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Sun Bathing

Date: 1965
Description: Women sun bathe near an express highway in Milwaukee.
Photograph

Denita Love

Date: 04 26 1979
Description: A fashionably dressed woman is smiling and holding a book about Diana Ross. Caption reads: "Dressed in Diana Ross style, Denita Love, 23, wore a sophistica...
Photograph

Pink Boots

Date: 2006
Description: Jamie Baertsch, Wisconsin's first female brewmaster (left) and Teri Fahrendorf (right), founder of the Pink Boots Society, in front of the brew kettles at ...
Postcard

Mader's Famous Restaurant

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Description: The postcard has a drawing of a woman looking through a lorgnette. Text on front reads, in part: "See for yourself, Lady . . . There are persons old enough...
Photograph

Visiting Japanese Students at Leon's Frozen Custard

Date: 1980
Description: View across parking lot towards a group of Japanese woman posing in front of Leon's Frozen Custard. Caption reads: "Visiting Japanese students posed in fro...
Photograph

1554 West Windlake Avenue

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Description: Woman holding child standing in front of the home at 1554 W. Windlake Avenue. There is a small garden in the front yard.
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Maid of Honor's Dress

Date: 08 16 1975
Description: Maid of Honor before the wedding.
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After the Ceremony

Date: 07 01 1978
Description: A bridesmaid after the ceremony at St. Andrews Catholic Church.
Photograph

Beer and Sweet Corn

Date: 08 24 1968
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kress, dressed in lederhosen, enjoy beer and sweet corn at the Mid-summer Festival.
Photograph

Two Dancing Couples

Date: 10 24 1966
Description: Two couples are dancing in a ballroom with full-length curtains in the background. Caption reads: "The dance music appealed to (from left) Mr. and Mrs. Jos...
Photograph

Maria Diaz

Date: 02 03 1967
Description: A woman demonstrating a dance move while a man is watching. Caption reads: "Concentration is required when taking a dance lesson. Miss Maria Diaz, an instr...
Photograph

June E. Johnson

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of June E. Johnson. June worked at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin as a librarian from 1948 to ca. 1980. Her siste...
Poster

Ike & Tina Turner Show Poster

Date: 06 1971
Description: Poster advertising for a concert by Ike and Tina Turner at the Dane County Coliseum, in Madison, Wisconsin, June 26th, 1971. Features a picture of Tina Tur...
Photograph

CORE Picketers

Date: 01 14 1964
Description: Civil rights group CORE picketing the Board of Realtors at Coach House Motor Inn for fairness and equality in housing.
Photograph

Dr. Joseph Carpenter and Family

Date: 1973
Description: Dr. Joseph Carpenter, assistant professor of Afro-American Education & Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is seated with his family. His ...
Postcard

Dedication of New Main Street

Date: 10 20 1915
Description: Slightly elevated view of the parade for the dedication of the new Main Street. W.A. Holt is driving his automobile, which is decorated with garlands, in t...
Photograph

Remembering

Date: 1981
Description: Six family members looking at a photograph album outdoors. Caption reads: "REMEMBERING. Norma Clemente and her family looked through the family album at he...
Poster

Fleetwood Mac at Dewey's

Date: 02 21 1971
Description: Poster advertising a performance by Fleetwood Mac at Dewey's. Features an outdoor photograph of the band.

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