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| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Susan B. Anthony (standing), with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, five years after completion of their three-volume work entitled "History of Woman Suf... |
| Date: | 01 26 1944 |
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| Description: | Lena A. Zwank, Theodore J. Schlueter and Mary I. Whare, Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department retirees, seated at a dining table set up in the office, with po... |
| Date: | 02 06 1934 |
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| Description: | Older woman laundry worker folding items at a table in front of industrial laundry equipment, in the laundry at Madison General Hospital. |
| Date: | 09 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Miss Nellie Millane sits at the telegraph key at Western Union Telegraph Co. where she worked as a Morse Code operator for 49 years. |
| Date: | 11 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its... |
| Date: | 11 29 1945 |
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| Description: | Miss Ellen C. Sabin, president emerita of Milwaukee-Downer College, on her 95th birthday. Miss Sabin was one of America's most eminent woman in the field o... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Postmistress Mrs. Lathrop poses next to Harold Russell's airplane. This plane was the first to land on Madeline Island. |
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| Description: | An elderly Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting and holding a cane, and a Ho-Chunk girl standing next to her, are outside the closed doorway of a Ho-Chunk lodge i... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A portrait of the photographer's wife, Alice Kent Trimpey, sitting. Mrs. Trimpey was an authority on antiques and antique dolls. |
| Date: | 06 18 1918 |
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| Description: | Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ... |
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| Description: | Vernon and Alice Beck and son, Milan, live at W1057 Zion Church Road (Section 34). Their silo is 98 years old and the barn is 150 years old. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Close-up of Miriam Bennett working on a photographic print at the Bennett studio. Possibly taken by Ruth Bennett Dyer or Oliver Reese. |
| Date: | 11 21 1997 |
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| Description: | "Ruth Emery waits on us at the Marshland Cafe. Perch dinners for senior citizens are $7.15." From left to right; Shirley Widmer, Rudy Heinecke, Ralph Widme... |
| Date: | 12 12 1997 |
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| Description: | "Matt Straveler is our waiter at Cunningham's Feed Mill. They only serve Cod which is $5.50 per plate." |
| Date: | 12 19 1997 |
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| Description: | "Dawn Stott is our waitress at Walden Supper Club, Perch are $8.95." From left to right; Shirley Widmer, Ralph Widmer, Dawn Stott, Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, a... |
| Date: | 01 02 1998 |
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| Description: | "Vicki, waits on our group at the Little Red Inn in St. Lawrence." Pictured (Clockwise around the table); Ralph Widmer, Shirley Widmer, Parker Hren, John B... |
| Date: | 01 30 1998 |
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| Description: | "Stacey is our waitress at Andersons on Friess Lake, (near Holy Hill). Perch are $9.95." From left to right; Stacey, Ralph Widmer, and Shirley Widmer. |
| Date: | 02 06 1998 |
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| Description: | "Our waitress at Smith Bros. is Debbie, who tells us she is a grandma with four grandchildren. Surprise! Perch dinners are 16.95. Cod goes for $8.95." ... |
| Date: | 02 20 1998 |
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| Description: | "This evening, Tanya Zimmerman, is our waitress, at Callahan's Grill & Bar. A perch plate (small order) is $8.95." From left to right; John Bodden, Rudy He... |
| Date: | 02 27 1998 |
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| Description: | "At Jo's Corner Restaurant, Cod or Clams are $4.50. For some unknown reason, our waitress, Tammy Beekman did not charge us for a sumptuous dessert, even th... |
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