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James Parkin

Date: 1945
Description: James Parkin, and a woman in eyeglasses, speak with another woman in a paper gown, apparently a patient.
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Women in Motorboat

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

Date: 1941
Description: Woman in Norwegian dress playing the monochord.
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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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Two Women in Bathing Suits

Date: 07 14 1944
Description: Two women in bathing suits standing on pier.
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Elderly Woman Seated in front of Bookcase

Date: 05 1946
Description: Portrait of an unknown elderly woman seated in front of a bookcase.
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Native Americans in front of House

Date: 1940
Description: Two Native American women in front of a small house doing yard or house work.
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Woman Playing Monochord

Date: 1941
Description: Woman in Norwegian dress playing the monochord.
Historical Essay

Wisconsin Home for Women (Taycheedah Correctional Institution)

Read about the Home for Women, a reformatory for women aged 18 -31, and the State Prison for Women, which became the Taycheedah Correctional Institution.
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Woman in a Swiss Costume

Date: 1941
Description: Portrait of a woman in a Swiss costume holding a bouquet of flowers.
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Memorial Union Kitchen

Date: 10 08 1947
Description: Three unidentified women in the kitchen at the Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Woman Working in Laboratory

Date: 01 10 1948
Description: A woman in a laboratory coat working in a laboratory. (Possibily Jane Fred?).
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Group of Women

Date: 03 22 1949
Description: A large group of women seated in a room on pews (?), as seen from an elevated area.
Drawing

Bicyclists

Date: 1948
Description: Pencil drawing depicting a group of men and women bicycling on a dirt road in a rural, wooded area, probably in the 1880's. One man and woman are riding a ...
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University of Wisconsin Junior Prom

Date: 01 22 1947
Description: Portrait of Alberta Baxter, one of six women in the court for the University of Wisconsin Junior Prom. Pictured in five negatives of University of Wisconsi...
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Attorneys Dorothy Baldwin and Emily Dodge

Date: 11 01 1945
Description: Madison attorneys Dorothy Baldwin and Emily Dodge, who organized what is believed to be the only all-woman law firm in Wisconsin.
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Woman with Book of Madison Men and Women in Service

Date: 04 07 1945
Description: Barbara Groves searches through a book of clippings of Madison men and women in service. The stories were published in the "Wisconsin State Journal" and t...
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Elizabeth Waters Dormitory Parlor

Date: 09 24 1947
Description: Six women sitting by the fireplace in the parlor at Elizabeth Waters Dormitory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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At the Beach

Date: 1940
Description: View from shoreline towards two men and two women in bathing suits standing and holding hands while standing in shallow water as a small wave breaks around...
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Style Show

Date: 02 22 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin Women's Self Government Association style show, showing two women standing, dressed in suits, hats and gloves.

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