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Two Women in Swiss Costume

Date: 1941
Description: Two women in Swiss costume, possibly for the Wilhelm Tell Festival.
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Swiss Group

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Description: Hand-colored studio portrait of women and children in Swiss costume.
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Woman on High Rock

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Description: A woman in an Indian dress and headband sits at High Rock in the Upper Dells looking over the Wisconsin River at a tour boat.
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Woman in a Swiss Costume

Date: 1941
Description: Portrait of a woman in a Swiss costume holding a bouquet of flowers.
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Women in Costume

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Description: Group portrait of four European American women posing standing and sitting. One woman is dressed in men's clothing.
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Women on Stage

Date: 1916
Description: Seven women on stage, apparently in a scene from an amateur theatrical performance, wearing conventional street clothes.
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Women Cooking at Pageant

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Description: Two women in hats and dresses are stirring the contents of a cooking pot hanging on a tripod. Caption reads: "Stoughton, Wis. Pageant. Women in native cost...
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Actress as Indian

Date: 1857
Description: A woman dressed in Indian headwrap with feather, wrapped in a blanket, for a performance of "Black Hawk, or Lily of the Prairie," written by Mary Elizabeth...
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Woman Standing Near Trees

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Description: Woman posed standing in a yard among deciduous trees.
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Outside Villa Louis

Date: 1968
Description: A woman dressed in period clothing is holding the hand of a young girl, with her parents standing behind her. Two other women in period clothing are standi...
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Women in Halloween Costumes

Date: 10 24 1938
Description: Group portrait of nine women posing indoors in Halloween costumes. 119 N. Butler Street.
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Women Dressed as Men

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Description: Outdoor view of two women dressed in men's clothing posing standing. The woman on the right is holding a pitchfork, and the woman on the left is holding an...
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Women with Alpine Horn

Date: 1955
Description: Two women in Swiss costume kneeling in the grass during the Swiss Cheese celebration. One is blowing into an alpine horn while the other holds the instrume...
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 08 22 1953
Description: Mary Ellen Jenks, Alice in Dairyland in 1953, dressed in a formal gown, standing with a cow, a clown, and another woman in a Golden Guernsey display.
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Women Masquerading as Men

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Description: Four women dressed as men posing togther for a portrait. The woman on the left is wearing a beard and has a pipe in her mouth. In the center is a woman wea...
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Wilhelm Tell Festival Flag Bearers

Date: 1952
Description: Four women in Swiss costume, three of whom are holding flags, at the Wilhelm Tell Festival.
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Four Women in Costume at Blackhawk

Date: 09 05 1934
Description: Four women in costume at Blackhawk Country Club for "Costume Golf Day."
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Grecian Poses

Date: 1899
Description: A group of seven women dressed in white flowing gowns strike "Grecian poses".
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Group Dressed in Costumes

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Description: Studio portrait of five men and five women dressed in several different costumes.
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Woman and Child

Date: 1930
Description: A young woman in night cap and dressing gown holds an infant in a long white dress. She is seated on a Victorian settee.

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