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Man Sharpening Axe

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Description: Man sharpening an axe on a grinding wheel next to a cabin at Old World Wisconsin.
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Wisconsin State Student Nurses' Association

Date: 03 19 1952
Description: Shown are six members of the Wisconsin State Student Nurses' association at the University of Wisconsin. From left to right, they are Marilyn Hall, Lexy Ne...
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Governor Earl

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Description: Anthony Earl, Governor of Wisconsin, seated in a folding chair with his arms crossed.
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Mrs. Wilbur (Helen) Renk

Date: 05 28 1964
Description: Mrs. Helen Renk, Rt. 2, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, is shown in her kitchen. Mrs. Renk is submitting a favorite recipe for possible "election" into the Wiscons...
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Models for The University of Wisconsin Style Show

Date: 03 22 1945
Description: Three University of Wisconsin coeds modeling clothes for a fashion show sponsored by the Women's Student Government Association. This year's show, held on ...
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Elda Strahm

Date: 1935
Description: Elda Strahm, 13, poses outside her home with many prize ribbons which she won at the Green County and Wisconsin State Fairs. Another girl stands on the lef...
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Young Girl with Purse and Hat

Date: 1944
Description: Jo-Claren Maurin (b. 1942) sitting on the stoop of her house in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin wearing a red straw hat and holding a matching red straw purse. She is...
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Jesus Salas at Industrial Commission Hearing

Date: 1966
Description: Jesus Salas, seated at left, is with workers at one of six Industrial Hearings in Wisconsin. The Waushara County Courthouse hearing discussed the issue of...
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Secretary of State Robert C. Zimmerman Walks from Capitol to Home

Date: 08 02 1960
Description: From the Wisconsin State Journal: Wisconsin Secretary of State Robert C. Zimmerman has walked every weekday after working in the State Capitol, for ...
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Women Playing Basketball

Date: 1900
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman women's basketball team in the gymnasium of Ladies Hall (now Chadbourne Hall). A man stands in the center holding ...
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Two Pairs of Twins at U.W.

Date: 04 20 1934
Description: Two pairs of twins at the University of Wisconsin. Left to right: Mary and Elizabeth Rhodes and Eleanor and Dorothea Bond.
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Two Pairs of Twins at U.W.

Date: 04 20 1934
Description: Outdoor portrait of two pairs of twins at University of Wisconsin. Left to right: Mary and Elizabeth Rhodes and Eleanor and Dorothea Bond.
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Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Three men and a young boy (Little Bobby Bird) are dancing as a man is playing a drum.
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Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Three men and a young boy (Little Bobby Bird) are dancing as a drummer is playing.
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Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers Convention

Date: 04 10 1956
Description: In charge of arrangements for the annual convention of the Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers are Miriam Leifer (left), president of the Madison PT...
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Lyle Lilly in Badger Ordnance Motorcyle Police Uniform

Date: 1944
Description: Lyle Lilly (1916-2011) stands in front of his home at 838 Woodrow Street in Madison, Wisconsin. He is wearing his motorcyle police uniform that he wore whi...
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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin, stacks wood in the outdoor fireplace that she built by herself...
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Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 07 17 1949
Description: Three women and one man are sitting on a bench at Maple Bluff Country Club during the Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament. Two of the women are J...
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Kathleen Russell preparing to leave her office in the Iowa County Courthouse in Dodgeville, Wisconsin.
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Alpha Phi Sorority Garden Tea

Date: 05 16 1948
Description: Alpha Phi sorority, 28 Langdon Street, was the site of a garden party for all sorority women on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Seated left to ...

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