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East Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 1893
Description: East Wisconsin Avenue showing men and women on the sidewalks and the Hotel Pfister in the background.
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Dell House

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Description: Exterior view up hill towards the Dell House, with two women posing in front.
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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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Cottage at Birchcliff Hotel

Date: 1926
Description: View across lawn of a guest cottage at the Birchcliff Hotel. A woman is seated in the screened-in porch.
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Jonathan Bowman Home for Women

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Description: Exterior view from street of a house in a residential neighborhood. A carport or porte-cochere is on the left of the front porch. Two women stand in the ya...
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Three Women in Costume on Horses

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Description: Rear view of three patriotically dressed women on horseback in town, riding toward the Merchant Inn.
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Wisconsin Tourism Sign

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Description: Group of resort and hotel owners gathered in front of a Wisconsin tourism sign that reads: "Relax In Wisconsin." There is a building in the background.
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Grand View Hotel

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Description: Side view across lawn of the Grand View Hotel, with a porch in the front. Cottages are in the background on the right. Women are sitting in the lawn chairs...
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Peerless Hotel

Date: 1908
Description: Slightly elevated view toward the Peerless Hotel, mostly obscured by trees. A group of women are in the park in the foreground. Caption reads: "Peerless Ho...
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Women of the Royal Neighbors of America

Date: 09 15 1948
Description: Women who attended the deputy school conducted by the Royal Neighbors of America at the Hotel Loraine. Officers seated in the front row are, left to right,...
Postcard

Sterlingworth Hotel, Lauderdale Lakes

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Description: Colored view across lawn towards a hotel with a screened-in porch. Three women are standing at the entrance on the left. In the center are three men standi...
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Women Walking Poodles

Date: 1965
Description: Two women, one walking a pair of toy poodle dogs, on a sidewalk in front of the Churchill Hotel.
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Park Hotel — Blue Room

Date: 03 01 1936
Description: Men and women sitting at tables drinking in the Blue Room at the Park Hotel.
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Wisconsin Chiropractic Association Auxiliary State Convention

Date: 09 26 1958
Description: Four women attending the annual state convention of the Wisconsin Chiropractic Association Auxiliary at Hotel Loraine are: Margaret Smith, Madison; Mrs. C....
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Attic Angels Ball — Receiving Line

Date: 04 06 1934
Description: Five women in ball gowns standing in the Attic Angels Ball receiving line in the Loraine Hotel, l to r: Mrs. Erwin Schmidt; Mrs. Wallace W. Chickering, Soc...
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Clinging to Windowsills

Date: 01 1883
Description: Photograph of an engraved image showing people clinging to a windowsill on the Newhall House attempting to escape the burning building. One woman in the fo...
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Rescue of Woman by Firemen

Date: 01 1883
Description: Photograph of an engraved image showing fire fighters rescuing a woman from the burning Newhall House.
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Riverside Hotel

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Riverside Hotel, North 1st Street opposite the railroad depot. Two women, one holding a dog in her lap, and a man are sitting in chair...
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Attic Angels Ball Registration Table

Date: 04 06 1934
Description: Two women greet guests at the registration table for the Attic Angels Ball in the Loraine Hotel.
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Dane County Republican Women Meeting

Date: 1955
Description: Nine women are sitting around a table. Caption reads: "Pictured above is the meeting of the Dane County Republican Women, held Thursday at 10 a.m. in the L...

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