: 1918
Description: Lucy and W.A. Holt, wife and husband, are looking at each other while standing on the lawn with trees, shrubs, and a building in the background. Lucy Holt ...
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Outdoor Hymn Sing

Date: 1916
Description: Jeannette Holt is sitting and playing the organ during a hymn sing on the Island. Family and friends are gathered around her. Names from left to right: Mar...
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Church Music on Porch at Island Lodge

Date: 1916
Description: Arch McClure, on the left, is Holding a book and standing behind the home-made wooden podium that is decorated with flowers. A group of musicians is playin...
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Good Friends in the Woods

Date: 08 14 1912
Description: Jeannette Holt and two close friends are lying down on their backs on a tarp next to each other in the woods. Younger sister Eleanor Holt is also lying dow...
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Lucy Rumsey Holt at her Desk

Date: 05 1914
Description: With her side to the camera, Lucy Rumsey Holt is sitting at her desk in her bedroom. Sunlight is streaming in from the window on the left. The bedroom wall...

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