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| Date: | 08 01 1932 |
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| Description: | A Fanchon & Marco showgirl dressed in street clothes, leaning on a piano. Text on print reads: "'Mystery Revue' Orpheum Girl." |
| Date: | 08 12 1932 |
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| Description: | Raquel Torres modeling a dress and hat at Heller's, 205 State Street. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A business woman clutching her purse and a newspaper walks past a large portion of concrete with "One Man, One Job" painted on it. This is at the site of t... |
| Date: | 08 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Manchester window display featuring outdoor clothing for "Women Who Work," with two mannequins, an office desk and a clothing stand with a jacket, hat and ... |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length carte-de-visite of Sojourner Truth. The text at the bottom reads: "I sell the shadow to support the substance. Sojourner Truth." |
| Date: | 10 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of 13 superintendents of state welfare institutions with A.W. Bayley (extreme right, standing), director of the Wisconsin Deptartment of Pub... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Woman in polka dot dress is looking on as a service station worker checks the oil in her car. |
| Date: | 03 10 1949 |
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| Description: | Mailman George A. Perkins receiving a purse containing 25 silver dollars from Marshall Browne, publisher of the East Side News, on the 25th anniversary of ... |
| Date: | 04 19 1950 |
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| Description: | Three of the models participating in the Jaycettes' fashion show admire a large-sized cartoon that will be used in the show, inspired by State Journal cart... |
| Date: | 11 12 1951 |
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| Description: | Six irate women drivers sit in the office of superior court judge Roy H. Proctor's office to protest his dismissal of a traffic charge against a male drive... |
| Date: | 01 22 1952 |
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| Description: | The junior division of the University of Wisconsin Service League for faculty wives has a number of interest groups including the sewing group, shown prepa... |
| Date: | 02 27 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Wisconsin State Journal staff with correspondents who were recognized for at least 20 years of service at the Wisconsin Sta... |
| Date: | 03 09 1954 |
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| Description: | Bonnie Ferris models an outfit for the Jaycettes Style Show sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce auxiliary. |
| Date: | 02 28 1956 |
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| Description: | Barbara Lawson, representing the Truax Field Officers' Wives' Club, models fashion for the 'smart clubwomen.' The proceeds of the style shows were to maint... |
| Date: | 03 03 1956 |
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| Description: | Four women chat at the spring benefit style show and dessert bridge party, sponsored by the Alpha Phi sorority and alumnae. They include, from left: models... |
| Date: | 05 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Nellie Howland, one of the five original members of the Philharmonic Chorus, is shown in a local drugstore as part of her job as inventory worker for the M... |
| Date: | 08 21 1956 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin, sportswriter for Wisconsin State Journal, with five girls who put on a neighborhood style show t... |
| Date: | 01 12 1957 |
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| Description: | Shown chatting at the National Sales Executives of Madison party are: J.A. McIlnay, a member of the national board of directors; Virginia Manzer; Pearl McI... |
| Date: | 04 10 1957 |
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| Description: | Karen Olson, a senior at Wisconsin High School, models appropriate clothing for a job interview. She is wearing a tailored dress, hose ("a must for career ... |
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