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Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory Field Camp

Date: 1932
Description: A man and a woman standing next to a tent in the Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory field camp.
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Scene from "Little Women"

Date: 01 27 1930
Description: Scene from Central High School play "Little Women" with four women posing together.
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Dieder Women

Date: 07 04 1936
Description: Group portrait of seven Dieder women.
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Milwaukee Sewing Project

Date: 01 1935
Description: Sewing project for Milwaukee County women to make and repair clothing for relief families.
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Northern Wisconsin Center Home Economics Class

Date: 1930
Description: Slightly elevated view of six women wearing aprons learning domestic skills in a kitchen classroom. Two women on the left stand at a sink washing dishes, t...
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Fashionable Woman

Date: 1930
Description: A fashionably dressed woman with a fur stole around her shoulders relaxes on a lounge chair.
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Lake Superior Chippewas

Date: 1938
Description: Three Bad River Ojibwa women standing outdoors on a blanket. The women are all wearing dresses with beadwork. The woman in the middle is wearing a headband...
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Portrait of a Woman

Date: 11 29 1930
Description: Copy of a portrait of a woman done for Ruth Dudley.
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Reclining Young Woman

Date: 1930
Description: A smiling young woman poses reclining on a chaise. She wears a dress of sheer material.
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Woman Showing Quilt

Date: 1935
Description: Woman holding up a quilt, showing it at the Iron County Fair.
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Nature Study

Date: 1930
Description: Small group of women with a leader in wooded area on a trail engaged in nature study.
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Madonna and Child

Date: 1930
Description: A studio portrait of a veiled woman and sleeping infant.
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Upper Dining Room University of Wisconsin-Madison Men's Refectory

Date: 07 17 1934
Description: Men and women eating in Upper Dining Room, University of Wisconsin-Madison Van Hise Men's Refectory, 1220 Linden Drive.
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Law Building

Date: 1935
Description: View across Bascom Hill of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Small groups of men and women are walking down Bascom Hill, passing the ...
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Kelvinator School, Loraine Hotel

Date: 05 11 1934
Description: Woman lecturing to a large group of women at the Kelvinator School, in the Loraine Hotel.
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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.
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Ojibwe Woman Holding a Baby in a Tikinagan

Date: 1938
Description: Bad River Ojibwe woman standing outdoors holding a baby in a tikinagan. The woman is wearing a dress, a shawl and a headband. The Odanah Methodist church ...
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Auto License Bureau

Date: 05 17 1939
Description: Wisconsin Auto License Bureau, 16-20 E. Doty Street, Card Typing Department, with women at typewriters and male supervisor.
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Geology Club

Date: 06 03 1938
Description: Group portrait men, and one woman, of University of Wisconsin Geology Club next to Science Hall.
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Group Gathered Outside

Date: 1930
Description: Large group portrait of men, women, and children out front of a wooden building. Some of the men are wearing suits and ties, and some of the women are wear...

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