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Woman Aiming Gun

Date: 1906
Description: Woman in a dress and hat standing in a field and aiming a gun.
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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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Two Women in Swiss Costume

Date: 1941
Description: Two women in Swiss costume, possibly for the Wilhelm Tell Festival.
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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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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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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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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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Elderly Woman with a Book

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of elderly woman sitting in a chair, holding a book in her lap.
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Women in a Buggy

Date: 1912
Description: Two young women in a horse-drawn buggy passing along a country road.
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Elderly Woman in Her Yard

Date: 1905
Description: Elderly woman posed standing in the yard of a frame residence.
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Stretching Hide

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Description: A woman in traditional Native American dress is using a wooden tool to stretch out a hide.
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Women Washing Dishes

Date: 1912
Description: Two women are standing at a table in a kitchen, with one woman drying a dish, and the other washing dishes in a large bowl. Dishes and pans are stacked on ...
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Women on Stage

Date: 1916
Description: Seven women on stage, apparently in a scene from an amateur theatrical performance, wearing conventional street clothes.
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Interior of a Dry-Goods Store

Date: 1908
Description: Three women and one man pose at a cashier's counter in the interior of a dry-goods store, presumably in Wisconsin. Hammocks hang from the ceiling in the ba...
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Two Women in a Flower Bedecked Horse-Drawn Cart

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Description: Two women in fancy hats and summer dresses are sitting in a horse-drawn cart which has flower bedecked wheels and seat. One of the woman has an umbrella. I...
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Three Women Posing on Window Sill

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Description: Outdoor view of three young women sitting windowsills of two open windows. The woman on the left is sitting in profile facing the two women in the windowsi...
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Tea Room / Restaurant (?)

Date: 1920
Description: Woman and child standing in a room with three tables covered in tablecloths. Caption reads: "Dodgeville, Wis."
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Group Portrait of Men and Women

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Description: Group portrait of four women and three men posing together in a room in front of a window. The man in the center is holding a banjo in his lap. The men are...
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Cobblestone House

Date: 1884
Description: Exterior of a cobblestone house with women and children in the yard.
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Unidentified Woman

Date: 1895
Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified woman in a fancy dress and wearing a decorative comb in her hair.

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