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Ho-Chunk Man and Women in Doorway

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Description: A Ho-Chunk man and two Ho-Chunk women are standing in front of the entrance door of a wooden building, probably the Mission. The man is wearing a suit, bow...
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Madison Art Foundation

Date: 08 11 1953
Description: Portrait of supporters of the recently incorporated Madison Art Foundation. Philip Falk (left), superintendent of Madison schools, shows a piece of artwork...
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New Residents

Date: 09 13 1954
Description: New Madison residents Dorothy and Donovan Palmquist moved to Madison after Reverend Mr. Palmquist became the new pastor of Central Lutheran Church.
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Street Traders at Apia

Date: 02 25 1945
Description: Indigenous traders on the sidewalk in front of the Burns Philip Ltd. Store display window at Apia, British Samoa (today the independent country of Samoa). ...
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Group of Students

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of four women, seated in front of three men, all unidentified. The women wear high-collared white blouses and long dark skirts. The men wear...
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Four People Carrying Packs

Date: 1910
Description: Hand-colored lantern slide of two men and two women carrying packs. One of the women and one of the men are squatting on the ground. All four are naked abo...
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Women's Day at Wisconsin Center

Date: 04 21 1964
Description: Looking on at left is alumna honoree, Isabel Craig, of Janesville, who received the Wisconsin Alumni Assn.'s distinguished service award for outstanding al...
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Educators

Date: 10 02 1964
Description: Group of 10 men and women with a sign that reads "Education for Public Relations — Understanding"
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Potawatomi Couple

Date: 1930
Description: A Native American man and woman, identified only as Potawatomie [sic] Indians, posing in front of a log structure. The woman is wearing large earrings and ...
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Sid and Woman Smoking in Office

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Description: Sid and a woman sitting and smoking in an office. Sid is sitting in a chair wearing an overcoat. His face is obscured by the smoke he is exhaling. The woma...
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Bear Cubs

Date: 05 1942
Description: An unidentified woman and a man are tending to two small bear cubs that are wearing harnesses, at the counter of a display in the All-Wisconsin Outdoor Sho...
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Confirmation Day

Date: 1920
Description: Edward John Brumder, third from left with boutonniere, and his sister, Henrietta Thekla "Pussy" Brumder, wearing a short white dress, posing with other fam...
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Christmas Card

Date: 1965
Description: The inside group portrait and handprinted greeting of a French fold Christmas card from "The Brumders." The well-dressed family is standing and holding han...
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Louise and Francis Cerletty

Date: 02 20 1979
Description: Portrait of a man and a woman sitting together on a chair. Francis, wearing a suit and tie, is sitting on the arm of the chair to the left of Louise, who i...
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Horse Show

Date: 1930
Description: Walter Vail Johnston, left, posing with an unidentified woman and man near the grandstand at the Milwaukee Hunt Club Horse Show. The men are wearing suits ...
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Popular Footwear of Women

Date: 05 09 1956
Description: A man is holding a shoe for a woman to look at. She is resting her left foot on a shoe fitting bench. Another man is sitting nearby looking at her. They ar...
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Sunday on the Porch

Date: 1923
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...
Poster

New Mexico and Arizona Rockies

Date: 1925
Description: An original lithograph of a woman buying a necklace from a Native American man. Horseback riders are in the distance. Text at bottom reads: "Land of Histor...
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Brumder Family Christmas 1948

Date: 12 1948
Description: Margaret Bouer (Mrs. Herbert P.) Brumder, holding a cigarette, far left, is posing standing with family members in the living room of her home at 2030 East...
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Gordon and Lillian Wheeler by Archibald Lake

Date: 08 1923
Description: Standing together on a windy day (L to R) are: Blanche Unknown, Gordon Wheeler, Lillian Wheeler and Jane MacIdorney(?), with her arm around Lillian Wheeler...

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