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Manchester's Second Floor

Date: 09 25 1940
Description: Interior view of Manchester's Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street, second floor remodeling, looking past hats to Coats & Furs and Dresses Departments...
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Manchester's Department Store Second Floor

Date: 09 25 1940
Description: Interior view of Manchester's Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street, second floor remodeling, looking from Footwear Department, past hats to Coats & Fu...
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Manchester's Department Store Second Floor

Date: 09 25 1940
Description: Wide angle view of Manchester's Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street, second floor remodeling, looking past hats to Footwear and Sportswear Department...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on step stool wearing hat and gloves, with fur collar coat, dress shoes, and carrying a purse. Part of the fashion series from Kessenich's R...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model standing on step stool wearing hat and gloves, with fur collar coat, dress shoes, and carrying a purse. Part of a fashion series from Kessenich's Rea...
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Jennie and Lena Justo

Date: 05 15 1933
Description: Jennie Justo of 921 Spring Street in the Greenbush, wearing a hat, says goodbye to her mother, Lena Justo, as she leaves for a year in the Milwaukee jail.
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Truax Field Officers' Wives Tea

Date: 03 20 1945
Description: The Women's Club sponsored tea for officers wives of all services at the Officers Club of Truax Field. Left to right: Mrs. Lee Sanders, Mrs. Charles H. Fen...
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Models for The University of Wisconsin Style Show

Date: 03 22 1945
Description: Three University of Wisconsin coeds modeling clothes for a fashion show sponsored by the Women's Student Government Association. This year's show, held on ...
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Young Girl Holding Rose

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young girl standing on a chair, holding a rose in her hand. The young girl's hair is pulled...
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Portrait of Two Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two women in front of a painted backdrop. One woman is seated and one is standing, are they are dressed in fashionable dresses. The woma...
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Portrait of Young Girl

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Eleanor Faust Fuller, dressed in black with a black bow in her hair.
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Girl Sitting in Wicker Chair

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of young girl wearing a dark dress with her hair pulled back in fashionable bows. She is sitting on an ornat...
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Woman Holding Violin

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman sitting in a chair holding a violin on her knee. She is holding the bow in her other hand. She we...
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Two Children and a Rose

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Description: Studio portrait of two children, Liane Faust Hilgers and Harold Pick, sitting on stools in front of a painted backdrop. Harold is holding up a rose and Lia...
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American Association of University Women Tea

Date: 01 19 1948
Description: Shown at the American Association of University Women tea and dinner, from the left: Dr. Althea Kratz Hottel, national president and dean of women at the U...
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American Association of University Women Tea

Date: 01 19 1948
Description: Shown at the American Association of University Women tea from the left: Mrs. Ralph A. (Jessie) McCanse; Mrs. Hans H. (Theresa) Reese; and Miss Ruth Campbe...
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Student Modeling Spring Fashion

Date: 03 01 1948
Description: Rosemary Schneider trys on a spring hat while admiring her reflection in a vanity mirror.
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Students Modeling Spring Fashion

Date: 03 01 1948
Description: Patricia McGovern and Jane Botham model "dress up" clothes for high school girls.
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Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries

Date: 02 17 1949
Description: A teacher, probably Mrs. Regina Barnhart at Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries, giving a shorthand test to two female students.
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University Extension League Style Show

Date: 01 30 1950
Description: Three of 15 models who will display play dresses, hats, coats, suits, robes and evening gowns at the meeting of the University Extension League are, from l...

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