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Woman with Dollhouse

Date: 11 14 1955
Description: Woman making a small adjustment to an interior room in a dollhouse.
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Women in a Parlour

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Description: Four women are posing sitting in a parlor in front of an organ. One of the women is sitting on the floor holding a kitten.
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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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Four Women in a Parlor

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Description: Interior portrait of four women posing sitting and standing in a room next to an organ and a book shelf.
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Mary and Mark Drews

Date: 06 08 1984
Description: A woman and a man are posing together in a room. The man is sitting in a chair, and the woman is sitting on the arm of the chair. On a table in the foregro...
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Three Women Reading

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Description: Interior group portrait of three European American woman posing sitting and looking at a book. The woman on the left is knitting.
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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 Idea Theater Group

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Description: Members of the Wisconsin Idea Theater Group in costume, one man posing dressed as a fisherman, a woman as a bathing beauty, and another person as a giant f...
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Woman Posed Standing by Window

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Description: Woman posed standing by a window and table in a home. She is holding an object in her right hand, possibly a frame for photographs. On the far right is a p...
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Man Surrounded by Six Women

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Description: Indoor portrait of six women and a man posing sitting.
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Switchboard Operators at the Telephone Exchange Office

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Description: Indoor group portrait of an office space. with two women posing sitting at a telephone switchboard, and another woman posing standing. The woman standing i...
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Studio Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of an unidentified woman posing standing in front of a light-colored backdrop. She has a light-colored lace drapery over her left shoulder,...
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Indoor Portrait of Woman and Dog

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Description: Portrait of a woman posing standing and petting a dog that is sitting on a chair near a window. A woodburning stove is in the foreground on the left. There...
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Woman in Lacy Dress

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Description: Full-length portrait of an older woman in front of a painted backdrop of books on bookshelves. She is wearing a white dress with lace at the wrists, and is...
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Madison League of Women Voters Dinner

Date: 10 08 1959
Description: Three members of the Madison League of Women Voters chat at a league dinner. Left to right are Mrs. Henry Lardy, Mrs. Laura Munson, and Professor Clara Pen...
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Woman in Black Dress

Date: 12 1992
Description: Jill Bremigan in a black velvet and lace cocktail dress that she made from Butterick pattern 6402 (1992). She wore it to a Christmas party held in Madison,...
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Wedding Party

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Description: Interior group portrait of parties in a wedding, including four women and five men.
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Crowning of Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1952
Description: Beverly Ann Steffen of Appleton is crowned the 1952 Alice in Dairyland.
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Arthur J. Gafke Residence

Date: 02 13 1952
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Arthur J. Gafke, seated in the living room of her octagon home in rural Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin.
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Family Group

Date: 1915
Description: Unidentified posed group of an elderly man, and three women, with the one in the center holding an infant in her arms. The group is standing outdoors in fr...

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