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Buying Tickets at Ellis Island

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Description: Immigrants buying tickets at Ellis Island.
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George and Fannie Stacy Lincoln Monegar

Date: 1920
Description: Studio portrait of George Monegar (EwaOnaGinKah) and Fannie Stacy Lincoln Monegar (LeBaWinKah) posing standing in front of a painted backdrop. He is wearin...
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People on Sled

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Description: Elevated view of a group of people posing on and around horse-drawn sleds. There is a man on the porch of the building in the background.
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Christian Turck House

Date: 1900
Description: Christian Turck House built in 1835 by Turck who was a German immigrant.
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Women Posing in Stream

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Description: Group of women in comical poses pulling up their skirts while standing in a stream. One woman stands on the river bank on the right. Behind them is a hill...
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Americanization Pageant

Date: 05 18 1919
Description: Scene from Poale Zion Chasidim, an Americanization pageant held in the Milwaukee auditorium to welcome Milwaukee's new citizens.
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Women in the Rain

Date: 1900
Description: Three women in hats and long skirts walk with umbrellas in the rain.
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Female Factory Workers at McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 06 07 1912
Description: Women working in the twine mill at International Harvester's McCormick Works. In the foreground in front of the machinery are fifty pound bags of manila, a...
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Visitors Enter Diesel Engine Exhibit Trailer

Date: 05 25 1938
Description: Visitors entering the trailer of International Harvester's touring diesel engine exhibit.
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Children Working in School Garden

Date: 1916
Description: Large group of students and teachers working in the Tyler School Gardens. The director of the school (or gardens?) was E.M. Bardwell.
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Sales Girls Distribute War Bonds at World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 04 1942
Description: Sales girls (L to R): Patsie Anderson, Margaret Hatche, and Leone Owens distribute war bonds and stamps to farmers and other townspeople during a W.W. II s...
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Kessenich's Clothing Model

Date: 08 10 1938
Description: Model wearing hat and gloves, with coat over plaid jacket and plain skirt. The female model is standing on blocks. Part of fashion series from Kessenich's ...
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AAA Driver Training Car

Date: 10 27 1938
Description: AAA dual-control training car parked at East High School, 2222 East Washington Avenue. Several students are in the car, a Pontiac, with a man standing next...
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Two Women Modeling Fur Coats

Date: 08 12 1937
Description: Two women modeling fur coats for Simpson's women's clothing store, 23 N. Pinckney Street. Alternate view.
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Woman Model on University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 09 10 1936
Description: Woman model wearing checkerboard jacket, standing next to Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill. For: Kessenich's.
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Mrs. Karl Luedtke

Date: 07 27 1934
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Karl Luetke, Green Lake, Wisconsin, golf finalist for Women's State Golf Championship.
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Mrs. Karl Luetke

Date: 07 27 1934
Description: Mrs. Karl Luetke, Green Lake, Wisconsin, swinging a golf club, finalist for Women's State Golf Championship.
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Mrs. Karl Leutke

Date: 07 27 1934
Description: Outdoor portrait of Mrs Karl Luetke, Green Lake, Wisconsin, finalist in Women's State Golf Championship.
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Mrs. Leutke & Mary Callahan

Date: 07 27 1934
Description: Marian Callahan, new women's state champion golfer and Mrs. Karl Luetke, former champion at Nakoma Country Club. It became Nakoma Golf Club in 1944.
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Two Pairs of Twins at U.W.

Date: 04 20 1934
Description: Two pairs of twins at the University of Wisconsin. Left to right: Mary and Elizabeth Rhodes and Eleanor and Dorothea Bond.

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