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Woman in front of Factory

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Description: A woman stands in front of the Four Wheel Drive Auto Company factory in Clintonville.
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Women in Motorboat

Date: 1941
Description: Two bathing suit-clad women demonstrating their Evinrude motorboat on a Wisconsin lake.
Postcard

Woman Aiming Gun

Date: 1906
Description: Woman in a dress and hat standing in a field and aiming a gun.
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Seated Man

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Description: Informal portrait of seated man in a room with a woman in the background.
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Two Women in Swiss Costume

Date: 1941
Description: Two women in Swiss costume, possibly for the Wilhelm Tell Festival.
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Woman with Cook-Box

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Description: Woman in a long dress standing in kitchen with cook-box, a device to facilitate consistent results in cooking. There is a sideboard on the right.
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Larry O'Brien, Jr. Campaigning

Date: 1971
Description: Larry Frances O'Brien, Jr. campaigning with group of women in matching outfits holding signs that say, "Victory in '70," "Wisconsin welcomes O'Brien," and ...
Postcard

Swiss Group

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Description: Hand-colored studio portrait of women and children in Swiss costume.
Poster

Women Can Vote

Date: 1919
Description: Poster for school elections on Tuesday, March 18th, and April 1st, 1919. After 1901, women in Wisconsin were able to vote in school elections, which was an...
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Four Women in front of Factory

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Description: Four women workers standing in front of the Four Wheel Drive Factory.
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University of Wisconsin Women's Carpentry Class

Date: 1900
Description: Women working with tools, including a saw, in the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Extension women's carpentry class.
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Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association Exhibit

Date: 1925
Description: Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association exhibit advertised in the storefront of a building in New London, Wisconsin. Two women are looking through the wind...
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Parching Wild Rice

Date: 1907
Description: A Chippewa woman parching wild rice in Lac Vieux Desert. Lac Vieux Desert is a 4200 acre Michigan-Wisconsin boundary water in Vilas County.
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Woman with Pug

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Description: Woman in room holding the front paws of a dog standing on hind legs on chair.
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Home Economics

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Description: Slightly elevated view of six young women posed in a kitchen. Two women on the left stand at a sink washing dishes, two women stand at a table behind them,...
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Four Women Wearing Feather Hats

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Description: Vignetted group portrait of four women standing closely in a row gazing at each other. The two women on the right stand in profile looking at the other two...
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Women's Dorm Room

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Description: Group of women clowning around in dorm room with pennants on the wall.
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Four Women in Front of a Building

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Description: Four women standing in front of a building. Above them is a railing. One of the women is holding a couple of books in her hands and under her arm.
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Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory Field Camp

Date: 1932
Description: A man and a woman standing next to a tent in the Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory field camp.
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Two Unidentified Women

Date: 1911
Description: Two unidentified women, possibly at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin.

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