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| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | A woman dressed in Indian headwrap with feather, wrapped in a blanket, for a performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," written by Mary Elizabeth... |
| Date: | 07 04 1898 |
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| Description: | Three Schildhauer women, Mrs. Henry, Annie and Clara, stand in a wooded area. All three women wear elaborate hats, and Mrs. Henry holds an open umbrella. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A group of seven women dressed in white flowing gowns strike "Grecian poses". |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Originally printed in the Centennial Records of the Women of Wisconsin on page 37. The elevated view illustrates the large houses and the surrounding bustl... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a group of people posing by the lakeshore of Maple Bluff with tents in the background. One of the woman is holding an archery bow, two women... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Three women, from left to right: Mrs. Vandercook, Mrs. Osborn and Mrs. Schildhauer, pose in white Grecian-inspired costumes. Mrs. Osborn sits behind a larg... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View from outdoors of a woman, Mrs. Zimmerman, standing indoors at an open window tending to plants that grow in a window box. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A class of male and female students work in a biology laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Two women stand in the middle of the large, open r... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | The north library reading room, which was reserved for women, in the Historical Society's quarters in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. This room, which w... |
| View the collection of images of Wisconsin women in a variety of activities: farm work, canning, suffragism, photography, war work and civil rights. |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | In the distance, women stand in front of the Norwegian Lutheran Seminary. On the right is an octagonal outbuilding, possibly a carriage house. The seminary... |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Hall, built in 1870, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Below the image is the caption "Female College of Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 08 27 1889 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a group of women from Stockholm on their first American Tour. |
| Date: | 09 24 1897 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view of the Thwaites cottage on Lakeside. On the left a young woman is sitting in a hammock on the porch behind a fence. In the yard in the f... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Original title reads, "Bathers assemble [swimmers in Lake Monona]." Women and men, wearing suits, hats, and long dresses, are standing near the lake shorel... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Waist-up portrait of Mrs. Roseline Peck, born 1808 - died 1898, the first white woman in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the wife of the first tavern keeper, E... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Two young girls wearing hats and dresses are leaning on a planter in the yard, two women are on the porch, and a man is sitting in a horse-drawn carriage. ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View of the J. Schadauer Cigar Facotory at 216 State Street. In front of the factory are men, women and children. |
| Date: | 02 15 1899 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of legislators in the Assembly Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Benjamin Walker Castle, 1862-1893 in the 900 block East Gorham Street. The front door is partially open, and a woman is sitting to the right of the entranc... |
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