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St. Joseph's Computer

Date: 12 14 1967
Description: A secretary in the pathology department at St. Joseph's Hospital working at a new computer.
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Chapelle and FLN Rebels

Date: 1957
Description: Dickey Chapelle sits and drinks coffee with the FLN Scorpion Battalion Rebels in the Atlas Mountains in Algeria.
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Cecily Weaver Teaching Bridge

Date: 11 22 1932
Description: Cecily Weaver teaching bridge and the use of the Fulton Shur-Win Bidder to a table of four women. Sitting left to right are: Esther Hermsen, Inger Emery, G...
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Refund Swap Convention

Date: 09 10 1983
Description: Liz Walden looks over empty boxes of laundry soap collected in a Refund Swap Convention at Our Lady of Good Hope School.
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Friendly Persuasion

Date: 08 06 1987
Description: Two women coax a stubborn calf at the State Fair.
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Sun Dip

Date: 07 08 1988
Description: Two women lifeguards sun themselves at the edge of Horeb Park pool during a rotation break.
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Christmas Chocolates

Date: 12 03 1979
Description: An employee of Kehr's Kandy Kitchen packages candy for holiday sales.
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Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
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Man and Woman Smoking in Audience

Date: 09 02 1965
Description: Avant garde patrons smoke and listen to poets, singers and guitarists.
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Sewing Group

Date: 05 31 1964
Description: A circle of women talk, sew and thread needles around a Singer sewing machine.
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Suitcases

Date: 11 12 1967
Description: Women unpack their suitcases at rest home.
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Easter Bonnet

Date: 03 19 1964
Description: Woman assists a senior resident of Little Sisters of the Poor with her new Easter bonnet.
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Daisy Bates at State Press Office

Date: 09 27 1957
Description: Daisy Bates standing in the doorway of the weekly Arkansas State Press, the newspaper founded by Mrs. Bates and her husband, L.C. Bates. As a result...
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Alice in Dairyland with Luci Baines Johnson

Date: 08 16 1964
Description: Beth Bartosh of Burlington, the 1964 Alice in Dairyland, walks along the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, accompanied by a large group of people, incl...
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Kraut Fest Celebrities

Date: 07 26 1981
Description: Maynard Entringer of South Milwaukee is awarded the World Championship of the Kraut Eating Contest by the Queen of the Kraut Festival, Sharon Kerkman of Bu...
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Soggy but Fun

Date: 08 03 1981
Description: Despite rain and fog, people turned out to enjoy a street festival sponsored by the Guadalupe Center at 239 W. Washington Street in Milwaukee. There were e...
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Fair Concessions

Date: 07 10 1985
Description: People, including a very eager little girl, stand around a concession stand to buy popcorn, peanuts, cotton candy, snow-cones, and other snacks at the 50th...
Drawing

Blue Gown Design for "To Catch a Thief"

Date: 1954
Description: Costume sketch of a blue evening gown created for Grace Kelly in "To Catch a Thief" (Paramount, 1955). Watercolor wash over a graphite sketch on paper. ...
Drawing

Brown Gown Design for "To Catch a Thief"

Date: 1954
Description: Costume sketch of a brown, lace evening gown with matching wrap created for Jessie Royce Landis in "To Catch a Thief" (Paramount 1955). Watercolor and g...
Drawing

Brown Evening Dress Design for "To Catch a Thief"

Date: 1954
Description: Costume sketch of a brown evening dress with matching wrap and elaborate jewelry created for Jesse Royce Landis in "To Catch a Thief" (Paramount, 1955). ...

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