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We Saw You Before Leaving for Europe

Date: 04 1958
Description: A scroll from the state of Wisconsin is being presented to 18-year-old Pat Stoycheff by Chief Justice John Martin. The scroll will introduce Pat to new fri...
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Foster Mothers Tea

Date: 06 18 1958
Description: Three members of the Woman's Club of Madison that presided at the tea for foster mothers of Dane county at the Wisconsin executives' mansion. Pictured are ...
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Polio Victims

Date: 08 02 1951
Description: Bonnie Wainscott (left), age 16, and her mother Mrs. Grace Wainscott are greeted by Francis M. Higgins, President of Wisconsin Central Airlines. The Wainsc...
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First Dutch Settlers

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Description: Dutch family posing outside their log home with two horses.
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Mrs. Warren (Violet) Jollymore and Baby

Date: 05 13 1948
Description: Mrs. Violet (Warren) Jollymore and baby Jock in car. Warren was a reporter for the Wisconsin Union Theater. Jock Warren Jollymore was born Sept. 20, 1947.
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Woman Cutting Pattern

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Description: A mother is cutting a pattern from display material on a table.
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Foster Mothers Tea

Date: 06 18 1958
Description: Three women who attended the Foster Mothers of Dane County tea at the Wisconsin executives mansion. Pictured are Margaret Straub, head resident at Blessed ...
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Clothing Demonstration

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Description: A nurse demonstrates several articles of clothing to mothers at the Health Center.
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Mother with Special Needs Children

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Description: A mother arriving at the Health Center with her special needs children.
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Hattie Taylor and Daughter Tannisse

Date: 1912
Description: Hattie Taylor and daughter Tannisse walk under a Milwaukee park culvert.
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Native American Mother and Child

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Description: An Indian mother holds her baby in her arms as she arrives at the Health Center.
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Granny Cowdin

Date: 11 19 1958
Description: Mary C. Metz escorts her mother, Mary B. Cowdin, to their automobile.
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Foster Mothers Tea

Date: 06 18 1958
Description: Mrs. Marvel Albright (right), a Dane county social worker, visits with Margaret Olson (Madison) and Mrs. Charles Berend (DeForest) at a tea for Dane county...
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Group Gathered Outside

Date: 1930
Description: Large group portrait of men, women, and children out front of a wooden building. Some of the men are wearing suits and ties, and some of the women are wear...
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Group Gathered Outdoors

Date: 1930
Description: Large group portrait of men, women, and children in front of a wooden building. Some of the men are wearing suits and ties, and some of the women are weari...
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Bertha Swingle

Date: 1932
Description: Bertha Swingle, wearing a print dress and hat, poses outdoors in front of a door at her home. There is a large hosta plant on the left and other shrubbery ...
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Ruth Holt with Mother

Date: 07 23 1934
Description: Portrait of Ruth Holt holding golf club, at the Nakoma golf course, age 10. She was the youngest player in the Junior Qualifying Round of the Wisconsin Wom...
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Chippewa Mother

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Description: A Chippewa (Ojibwa) mother with two children, one of whom is in a cradleboard, at the Lac du Flambeau reservation. This image is part of an exhibit about N...
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Edna Krieger and Daughter

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Edna Krieger and daughter Nancy, posing on the steps of 2404 Kendall Avenue.
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Baby with Nurse and Mother

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Description: A nurse undresses a baby in preparation for a physical examination as the fashionably-dressed mother looks on.

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