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| Date: | 10 1942 |
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| Description: | Governor Julius P. Heil (1876-1949) speaks to Shawano High School students and others during his gubernatorial re-election campaign. He arrived during the ... |
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| Description: | Formal studio portrait of Clara Bewick Colby in a long, black skirt, holding a book. |
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| Description: | Three men are dressed as women, wearing brasseries, and skirts made from newspaper. Part of a hosiery workers workshop skit at Highlander Folk School. |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | A rare "risque" (for the time) design. A row of soldiers look away from their officer at a young lady as she lifts her skirts to step over a puddle, exposi... |
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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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| Description: | View of a woman taking a photograph from Lookout Cliff at Devil's Lake. Below, a train runs through a field surrounded by trees. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card of a soda fountain with two girls seated on stools in front of the counter and a soda jerk behind. Two puppies are on the floor near t... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| 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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| 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,... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of a young woman wearing a white shirt and black skirt carrying a large flowing U.S. flag behind her back. There is an upside ... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Well-dressed men and women are strolling the wet pavement at the Pan American Exposition in front of the Ethnology Building. Some people are standing on th... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Clifford Frederick Messinger is sitting on a swinging bed with his wife, Gertrude Merker Messinger. He is holding the comics section of a newspaper; Gertru... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 05 1914 |
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| 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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