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Portrait of a Woman in Norwegian Costume

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Description: A portrait of a young woman in Norwegian costume, with long, loose hair and trimming at collar.
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Milwaukee Exchange

Date: 1883
Description: Women switchboard operators at the sole Milwaukee telephone exchange.
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Telephone Switchboard and Operators

Date: 1920
Description: Women work on nine-place telephone switchboard that served 1,145 single-line flat-rate telephones originating 10 calls per day, on average.
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Women Playing a Reed Organ

Date: 1900
Description: A woman sits at a reed organ while another looks on.
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Raquel Torres at Bastick Beauty Shop

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: Actress Raquel Torres has her hair dressed by Rose Bastick at Bastick Beauty Shop, 18 E. Mifflin Street.
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Hair Style Show

Date: 01 25 1932
Description: Group portrait of six women sitting in chairs, modeling hair styles at the Cardinal Beauty Shop, 625 State Street.
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Singers Reading "The Capital Times"

Date: 08 19 1931
Description: Three women of "The Singing Sinners," a vaudeville act at the Orpheum Theater, are reading "The Capitol Times" serial story "Guilty Lips," in their dressin...
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Family and Baby in Grass

Date: 1874
Description: Family seated around table in yard with baby on grass and brick house with porch trim and shutters in background. This house is said to resemble the J. Hil...
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William Bullock Family

Date: 1872
Description: Group portrait of the William Bullock family, a group of eleven adults and children in front of an ivy covered wall.
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Family in Yard of Large House

Date: 1898
Description: View across yard towards a man sitting in a chair, with two woman standing on the left and right. The two women are wearing black dresses with white bows t...
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Studio Portrait of Thomas Thunder and Wife

Date: 1915
Description: Full-length studio portrait of Thomas Thunder (HoonkHaGaKah) (Son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder), and h...
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Portrait of Old Lady

Date: 11 30 1930
Description: Copy of a portrait of an old woman, taken for Mrs. Dean.
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Sarah Goodnow Clark

Date: 1854
Description: Sarah Goodnow married early Madison settler Darwin Clark in 1848 and died in Madison in 1854. Her sister Sophia was married to Madison pharmacist Philo Du...
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Mrs. Roseline Peck

Date: 1874
Description: Mrs. Roseline Peck, born 1808 - died 1898, first white woman in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the wife of the first tavern keeper, Eben Peck.
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Mrs. Gabe E. (Maria) Michelson

Date: 11 15 1944
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Gabe E. Mickelson (Maria Thompson), taken on the occasion of her 89th birthday.
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Ada Bass

Date: 1890
Description: Ada Bass, wife of the photographer, standing in a room showing her long hair extending down her back.
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Mrs. Lucius Fairchild

Date: 1880
Description: Portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Frances (Bull) Fairchild (1845-1924), wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild, wearing a court gown designed...
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Belle Case and Fola La Follette

Date: 1886
Description: Belle Case La Follette posed with her daughter Fola.
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Freedom School

Date: 1964
Description: Students at Freedom School meet outdoors for class during Freedom Summer.
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Francis "Frankie" Irene Douty's Wedding Portrait

Date: 01 1867
Description: Frankie Irene Douty poses for her wedding portrait. She is wearing a dark dress with a striped skirt and resting her hand on the back of a chair. She has a...

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