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Della Royal and Horse

Date: 1906
Description: Della Royal (Mrs. Rhoda Royal) sits in a 2-wheeled cart decorated with flowers and harnessed to her world famous horse, "Glendive," as taken from a 1906 ha...
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Circus Show Buggy and Bandwagon

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Description: Dode Fisk, the operator of a dog and pony show and circus, drives a wire-wheeled show buggy pulled by the horse "Bobby". They are photographed next to a ...
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Eleanor and Anna Roosevelt

Date: 1933
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt and her daughter Anna have the NRA labels in their coats inspected by David Dubinsky, president of the ILG WU (left) and Raymond Ingersol...
Print

Merry Christmas From All of Us

Date: 1936
Description: Holiday card for the Bancroft Dairy Company in Madison, Wisconsin. The card is folded so that as you open each panel, you see a new scene. Many different e...
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Daisy Bates Seated at a Bar

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Description: Daisy Bates is seated at a bar next to an unidentified man. She is wearing a black dress and is holding a cocktail.
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Woman and Very Tall Man

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Description: A young woman and a very tall man stand together in front of the cookhouse wagon. She is holding a bottle of soda and offering him a hotdog; he has his arm...
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Coonskin Haircut

Date: 1955
Description: Composite photograph of a boy and his barber. The front view shows the boy holding a coonskin cap popularized at the time by the Davy Crockett television p...
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Interview with a Star

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Description: Irene Norman, film editor of the "Milwaukee Sentinel," interviewing the film star Bebe Daniels.
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Irna Phillips and Rose Cooperman

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Description: Irna Phillips, with her friend and secretary Rose Cooperman. Irna is holding papers and smoking a cigarette. Rose is sitting in the background writing.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Hosiery Logo

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Description: An oval-shaped blue and white logo depicting a woman holding a stocking over her head. Buildings, the sun, and waves are behind her. The text reads: "Wear ...
Photograph

Lucy Rumsey Holt with Camera

Date: 01 1913
Description: Amateur photographer Lucy Rumsey Holt is holding a folding camera. Her daughter Jeannette Holt is standing beside her outside on the porch at the Evergreen...

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