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Men's Fashions

Date: 12 18 1966
Description: A man models what was touted as the latest styles for men.
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Portrait of Anna Berger

Date: 1903
Description: Young woman facing to the right with her head turned toward viewer, hand on hip, wearing wire-rimmed eyeglasses, a flower in her hair, in long white dress ...
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Isabel Bacon La Follette

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait of Isabel Bacon La Follette, familiarly known as Isen, taken about one year before her graduation from the University of Wisconsin. She ma...
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Woman Wearing Hat

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated woman wearing eyeglasses, beads, and a hat in front of a painted backdrop.
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Teacher Attending the Teacher Conference

Date: 02 11 1949
Description: Violette Stewart, Marquette School, Madison, one of thirteen teachers from southern Wisconsin schools photographed while in Madison to attend the conferenc...
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Fur Remodeling Class

Date: 04 04 1949
Description: Mrs. Moses W. (Edna) Smith in the process of remodeling her fur cape at a fur remodeling class at the Madison Vocational School.
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Robert Bloch with Eyeglasses and Cigarette

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Description: Robert Bloch, wearing a suit and tie, is posed with a cigarette in his right hand.
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Madison Hadassah Group Style Show

Date: 04 17 1951
Description: Mrs. J.J. (Helen) Sinagub (left), Mrs. Harry M. (Esther) Sweet (sitting), and Mrs. Bernard Rabinovitz, are displaying some informal clothes designed by stu...
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Reading to the Elderly

Date: 04 01 1960
Description: A fashionably dressed woman is sharing a book with an elderly woman.
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Daisy Bates with Two Other People

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Description: Daisy Bates posed on a sofa between an unidentified man and an unidentified woman who is wearing a fur cape.
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Carol Bank and Barb (Flint?) Diggs

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Description: Carol Bank (left) and Barb (Flint?) Diggs, friends of Lewis Arms, sit together smoking cigarettes.
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Daisy Bates Seated at a Bar

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Description: Daisy Bates is seated at a bar next to an unidentified man. She is wearing a black dress and is holding a cocktail.
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Automobile Club Members

Date: 10 10 1966
Description: Four auto club members work on a 1932 Ford Coupe. Rick Burkee (right, foreground) and Robin Friberg work on engine parts as Greg Beaster polishes the car h...
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Woman and Very Tall Man

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Description: A young woman and a very tall man stand together in front of the cookhouse wagon. She is holding a bottle of soda and offering him a hotdog; he has his arm...
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Who's New Club Members

Date: 09 13 1966
Description: Four members of the Who's New Club pose together at the Who's New fall luncheon. Two of the women wear leaf-shaped name tags.
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Stay-At-Home Mothers

Date: 04 03 1954
Description: Frances Larson putting the final touches on a formal dress modeled by her daughter Laurie, age 14. Frances, labeled a "modiste" or one who makes fashionabl...
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Actors and Director John Ford

Date: 1956
Description: Director John Ford (in glasses and a hat) on the set of the film "The Searchers," with actors including John Wayne (left) and Doris del Rio. Behind them st...
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Cast of a Play

Date: 1941
Description: Female cast members of the play “How the Story Grew” performed during the Milwaukee Turners Winterfest.
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Saskatchewan Family on Camping Trip

Date: 1930
Description: Outdoor family photograph of a mother, father, daughter and two sons. They are standing in between a canvas tent and an automobile with a Saskatchewan lic...
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Theresa Lady Lions Style Show

Date: 06 1988
Description: "Jim Wiseman emceed a Theresa Lady Lions Style Show."

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