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| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Ellen Lloyd Jones (also known as Aunt Nell), co-founder of the Hillside Home School, an early progressive school in Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising brochure for International Harvester "femineered" refrigerators. Features a woman in a black evening gown standing next to a refrig... |
| Date: | 1844 |
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| Description: | A young woman looks out her arched window with a bird cage hanging outdoors. |
| Date: | 1847 |
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| Description: | An unhappy looking bride is seated in a chair looking out the window as another woman sits on the floor holding her hand. A third woman looks on angrily. |
| Date: | 07 11 1863 |
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| Description: | View of the east front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. A small group of people stand near a fence on the lawn in front of the building. A ... |
| Date: | 1989 |
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| Description: | Photographic holiday card from Tommy Thompson and family, governor of Wisconsin, 1987-2001. The card is a color image of Mr. Thompson, his wife, daughters,... |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card showing a male bird standing on a tree branch with a top hat, cane and bouquet of flowers. To the right is a female bird wearing a hat... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card with the image of a woman sitting on a cushioned wooden bench, gazing at her wedding ring. She is wearing a long blue dress. A gray ce... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | The NAACP Milwaukee Branch's Freedom Fund Dinner Committee. The Freedom Fund Dinner is an annual NAACP fundraising event and awards ceremony for the organi... |
| Date: | 12 11 1958 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated group portrait of diners at the NAACP Milwaukee Branch's 1958 Annual Dinner. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Formal group portrait of the students attending the Milwaukee Day School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf. The first public day school for the deaf, es... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Qua-bas-er-o-qua, an Ojibwa (Chippewa) woman. She is seated on the ground in a low woven chair, and is wearing traditional clothin... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Inside spread of brochure. Text at top left reads: "Not just 'Automatic' Defrosting." Full title of spread reads: "Now! Tri-Matic Defrosting in the New Int... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Inside spread of brochure. Full title of spread reads: "Now! Tri-Matic Defrosting in the New International Harvester Refrigerators." Features a woman weari... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Inside spread of brochure. Full title of spread reads: "Functional Features ... Top to Bottom Sparkling Color ... Inside and out." Features a woman wearing... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Inside spread of brochure. Full title of spread reads: "Functional Features ... Top to Bottom Sparkling Color ... Inside and out." Features a woman wearing... |
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| Description: | Lobby card for the 1959 film "Suddenly, Last Summer" starring Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn and Montgomery Clift. The card shows Catherine Holly (El... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Big Chief and His Best Friend. Greetings from Tomah, Wis." A Native American man in indigenous dress poses in front of a log cabin, a... |
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| Description: | Group portrait of several adults and children. Caption reads: "Winnebago Family and white visitors, 'John Canoe' and his family of two children." |
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