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Woman Playing Monochord

Date: 1941
Description: Woman in Norwegian dress playing the monochord.
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Two Women in Bathing Suits

Date: 07 14 1944
Description: Two women in bathing suits standing on pier.
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Woman Playing Monochord

Date: 1941
Description: Woman in Norwegian dress playing the monochord.
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Memorial Union Kitchen

Date: 10 08 1947
Description: Three unidentified women in the kitchen at the Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Woman Working in Laboratory

Date: 01 10 1948
Description: A woman in a laboratory coat working in a laboratory. (Possibily Jane Fred?).
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University of Wisconsin Junior Prom

Date: 01 22 1947
Description: Portrait of Alberta Baxter, one of six women in the court for the University of Wisconsin Junior Prom. Pictured in five negatives of University of Wisconsi...
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Woman with Book of Madison Men and Women in Service

Date: 04 07 1945
Description: Barbara Groves searches through a book of clippings of Madison men and women in service. The stories were published in the "Wisconsin State Journal" and t...
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Style Show

Date: 02 22 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin Women's Self Government Association style show, showing two women standing, dressed in suits, hats and gloves.
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Young Woman Singers on Staircase

Date: 12 1947
Description: Three young woman singers in formal dresses standing on the staircase at the Madison Club, 5 East Wilson. Taken for the Wisconsin State Journal Youth
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Governor Goodland's Body in the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 03 14 1947
Description: Women executive office employees filing past the casket containing the body of Governor Walter Goodland in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest

Date: 02 18 1952
Description: Group portrait of four University of Wisconsin women in formal dress, finalists in a contest for prom queen. Left to right: Phyllis Berg, Nancy Wetzel, Nan...
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Mrs. Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 08 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, at her desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Madison League of Women Voters Convention

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Four women taking part in a skit at the Madison League of Women Voters convention at the Unitarian Meeting House. Left to right are: Mrs. Mary Newgent, Mrs...
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Wisconsin Centennial Tea

Date: 10 06 1948
Description: Three women in historic costumes posed at Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs Wisconsin Centennial Tea Party held at the Woman's Building. They are let t...
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Vintage Dress for Women

Date: 08 16 1944
Description: Gene Woodfin dressed in a 1898 University of Wisconsin gym suit.
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Wisconsin League of Women Voters Legislative School Tea

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Wisconsin's governor's wife Helen Thomson, (left) greets Mrs. Ruth Kearl of Madison at a tea in the executive mansion for the Wisconsin League of Women Vot...
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Associated Women Students' Co-ed Week

Date: 02 15 1954
Description: As part of Co-ed's Week, an event designed to combine features of special interest to college women, two University of Wisconsin women look at displays of ...
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Mrs. Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 08 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, posing in the kitchen cooking.
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League of Women Voters

Date: 02 20 1950
Description: League of Women Voters members Elizabeth Antonius (left), 221 South Owen Drive, and Josephine Jenkins, 2805 Sylvan Avenue, study a map in preparation for a...
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Mt. Horeb Rifle Club

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Fifteen men and women pose with their rifles in a indoor rifle shooting range.

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