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Curling Match

Date: 1950
Description: Two women compete in a curling match. Several spectators are visible in the background.
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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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Mary Davison Bradford

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Mary Davison Bradford. She was the first women in Wisconsin to serve as a superintendent of schools. She served in Kenosha from 1910-1...
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Women Washing Dishes

Date: 1912
Description: Two women are standing at a table in a kitchen, with one woman drying a dish, and the other washing dishes in a large bowl. Dishes and pans are stacked on ...
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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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Portrait of Woman in Bonnet

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated woman wearing a bonnet.
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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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Woman Holding Baby in Papoose Carrier

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Description: Portrait of a young woman in buckskins holding a baby in a cradle board.
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Portrait of Two Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two women in front of a painted backdrop. One woman is seated and one is standing, are they are dressed in fashionable dresses. The woma...
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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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Portrait of Woman in Chair

Date: 1893
Description: Studio portrait of elderly woman in black dress with large bow at neck, seated in chair with hands crossed in her lap in front of a painted backdrop. She w...
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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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Studio Group Portrait of Mary Oppenheimer Mills and Two Others

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three European American women. The woman in the center is standing between two other women who are ...
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Woman Curling

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Description: A woman is leaning over the ice preparing to deliver the stone in a curling game. She is holding a broom in her left hand and the stone in her right.
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Tea Room / Restaurant (?)

Date: 1920
Description: Woman and child standing in a room with three tables covered in tablecloths. Caption reads: "Dodgeville, Wis."
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Woman Sitting in Armchair

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated woman in a stuffed chair in front of a painted backdrop. Etching on negative says, "Heaselen's Mother."
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Woman Working in Laboratory

Date: 01 10 1948
Description: A woman in a laboratory coat working in a laboratory. (Possibily Jane Fred?).
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Young Woman in Norwegian Costume

Date: 1878
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a young woman in Norwegian costume.
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Woman in Athletic Clothing

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Description: A woman wearing athletic clothing stands in a room with a punching bag.

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