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Gloria Ray, One of the Little Rock Nine

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Description: Portrait of Gloria Ray of the Little Rock Nine.
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Teen-Agers Dating

Date: 01 26 1949
Description: Dressed formally are Edgewood students Betty Roherty, wearing a dress and a corsage, and Bob Kessenich, wearing a suit and tie. They are posed in front of ...
Postcard

Young Woman on Her Graduation

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of a young woman on the occasion of her graduation. She wears a white dress with a corsage pinned to...
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Portrait of Two Adults and Two Girls

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Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a seated man and woman. Two girls stand behind the seated adults, one resting her hand on the seated wo...
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Central High School Students Honored

Date: 03 02 1949
Description: Central high school honor students June Cleary, winner of the DAR Good Citizenship award for her school, and Walter Northrup, recipient of the Veterns of F...
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Lewis Arms at Age 17

Date: 1946
Description: A portrait of Lewis Arms at the age of 17 wearing his Navy uniform. There is an inscription that reads, "To Mom & Pop Berry with Love," referring to his ne...
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Ethel Miller Models Skirt

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Ethel Miller models a skirt made by her mother, Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller. The photograph was taken to accompany an article in the Wisconsin Sta...
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Ethelinda Thorsen (later Johnston)

Date: 1872
Description: Head and shoulders carte-de-visite of Ethelinda Marie Thorsen (1856-1947), age 16, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, daughter of John Thorsen (b. 1820), a lumberman...
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Two Algerian Children

Date: 08 1957
Description: Two Algerian children sitting outside, posing for a photograph. An older girl with braids in her hair is sitting with her arm around a younger child. They ...
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Algerian Girl

Date: 08 1957
Description: A teenage Algerian girl posing outdoors. The girl is wearing two necklaces and bracelets. She has her hair in braids and is wearing a flowered dress. She i...
Postcard

Young Woman with Diploma

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of a Young woman in front of a painted backdrop. She is standing posed next to a chair with a scroll...
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Genevieve Milward

Date: 06 1921
Description: Full-length studio graduation portrait of Genevieve Milward (later McVicar), (1902-1987) of Madison, Wisconsin, standing in front of a painted backdrop. Sh...
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Prom King and Queen

Date: 04 18 1959
Description: Portrait of Robert (Chick) Sewell, junior prom king, and Jeanne Field, queen, at the Wisconsin High School junior prom.
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Wisconsin Honey Queen

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Description: Studio portrait of the Wisconsin Honey Queen holding a jar of honey from Johnson Creek, Wisconsin. She is wearing a tiara and a sash reading "Wisconsin Hon...
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Portrait of a Teenage Boy

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a European American boy posed sitting. He is wearing a dark-colored suit coat, vest, light-colored necktie, tie pin, and watch ...
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Alice Klusinski Wearing a Hat

Date: 08 14 1931
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Alice Klusinski wearing a light-colored hat and a necklace.
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Maple Bluff Social Event for Teens

Date: 06 26 1953
Description: Teenagers Tom Stephan and Jean McFarlane, seated, shown chatting at the Maple Bluff Country Club party.
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Edgar and Jennie Posing on the Porch

Date: 1913
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jennie and Edgar Krueger sitting on the front porch steps of the Krueger home.
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Posing on the Front Porch

Date: 1913
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jennie and Edgar Krueger standing on the front porch of the Krueger home.
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Jennie Krueger Standing in the Front Yard

Date: 1913
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jennie Krueger standing in the yard of the Krueger home.

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