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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. Damiani and Daughters

Date: 06 04 1931
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Damiani with her daughters, Josephine and Elaine, arrested with her husband who was charged with passing counterfeit bills.
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Lillian Rice at Police Station

Date: 01 30 1931
Description: Lillian Rice (aka Loretta La Boze), 18 of Janesville, in man's clothing with police matron, Pearl Shaughnessy, at the Police Station. Lillian was arrested ...
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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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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. 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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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Couple

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Description: Studio portrait of Will Thunder (NaKikSayWaHeKah) (Son of [WaConChaKah] John Thunder aka Dr. Thunder and [WeHonPeKaw] Lucy Bear, Thunder.) He is wearing a ...
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Studio Portrait of Little Wolf Woman, Henry Greencrow, and Bella Hall

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Description: Studio portrait of a young Ho-Chunk man posing standing and wearing a suit and bow tie, flanked by two young Ho-Chunk women standing in front of a painted ...
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Portrait of Two Ho-Chunk Women and a Ho-Chunk Girl

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on the left. She is wearing several necklaces, earrings, and a plaid dres...
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National Council of Jewish Women, Madison Section

Date: 01 10 1950
Description: Group portrait of some of the committee members of the Madison section of the National Council of Jewish Women as they plan a benefit cabaret party. Sittin...
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Portrait of Four Ho-Chunk Men and Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk men sitting in front wearing suit coats and several necklaces, gorgets, and moccasins. Two Ho-Chunk women are standing behi...
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Pearl Jenning

Date: 01 16 1950
Description: Mrs. A.R. (Pearl) Jennings of 2901 Street posing sitting for a portrait. She was recently appointed as chairman of the Zor Shrine auxiliary for 1950.
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Mrs. Frederick F. Kessenich and Son

Date: 06 12 1950
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Frederick F. Kessenich with her 3 year old son Peter.
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Summer Visitors

Date: 07 03 1950
Description: Portrait of Mrs. O.K. (Niederer) Hunsaker and her two children, William, 9 months, and Marilyn Kay, 2 years.
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Daisy Bates

Date: 04 1963
Description: Daisy Bates seated at a desk in the NAACP office.
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PTA Council Officers

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Charlotte Madding, left, the new president of the Madison Council of Parents and Teachers, and right, Virginia Gieselman, the immediate past president of t...
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Studio Portrait of Frieda Schoessers

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of a young woman wearing a dress standing with her left arm resting on a chair covered with a throw. In the background...
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Portrait of Mrs. C.J. Van Schaick

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Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Mrs. C.J. Van Schaick, sitting in front of a painted backdrop. She is facing toward the right in profile, and is we...
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Portrait of a Woman and Child

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Description: Full-length portrait of a seated woman and a standing girl in front of a painted backdrop. The woman is wearing a dark dress with a collar pin, and has her...

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