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Two Women Standing

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two women, with arms linked, standing in front of a painted backdrop.
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Woman Posing before a Reflecting Pool

Date: 1898
Description: View of a woman wearing gauzy clothing and posing in front of a painted backdrop. Her hair is styled in a pompadour.
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Shooting Movie in Wisconsin Supreme Courtroom

Date: 02 23 1931
Description: Shooting movie in Wisconsin Supreme Courtroom in the Wisconsin State Capitol building.
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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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Women of the Red Cross

Date: 1918
Description: Women of the Dunn County Chapter of the American Red Cross posed with sewing machines in the Stout Institute Building.
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Studio Portrait of Seven Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three women posed standing, and four women posed sitting. The woman sitting on the floor on t...
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First Meeting of Women Library Workers

Date: 01 19 1977
Description: Group portrait of attendees of the organizing meeting of the Wisconsin Women Library Workers. The meeting appears to be in someone's home. From left to rig...
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Studio Group Portrait of European American Women

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Description: Group portrait of unidentified group of women. Two women are sitting on the left and right, with a woman standing behind them.
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Two Women with Potted Flowers

Date: 11 26 1944
Description: Two women in an alcove filled with potted flowers and plants. The older woman is sitting and the other woman, wearing a fur coat, is standing behind her.
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Portrait of Two Women

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Description: Full-length studio portrait of two women in front of a painted backdrop. One woman is seated and one is standing. One of the women is Annie Karls Dohm.
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Paulina Bunyan

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Description: Woman dressed as Paulina Bunyan (female version of Paul Bunyan) standing in the Minirama recreation of the Wisconsin Dells. She holds an axe in one hand an...
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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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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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Studio Portrait of Mamie Bearchief and Unidentified Woman

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Description: Studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop. Both woman are wearing dresses, earrings, and necklaces. The woman on ...
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Women Finishing Leather

Date: 1914
Description: Women working in the N.R. Allen Sons tannery during World War I. The women are finishing leather. An older man is hauling a cart load of hides at center.
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Oscar Mayer Company Laboratory

Date: 1938
Description: Two man and one woman are working in the laboratory of the Oscar Mayer Company plant. In the foreground the woman is writing in a book at a desk with a tel...
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Domestic Science Dining Room, Indian Training School

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Description: Several women in dresses are seated at a table in a formally decorated room. A woman stands holding a tray at the end of the table. The image appears in a ...
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Portrait of a Woman

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Description: A studio portrait of an elderly woman sitting in a stuffed chair and wearing eyeglasses.
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Portrait of Woman in Head Scarf

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated elderly woman wearing a head scarf and a large plaid necktie.
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Women of the Freie Geminde

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Description: Women of the Free Congregation (Free Thinkers) of Sauk City, gathered in the basement of their meeting house.

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