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Zona Gale

Date: 1920
Description: Zona Gale (Mrs. William Breese) in formal pose with her hair up and her hands clasped in front of her.
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Mary Elizabeth Mears

Date: 1855
Description: Waist-up portrait of Mary Elizabeth Mears, also known as Nellie Wildwood.
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Susan B. Anthony with Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Date: 1891
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...
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Mrs. Phillips, Secretary of W.C.T.U.

Date: 08 24 1934
Description: Portrait of Margaret Phillips, secretary of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, seamstress, writer, and a Madison activist.
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Janette Serrec Standing Beside Pontiac Car

Date: 05 22 1933
Description: Janette Serrec, University of Wisconsin graduate, lecturer and writer on the "Fine Art of Successful Living," standing beside a Pontiac automobile she drov...
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Mrs. Lehman and Son John

Date: 09 28 1932
Description: Mrs. C.D. Lehman, a writer of children's books, with her son, John, a University of Wisconsin student. They are pictured in their home in the Princeton apa...
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Zona Gale

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Description: Portrait of Zona Gale, seated indoors holding flowers.
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Lizzie Black Kander

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Description: Vignetted studio portrait of Mrs. Simon Kander, author of The Settlement Cook Book, wearing a hat.
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Garland at West Salem Family Home

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Description: Informal portrait of writer Hamlin Garland at his family home in West Salem. The woman with him has been tentatively identified as his daughter, Mary Isabe...
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Group Picture: Frat Party

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Description: A fraternity party photographed for Smiles Magazine. Harold Gauer and Alice Bedard sit on a couch while Robert bloch pours a drink for Angie Vail.
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Bloch Family on Porch

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Description: Robert Bloch and his family pose on their second floor porch at the flat they rented at 2626B Maryland Avenue. This was during Bloch's work at the Marx age...
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Group Photograph in Milwaukee

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Description: Photograph celebrating Henry Kuttner's visit to Milwaukee. He had driven an old Plymouth all the way from Los Angeles. Cut line was: On arrival, he immedia...
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August Derleth and Group

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Description: Wisconsin writer August Derleth, wearing a boldly patterned sweater and sitting with an unidentified group on a lawn in front of a house. Probably friends ...
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Derleth Autographing Books

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Description: Wisconsin writer August Derleth (center) autographing copies of his book, Sac Prairie People. The other individuals in the photograph are not known....
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Zona Gale

Date: 1920
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Zona Gale (Mrs. William Breese) standing near a window and holding a rose in her left hand.
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Alice Kent Trimpey

Date: 1930
Description: A portrait of the photographer's wife, Alice Kent Trimpey, sitting. Mrs. Trimpey was an authority on antiques and antique dolls.
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Humbert and Marie Versace Family

Date: 01 26 1956
Description: Family portrait of Humbert and Marie Versace with their four children. Colonel Versace, a West Point graduate, is senior advisor for the Wisconsin National...
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Carl Sandburg Poses with Two Guides

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Carl Sandburg posing with two of the guides at Wade house during his visit to the restored stagecoach inn for its dedication as a historic site. Speaking a...
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Ann Landers at Ladies of the Press Breakfast

Date: 04 17 1959
Description: Advice columnist Ann Landers is shown with two writers who received awards at the Ladies of the Press breakfast. Standing left to right are: Ann Landers, M...
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Irna Phillips Designing a Floor Plan

Date: 1949
Description: Irna Phillips is seated, and drawing a floor plan. On a table next to her are framed photographs of her children.

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