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Rain on a Dreary Winter Day

Date: 12 03 1953
Description: A solitary woman is carrying an umbrella while crossing the street at the intersection of South Carroll and Main Streets. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in...
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Field Hockey Game

Date: 09 28 1960
Description: University of Wisconsin women students use field hockey "as an enjoyable way of getting their daily exercise."
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Summer Relaxation On The Capitol Grounds

Date: 07 07 1957
Description: A partially hidden woman lounges in the sun on a flight of exterior steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Only her legs and skirt are visible.
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. E.J. Wirka is shown hosing down her car in preparation for a spring washing.
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Fraternity Rush

Date: 09 23 1957
Description: Group of men on Langdon Street either participating in Fraternity Rush or watching women participate in Sorority Rush.
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Vernon County Homemakers Group Visit the Governor's Mansion in Maple Bluff

Date: 07 30 1958
Description: 295 members of the Vernon County Homemakers group boarded buses in Viroqua to travel to the Wisconsin Governor's Mansion in Maple Bluff. The women are show...
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University of Wisconsin Honor's Convocation

Date: 06 07 1959
Description: A group of 447 University of Wisconsin honor students stand in line to enter the University Memorial Union theater for the 21st annual honor's convocation ...
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Republican Centennial Birthday Party and Vintage Fashion Show

Date: 05 20 1954
Description: Three women attending the Republican Centinnial Birthday party are shown in period fashions in the style show associated with the celebration. Shown left t...
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Training Mothers to Teach Swimming

Date: 07 19 1960
Description: At right, Berthaida Fairbanks, physical education and Red Cross instructor, is standing on the side of a swimming pool training the women in the pool how t...
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Republican Centennial Birthday Party and Vintage Fashion Show

Date: 05 20 1954
Description: Four women attending the Republican Centennial Birthday party are shown modeling in the historical fashion show. Pictured from left to right are: Mrs. Char...
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Women's Western Open Golf Championship

Date: 06 24 1955
Description: Women spectators watch as a field of 20 professionals and 50 top amateurs began a 72-hole competition in the 26th Annual Women's Western Open golf champion...
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Spring Snow

Date: 01 26 1959
Description: Two women, seen from behind, are using umbrellas while walking on a snowy sidewalk on the first block of East Main Street on the Capitol Square in Madison.
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is being shown how to check oil in her car by her son, John, 14. Her other son, Eddie, 11, is watching the process.
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Smart Women Drivers

Date: 05 24 1959
Description: Mrs. Jean Wirka is shown gesturing to explain her first experience with parallel parking her car. She said: "And, somehow, I got in the space with no troub...
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University of Wisconsin Honor's Convocation

Date: 06 07 1959
Description: Twins Kathren (L) and Karen Olson (R), Chicago, participate in the University of Wisconsin Honor's Convocation at the UW Memorial Union theater. Both major...
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YWCA World Fellowship Committee

Date: 06 1955
Description: Four women sitting around a bench in a garden by Lake Mendota. They are discussing plans for the Annual World Fellowship Benefit Garden Tea sponsored by th...
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Maple Bluff Country Club Golf Lessons

Date: 07 09 1954
Description: Man squatting down pointing to a golf ball in a sandtrap at Maple Bluff Country Club, instructing a woman to how to hit it. There are several onlookers beh...
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U.W. Freshmen Welcome

Date: 09 10 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin students at the new Wisconsin Center building.
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What to Wear on the UW Campus

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Constance and Kathleen Froker, twin graduates of Wisconsin high school in Madison and freshmen at the University of Wisconsin, model clothing that is consi...
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Fashion Photograph

Date: 08 12 1954
Description: Fashion photo for Woldenberg's taken on the Edgewater Hotel Pier located on Lake Mendota at the end of Wisconsin Avenue. A woman in a striped dress, dark h...

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