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Hosiery Workers Skit at Highlander

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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.
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Cowgirl on Her Horse

Date: 1908
Description: Portrait of a cowgirl sitting on her horse. She is wearing a work shirt, skirt, and hat. Caption reads: "A 101 Ranch Cow Girl, Oklahoma." In 1975 the ra...
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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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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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Ott Family

Date: 1919
Description: The extended Ott family posing in front of a woodpile of split and cut wood stacked against a log barn located on the Ott farm. The man is adjusting his gl...
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Mayor Paul Soglin and Governor Tommy Thompson

Date: 1990
Description: Mayor Paul Soglin posing in a group portrait with Governor Tommy Thompson (sitting at his desk). Standing in a row behind the Governor is, (l to r): David ...
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Migrant Worker March

Date: 08 1966
Description: View of a group of migrant workers carrying signs during a march from Wautoma to Madison to promote workers' rights. Some of the people are carrying the im...
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Women Workers at Chaney Instrument Company

Date: 1943
Description: Five women are sitting around a table with machinery and various pieces of equipment. Three of the women are drinking coffee, and one woman is smoking. Wom...
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Rachel Robinson and Ruby Dee

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Description: Rachel Robinson and actress Ruby Dee during the production of the 1950 film "The Jackie Robinson Story." They are in front of a fence at a baseball field. ...
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Workers Cleaning Seeds

Date: 1938
Description: A roomful of workers are cleaning seeds using "The Clipper Cleaners" manufactured by A.T. Ferrell & Co., Saginaw, Michigan. The machines are arranged in fo...
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Train Wreck

Date: 09 23 1911
Description: Railroad workers and a crowd of other men, women, and children standing and walking near the wreckage of a freight train. The engine and tender are lying o...
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Lucy Rumsey Holt with Camera

Date: 01 1913
Description: Amateur photographer Lucy Rumsey Holt is holding a folding camera. Her daughter Jeannette Holt is standing beside her outside on the porch at the Evergreen...
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Business Men's Banquet

Date: 01 18 1912
Description: Handwritten on the back: "Business Men's Banquet, Seymour, Wisc., Thursday Eve, January 18-1912." View from stage of a large room filled with businessmen a...

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