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Alfred C. Clas

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait of Alfred C. Clas (1859-1942), Milwaukee architect whose firm designed the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters building. The architectural f...
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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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Reri Trying Cinderella Cosmetics

Date: 07 25 1932
Description: Reri (Anne Chevalier), Tahitian star of the Fanchon and Marco "Tahiti" show at the Orpheum theater trying Cinderella cosmetics in her dressing room with Mr...
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Mrs. Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 08 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, at her desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Ona Sanford

Date: 12 20 1944
Description: Secretary Ona Sanford in her office. Ona handles all of the correspondence for Wittwer and Webster, Inc., insurance agency.
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Miss Olive White

Date: 1949
Description: Miss Olive White of the Home Economics Department at International Harvester's Evansville Works. She is sitting at a desk, with a phone to her left ear. A ...
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Nell Nichols and Bess Hopkins

Date: 10 04 1949
Description: Nell V. Nichols, left, field editor for "Woman's Home Companion" magazine, and Mrs. Andrew (Bess) Hopkins, Shorewood, sitting side by side on a couch. Mrs....
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Elderly Ho-Chunk Woman and Ho-Chunk Girl Posing Near Lodge

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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...
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Mr. and Mrs. Trimpey

Date: 1920
Description: A seated studio portrait of the photographer and his wife, Alice Kent Trimpey.
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National League of American Pen Women

Date: 07 09 1951
Description: Dr. Eloise Gerry at her desk at the United States Forest Products Laboratory where she is a distinguished wood technologist. Dr. Gerry, whose research arti...
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Daisy Bates

Date: 04 1963
Description: Daisy Bates seated at a desk in the NAACP office.
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Eleanore Oimoen, Secretary

Date: 09 03 1951
Description: Eleanore Oimoen of 445 West Gilman Street answers a phone call in an office. She is a secretary for Edwin B. Fred, University of Wisconsin president.
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Woman Eating Canned Food

Date: 05 1926
Description: A woman wearing a beaded dress and necklace is sitting at a table to eat canned corn and peaches.
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Ethel Miller Models Skirt

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Ethel Miller models a skirt made by her mother, Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller. The photograph was taken to accompany an article in the Wisconsin Sta...
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Dining Room

Date: 1900
Description: A woman poses as if pouring water into a glass. There is a tablecloth, tea set and glass bowl on the table. A large, fancy parlor stove is featured in the ...
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New Residents

Date: 09 13 1954
Description: Portrait of new Madison residents Doris Morgan and three and a half year old son, Gary, after arriving in Madison. Husband and father Thomas Morgan is now ...
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Haushalter Golden Wedding Anniversary

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Edward (Kathryn) Haushalter on their golden wedding anniversary. They farmed near Muscoda before moving to Madison.
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Laird's Office

Date: 2008
Description: Former Wisconsin congressman and defense secretary Melvin Laird seated at the replica of his former offices built by the Marshfield Clinic as part of the L...
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Education Press Conference

Date: 1978
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) holding a press conference about federal funding for education with students at Ellis School. A few journal...
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Reporter at Inauguration Ceremony

Date: 01 1985
Description: "This is a Milwaukee TV reporter who covered the inauguration in Madison."

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