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Woman Dressed in Ho-Chunk Clothing

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young woman dressed as a Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) Indian woman in fine jewelry and clothing.
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Women in the Rain

Date: 1900
Description: Three women in hats and long skirts walk with umbrellas in the rain.
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Four Women Wearing Feather Hats

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Description: Vignetted group portrait of four women standing closely in a row gazing at each other. The two women on the right stand in profile looking at the other two...
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Elderly Woman with a Book

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of elderly woman sitting in a chair, holding a book in her lap.
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Young Woman in Norwegian costume

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a young woman in Norwegian costume.
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Studio Group Portrait of European American Women

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three unidentified women. In the center, one woman is posing standing behind two women posing sitti...
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Winnebago Indian Woman

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Description: View of a Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian woman in traditional dress. The woman stands on stone steps, surrounded by flowers and trees.
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Studio Portrait of Two European American Women

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Description: Studio Portrait of two unidentified women posing sitting in front of a woman posing standing in the center behind them.
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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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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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Young Woman in Norwegian Costume

Date: 1878
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a young woman in Norwegian costume.
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Series of Four Portraits of Two Women

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Description: A series of four different portraits of two women posing in front of a painted backdrop. In the top left portrait, both women are sitting. In the top right...
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Seated Portrait of Woman in Striped Dress

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Description: Studio portrait of a seated woman wearing a striped dress.
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Portrait of Four Ho-Chunk Women in Shawls

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two Ho-Chunk women sitting in front of two Ho-Chunk women standing behind them. The woman sitting on the ...
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Studio Portrait of Three Unidentified European American Women

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Description: Waist-up studio group portrait of two women posing sitting together in front of a woman posing standing in the center behind them.
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Democratic "Delegettes"

Date: 04 19 1958
Description: Two women in the foreground are looking in a bag, which is marked: "DEMOCRATIC 'DELEGETTE' CHICAGO GETS MY VOTE". Fourteen women are standing in the backgr...
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Mrs. Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 08 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, at her desk in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Studio Portrait of Three Ho-Chunk Women

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Description: Studio portrait, taken in front of a painted backdrop, of two Ho-Chunk women posing standing in front of a Ho-Chunk woman posing standing slightly raised a...
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Woman with Long Hair

Date: 1922
Description: A young woman with long, loose hair sits in a chair in a yard. There is a cottage and lake in the background. She appears to have a mirror in her lap.
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Studio Portrait of an Unidentified European American Woman

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Description: Copy photograph of a studio portrait of a woman wearing a dark-colored blouse, and another woman, partially in view, wearing eyeglasses.

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