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Chautauqua Meeting

Date: 1906
Description: Families gathered in front of large tents at a Chautauqua meeting.
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Digitalis Exhibit

Date: 05 15 1935
Description: View of a U.S. Pharmacopeia Exhibit about a class of medications called 'digitalis' at the annual Philadelphia on Parade. Digitalis medicines are used to i...
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Red Cross Workers

Date: 09 21 1942
Description: Large group of Red Cross Workers seated at tables, preparing surgical dressings in the assembly room at the American Federation of State, County and Local ...
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Group Planning Red Cross Nutrition Classes

Date: 03 13 1942
Description: Group of women reading "Canteen Corps" pamphlets and planning Red Cross nutrition classes for civil service employees. l to r: Vivian Holland, chairman of ...
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State Office Building Interior

Date: 03 11 1942
Description: Women office workers in "one of the many extra offices needed to handle the rush for birth certificates" in the Wisconsin State Office Building (Capitol An...
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Isabel B. La Follette and Daughter

Date: 03 11 1936
Description: Two-week-old Isabel B. La Follette, held by her mother Isabel La Follette.
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Isabel La Follette & Her Children

Date: 01 07 1935
Description: Mrs. Phillip (Isabel) La Follette reading to Bob and Judy, her children, at the Governor's Residence, 130 East Gilman Street.
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Phil La Follette at Progressive Convention

Date: 05 19 1934
Description: Former Governor Philip F. La Follette, the younger son of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., calling the roll on the proposal to form a new political party at the...
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Emma Goldman

Date: 03 27 1934
Description: Portrait of Emma Goldman, noted anarchist "Red Emma, Queen of the Anarchists," sitting in a chair. Goldman spoke at the University of Wisconsin at Madison ...
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Women with Governor Schemedeman

Date: 02 23 1933
Description: Governor Albert G. Schemedeman with Frieda Mooney, National Commander of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War Auxiliary, and Nina Westbury, Nati...
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Election Party

Date: 11 08 1932
Description: Election party at St. Andrew's church. Shows people playing a card game at a table, and onlookers standing nearby.
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Kate Schmedeman

Date: 09 23 1932
Description: Portrait of Kate Schmedeman, Mayor Albert G. Schmedeman's wife, sitting in a chair beside a fireplace reading a book in her home, 504 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Susan B. Anthony

Date: 03 1884
Description: Studio portrait of Susan B. Anthony wearing a black dress. She is standing and leaning on the back of a chair.
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Moscow Library Association

Date: 1875
Description: Group portrait of the Moscow Laseselskab (the Moscow Library Association). Rasmus B. Anderson is probably in the group.
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Women at Cara Nome Meeting

Date: 11 19 1946
Description: Twenty-four women seated in front of individual mirrors on two tables ready for instruction about Cara Nome cosmetics. Sign says: "Knowledge, Work, Persona...
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Eleanor Roosevelt at Press Conference

Date: 01 18 1953
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt interviewed by the press prior to her Sunday afternoon talk in the Memorial Union Theater.
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Eleanor Roosevelt Press Conference

Date: 01 19 1953
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt interviewed by the press prior to her Sunday afternoon talk in the Memorial Union Theater.
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Mrs. Harold Lampert and Two Children

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Beatrice Lampert, wife of Harold, at home with her children, Al and Barbara Lou, 1907 Rowley Avenue. She was an assistant State Attorney General.
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Outdoor Meeting at Highlander School

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Description: A group of people sitting on the grass and chairs outdoors for a meeting with the Highlander Library in the background. From left to right: Father of Myles...
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Manchester's, Inc., Employees Sell War Bonds

Date: 06 23 1944
Description: Preparing for War Bond Drive at Breese Stevens Field are Manchester's, Inc., employees Charmain Sabanske, Jenny McMahon, Helen Heisman, Jean Stehr, Jeanne ...

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