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Madison Turnverein Acrobats

Date: 06 22 1933
Description: Twelve boys and girls, coached by J.C. Haberman, in an acrobatic/gymnastic pose at the Madison Turners Hall, 21 South Butler Street. They performed seven "...
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Bancroft Dairy Fountain Room

Date: 09 20 1937
Description: Slightly elevated view of a waitress standing behind semi-circular counter with six customers enjoying dairy treats at the Bancroft Dairy Fountain Room, 10...
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Casing Department at Oscar Mayer

Date: 10 17 1939
Description: Women working in casing department at the Oscar Mayer & Company meat packing plant, 910 Mayer Avenue.
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Female Band Serenading Cows

Date: 08 1930
Description: The Ingenues, an all-girl band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether th...
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Italian Workingmen's Club

Date: 10 31 1935
Description: Group of people posing in Halloween costumes at the Italian Workingmen's Club at 914 Regent Street in the Greenbush neighborhood.
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Bancroft Dairy Fountain

Date: 09 11 1937
Description: A male soda jerk is standing behind the semi-circular counter in the Bancroft Dairy fountain room, with seven customers eating ice cream.
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Rennebohm's Employees Boost War Bonds

Date: 06 13 1944
Description: Three female employees of Rennebohm Drugstore #2, 204 State Street, wearing white uniforms, caps and neckties with slogans urging people to buy war bonds:...
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Miss Knutsen with Permanent Wave

Date: 12 07 1927
Description: Portrait of Miss Knutsen with a new permanent wave.
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Charmany Dairy Women Bowlers

Date: 02 21 1934
Description: Five Charmany Dairy women bowlers, holding bowling balls at the Madison Alleys, 121 N. Fairchild. They were winners of second place in class B at the Wisco...
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Mrs. Mutchler Making Soup

Date: 05 12 1933
Description: Mrs. Wilson Mutchler of Stoners' Prairie farm at 2533 Mutchler Road, south of Madison, cooking soup on a woodstove.
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Fall Festival Entertainers

Date: 09 08 1930
Description: Four women are playing banjos in the McVicar Photo Service Booth at the 1930 East Side Businessman's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival.
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New Rubber Bathing Costume

Date: 01 31 1934
Description: Miss Helen King modeling a new rubber bathing costume, holding a beach ball. This was the current fashion of the day and was made by U.S. Rubber Co.
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Beauty Shop

Date: 11 22 1934
Description: Hair stylists wearing the popular Marcel wave hairstyle create new looks for customers at the Marcel Comfy Shoppe, 1917 Winnebago Street near Schenk's Corn...
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Jennie Justo

Date: 05 15 1933
Description: Jennie Justo with hat in hand, is embraced by her mother, Lena Justo, as she leaves for a year in the Milwaukee jail for being the alleged owner of a stude...
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Stone Front Tavern

Date: 10 14 1933
Description: Two men and woman behind the bar at DiMartino's "Stone Front" Tavern. The bar was located at 533 Regent Street in the Greenbush neighborhood, and was owned...
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Shawl Pageant

Date: 03 16 1934
Description: Woman's Club Shawl pageant with Mrs. Rose Incorvino, Mrs. Jenni Parisi, Mrs. Annie Nania, and Mrs. Lousa Audini, dressed in Italian shawls, Greenbush.
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Italian Women's Mutual Society Banquet

Date: 02 23 1941
Description: "Jobo" Joe Puccio, leads the singing at the Italian Women's Mutual Society 7th anniversary banquet in the Italian Workingman's Club, 914 Regent Street, in ...
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Badger Bus Lines Christmas Party

Date: 12 09 1947
Description: Group portrait of the Badger Coaches Inc. and Meier Truck Sales employees Christmas party at the Nakoma Country Club.
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Linguistic Exhibit

Date: 09 27 1934
Description: University of Wisconsin Professor Miles L. Hanley watching coeds Laura Severson and Theressa Fein, while they are working on transcriptions for a linguisti...
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Modern Woodmen Insurance Participants

Date: 04 22 1946
Description: Group portrait of Modern Woodmen of America Insurance Camp #365, with men and women and one child. Taken in the Colonial Room at the Hotel Loraine.

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