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Mercantile Store

Date: 1907
Description: Interior portrait of Otto Lindner and unidentified woman in mercantile store.
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Interior of a Dry-Goods Store

Date: 1908
Description: Three women and one man pose at a cashier's counter in the interior of a dry-goods store, presumably in Wisconsin. Hammocks hang from the ceiling in the ba...
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Women in Mrs. E. Kammeyer's Millinery Shop

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Description: Six women in hat shop, three sitting and three standing. Hats are displayed on hat stands. Two women wear hats and two hold hats.
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Wonderful World of Paperback Books

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: An aisle of paperback books in a Madison bookstore. Two women are standing in the aisle.
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Shopping for Christmas

Date: 12 08 1961
Description: A woman is holding a doll while standing in front of a display of dolls and stuffed animals.
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Man and Woman in Drugstore

Date: 1960
Description: A man and woman stand behind the service counter at a drugstore.
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Republican Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A woman is holding a board with political buttons for sale for each of the Republican candidates in the debate. A young woman is looking at the buttons the...
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Manchester Lingerie Display Window

Date: 09 30 1930
Description: Manchester display window featuring one woman mannequin, and one woman bust mannequin, dressed in lingerie.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Museum Pharmacy

Date: 12 06 1944
Description: A woman, her son, and a sales clerk, all in period costumes in the drug store / pharmacy display in the Wisconsin Historical Society museum, then located o...
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Comf'y Marcel Beauty Shoppe

Date: 10 27 1930
Description: Beauty operators work on customers in booths while another woman waits in the Comf'y Marcel Beauty Shoppe, 2039 Winnebago Street. Moved to 1917 Winnebago S...
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Woman Demonstrating Pres Kloth

Date: 04 15 1942
Description: Woman holding iron and demonstrating the Pres Kloth (a pressing cloth) in Manchester's Department store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street.
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Hoeveler Furniture Store

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Description: Two people, a man and a women, sitting in the interior of the Hoeveler furniture store. Dora Barbara Koeveler married F. W. Kehl. Kehl then assisted his f...
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Bernie Buttons

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: A woman is standing and wearing an apron displaying political buttons in support of Bernie Sanders. The buttons are for sale, and she has money in the pock...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Children in front of Storefront

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Description: Three Ho-Chunk women and two children are standing in front of a storefront. The Ho-Chunk women and girl are all wearing shawls wrapped around their heads ...
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Art Fair

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Description: Artists and vendors are sitting in wooden chairs next to displays of paintings for sale. Two women, dressed in traditional Swiss dresses, are looking at th...
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Interviewing a Bernie Sanders Supporter

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: A reporter is interviewing a woman selling signs in support of Bernie Sanders as a camerawoman is recording them. Another man stands nearby.
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Meat Market Display

Date: 1939
Description: Woman worker wearing a butcher's apron, poses holding a ham, in a meat market with Easter ham display.
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Women's Fashion Show

Date: 02 28 1941
Description: Women's style show with female model on the runway and women sitting in the audience at Manchester's Department Store.
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Mautz Paint Co. Demonstration

Date: 12 12 1935
Description: Men and women watching a Mautz Paint Co., demonstration in store at 118 State Street.
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Professional Women in Madison

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Portrait of Erdis Hansen, owner of The Perfume Shop.

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