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River Baptism

Date: 1888
Description: A baptism in a river in southern Wisconsin.
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Wild Goose Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

Date: 1952
Description: Elevated view of women dressed in buckskins performing the Wild Goose dance as men in headdresses are watching.
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Portrait of a Woman Graduate

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Description: A young woman is posing in an upholstered chair in front of a cloth backdrop for her graduation portrait. She is wearing a mortar board with a tassel, a da...
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Swan Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Elevated view of a group of women dressed in ceremonial clothing in two lines, with their arms out at the sides, performing the Swan Dance.
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Naturalized Citizens

Date: 01 17 1956
Description: Men and women holding United States flags after a ceremony in the federal courtroom making them naturalized citizens.
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Snake Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: A group of men and women, dressed in ceremonial clothing, performing the Snake Dance at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial.
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Snake Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: A group of men and women, dressed in ceremonial clothing, performing the Snake Dance at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial.
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Swan Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: A Native American Indian women dressed in buckskin is performing the Swan Dance as an audience is watching from the left background.
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Green Corn Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremony

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Description: Elevated view of a group of men and women walking in line of pairs as they perform the Green Corn Dance at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremony.
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Lincoln Monument

Date: 07 1908
Description: Unveiling ceremony, in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Two American flags and a Wisconsin pennant hang from a wire abov...
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Lincoln Monument

Date: 06 1908
Description: Unveiling ceremony, in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Two American flags and a Wisconsin pennant hang from a wire abov...
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Snake Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: A group of Native American Indians, dressed in ceremonial clothing, perform the Snake Dance at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial Snake Dance. The women are ...
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Ho-Chunk Men and Woman in Front of Awning

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Description: A Ho-Chunk woman, standing between two Ho-Chunk men dressed in regalia, including feathered headdresses, in front of an awning. Probably at a powwow. A dog...
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Inaugural Ceremonies at the Wisconsin Capitol

Date: 01 02 1961
Description: Two state officers that were inaugurated at ceremonies in the State Capitol. State Treasurer Dena Smith, Milwaukee, is the first woman ever elected to a Wi...
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Ho-Chunk Women and Horses in Wooded Area

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Description: Ho-Chunk women are sitting wrapped in shawls in a stand of trees. A dog is sitting with them. There is a group of horses and a wagon in the background. Pro...
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Swan Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) Indian women, dressed in ceremonial clothing, dancing the Swan Dance.
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Swan Dance at Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial

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Description: Three Native American Indian women are performing the Swan Dance at the Stand Rock Indian Ceremonial as an audience is watching in the background.
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Newly selected Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, receiving an orchid from Virginia Palan, legionnaire and WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency ...
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Women in the Temporary Ho-Chunk Village

Date: 1908
Description: A group of Ho-Chunk women wrapped in shawls gathering at the temporary Ho-Chunk village. Identified as the Homecoming Powwow at the intersection of Main an...
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Meat Market Display

Date: 1939
Description: Woman worker wearing a butcher's apron, poses holding a ham, in a meat market with Easter ham display.

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