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Helen Gibson publicity still for the "Hazards of Helen"

Date: 1915
Description: Helen Gibson stars in one of the "Hazards of Helen" films. She sits at a desk holding the receiver of a candlestick telephone to her ear.
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"Helen of Troy" Still

Date: 1956
Description: Still of Rossana Podesta as Helen and Jacques Sernas as Paris from the 1956 film "Helen of Troy." The two gaze into each others eyes as they stand opposite...
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Dancers Leo Kehl and Helen Poole

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Description: Dancers Leo T. Kehl and Helen Powell Poole, pose for a publicity photograph.
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Closeup portrait of Helen Ferguson

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Description: Closeup photograph of actress Helen Ferguson in costume for the stage play The Alarm Clock. She is wearing a pageboy cap and tattered coat.
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Helen Ferguson in Hungry Hearts

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Description: Publicity photograph of actress Helen Ferguson for the 1922 film Hungry Hearts. Her hair is straight and she has one hand up to her chin. She look...
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"Helen of Troy" Film Still

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Description: A large group of men are pulling the wooden Trojan horse through a large gate, and into the city of Troy, as people cheer in a scene from the film Helen of...
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Helen and Catherine Ferguson and Rosa Rosanova

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Description: Helen Ferguson holds a mirror and looks at herself while Rosa Rosanova and Ferguson's sister Catherine fix her hair and put makeup on. Helen and Rosanova ...
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Helen Ferguson with a doll

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Description: Actress Helen Ferguson holds a small doll in one hand and pretends to whisper something to it. She is dressed like a young girl in a blouse and jumper and...
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William Russell and Helen Ferguson in Shod with Fire

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Description: Helen Russell and William Russell appear in a still from the 1920 film Shod with Fire. Ferguson kneels next a man in a bed while Russell sits next ...
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"Never Say Quit"

Date: 1919
Description: Reginald Jones (George Walsh) gazing up at Helen Lattimore (Florence Dixon) in a scene from the 1919 film "Never Say Quit." The two are on a yacht, and she...
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Naval Officers and Wives Club

Date: 11 16 1948
Description: Hula dancer, Mrs. Ralph (Helen) Metcalf, 3116 Crestwood Drive, in Hawaiian costume, practicing her dance routine for the Naval Officers and Wives Club Chri...
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Badger Beauty Contest

Date: 1905
Description: Badger Beauty contest at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Helen Fitzgerald is shown in back against the wall 6th from the left. She was a member of Tri...
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Madison Woman's Club Play

Date: 02 06 1952
Description: Two costumed actresses pose in front of a statue of Christ. Phyllis Brinkley, left, and Helen O'Brien, right, are lead players in "The Piper," a play prese...
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West High PTA-Sponsored Play Rehearsal

Date: 02 15 1954
Description: Helen Hillner at a rehearsal for the PTA-sponsored production of "Ship Ahoy" put on to raise funds for underprivileged students at West High School.
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Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's Party

Date: 07 21 1953
Description: Musical entertainment at the Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's party. Helen Nichols is accompanying a trio on the piano. Singers are, left to right: Dr. L.R...
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Nakoma Welfare League

Date: 05 26 1954
Description: View of the ceremonies of the Nakoma Welfare League installation of officers, held outdoors at the Anderson home, 4014 Cherokee Dr. Left to right: Helen He...
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Christmas Hats at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 12 18 1957
Description: Shining ornaments and sprigs of pine and fir were used by many of the feminine guests for their Christmas hats for the party. Helen Plater and Elizabeth Mo...
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Good Old Days

Date: 12 20 1949
Description: Helen Meanwell, wearing a red brocaded satin dress which Mrs. Stanley Hanks wore for the University of Wisconsin Junior Prom in 1896, and her fiancé Robert...
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Nakoma 12th Night Party

Date: 01 07 1950
Description: View of a Home Talent Comedy performance by Charles C. Bradley, imitating Helen Morgan and singing to Mae Zimmerman of 311 North Frances Street. The backgr...
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Nakoma Welfare League Leaders

Date: 05 27 1953
Description: Tribe leaders and officers of the Nakoma Welfare League at the annual May breakfast. Left to right are: Mrs. John (Kathryn) Stauffer, Mrs. Virgil (Helen) H...

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