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Women for Hillary

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: Two middle-aged women are holding up signs in support of Hillary Clinton. They are standing in front of a crowd of men and young women.
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View in Park

Date: 1907
Description: View in park with women holding parasols.
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Woman Supporting Hillary

Date: 02 11 2016
Description: A woman in a red coat is holding up a sign in support of Hillary Clinton. Behind her is a crowd of Hillary supporters.
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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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Woman with Book of Madison Men and Women in Service

Date: 04 07 1945
Description: Barbara Groves searches through a book of clippings of Madison men and women in service. The stories were published in the "Wisconsin State Journal" and t...
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Alice in Dairyland, Mary Ellen Jenks

Date: 08 22 1953
Description: Mary Ellen Jenks, Alice in Dairyland in 1953, dressed in a formal gown, standing with a cow, a clown, and another woman in a Golden Guernsey display.
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Tommy Bartlett Boat

Date: 1957
Description: Four women are standing in the Tommy Bartlett boat. Three of them are wearing striped bathing suits, and one woman is wearing a white bathing suit. Two wat...
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Madison League of Women Voters

Date: 07 02 1946
Description: United Nations poll, conducted by the League of Women Voters. Image appeared in the Capital Times newspaper.
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The Milwaukee Road Float

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: The Milwaukee Road float for Wisconsin Centennial Parade, "Wisconsin's First Railroad," with four women in sun dresses.
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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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Women in Fur Coats

Date: 1926
Description: Three women pose together wearing fur coats and fashionable hats. The woman in the middle is perched on a column near a storefront, and the woman on the ri...
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A View of Broadway

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Description: View across street towards the businesses lining the block. A woman is walking in the street.Caption reads: "A View of Broadway, Kilbourn, Wis."
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Proxmire Walking Through Wisconsin in Winter

Date: 12 22 1972
Description: Senator William Proxmire walked thousands of miles in Wisconsin to meet constituents. Here he is, in a snowmobile suit, shaking hands with a woman outside ...
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Meat Boycott

Date: 04 06 1973
Description: Two women picketing in front of a shopping center urging the boycotting of meat. One woman carries a NFO sign that reads: "Farm families must be paid for t...
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Group of People in "Leona" Motorboat

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Description: View across water towards a group of people, two men and five women, in a motor boat.
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New Lisbon Street

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Description: View of a woman walking on the sidewall along Bridge Street in New Lisbon. The woman is about to enter a shop with an old storefront. Behind her is a sig...
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Check-in at the Airport

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey (right) at the check-in counter at a Wisconsin airport. This view from behind the counter shows a woman checking his ticket and t...
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Pilot Holding Infant

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Description: Two men and a woman are in an airplane. One man is sitting and holding a baby. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. Wisconsin Central Airlines. Pilot or other per...
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Wisconsin Tourism Sign

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Description: Group of resort and hotel owners gathered in front of a Wisconsin tourism sign that reads: "Relax In Wisconsin." There is a building in the background.
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Woman Wearing Hat

Date: 1891
Description: Woman in a tilted hat posing in the foreground. Across the street are stores: J.J. McGillivray Sash and Door Company and Squire's Oyster House. Probably on...

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