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Woman on Motor Scooter

Date: 1958
Description: A motor scooter in an advertisement with female model sitting on a Cushman Road King motor scooter.
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Woman Throwing Out Wash Water

Date: 1925
Description: Woman dumping wash water from a metal wash basin on the back step of her farmhouse.
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Wisconsin Power and Light Co.

Date: 06 15 1945
Description: Group portrait of C.L. Turner, traffic supervisor for Wisconsin Power & Light Company, and six female employees of Wisconsin Power & Light Company, 122 Wes...
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Fashion Model in Front of Carillon Tower

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Manchester's Department Store model modeling a dress, hat, and purse in front of the Carillon Tower on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Coed Models in front of Langdon Hall

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Two Manchester's Department Store coed models, wearing dresses, hats and purses, posing in front of Langdon Hall, 633 Langdon Street.
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Coeds Model in front of Langdon Hall

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Two Manchester's Department Store coed models, wearing dresses, hats and purses, posing on the steps of Langdon Hall, 633 Langdon Street.
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Coed Model in front of Memorial Union

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Manchester's Department Store coed model, wearing dress, hat and purse, poses beside the Memorial Union on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Coed Model in Front of Memorial Union

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Manchester's Department Store coed model, wearing dress, hat and purse, posing beside the Memorial Union on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on step stool wearing hat and gloves, with fur collar coat, dress shoes, and carrying a purse. Part of the fashion series from Kessenich's R...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on step stool wearing hat and gloves, with fur collar coat, dress shoes, and carrying a purse. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Rea...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on box wearing hat and carrying gloves and purse, and wearing a dress. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 Stat...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model wearing hat, dress with jacket, spectator shoes, carrying purse and gloves, part of fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 State Stre...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model wearing hat, dress with jacket trimmed in fur, and carrying a purse, is standing on blocks in front of the dressing rooms at Kessenich's Dry Goods st...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model wearing hat, dress with jacket, carrying purse and gloves, and standing on blocks. Part of fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear, 201-203 Sta...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model wearing hat, plaid jacket with plain skirt, wearing gloves, carrying purse, standing on blocks. Part of fashion series from Kessenich's Ready to Wear...
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Savidusky's Cleaners

Date: 05 14 1937
Description: Clerk and customer at Savidusky's cleaners, located at 113 Monona Avenue.
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World's Fair Beauties

Date: 08 10 1934
Description: Three "most beautiful employees" of the Chicago World's Fair on a publicity tour: Patricia Marquan, Kay Griffith and Dorothy Le Fold.
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Eight Capitol Scrubwomen

Date: 06 09 1933
Description: Group portrait of eight Wisconsin State Capitol scrubwomen. Left to right: Mrs. Mary DeRenzo, Mrs. Elizabeth Weddig, Miss Mary McCloskey, Mrs. Ingeborg Sid...
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Mrs. Mary DeRenzo

Date: 06 09 1933
Description: Mrs. Mary DeRenzo, "Dean of the scrub women's crew" at the Wisconsin State Capitol, holding the mop she used for thirty years.
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Grace Putnam

Date: 12 26 1931
Description: Grace Putnam, executive secretary of the Madison Woman's Club, in the Woman's Building, 240 W. Gilman street.

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