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Beekeeping Class

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Description: Group portrait of men and women posing outdoors in full beekeeping gear. Part of a class on beekeeping in Wisconsin.
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Canoeing

Date: 1940
Description: View across water towards six women, three in each of two canoes, are smiling as they paddle near a shoreline in the background. There are buoys farther ou...
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Reading Braille

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Description: A woman in dark glasses, who is a resident of Dane County Hospital and Home, reads a book in Braille as her therapist looks on.
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On a Motor Boat

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Description: Elevated view of two young men and two young women sitting in a motorboat. The driver is wearing a shirt, and the two women and the other man are wearing b...
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Republican Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A woman is holding a board with political buttons for sale for each of the Republican candidates in the debate. A young woman is looking at the buttons the...
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Trump Supporters Waiting for the Rally

Date: 08 05 2016
Description: Slightly elevated view of three women waiting in a crowd for the Trump rally to begin. One woman in the center is holding onto a walker and is wearing a pi...
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Rib Mountain

Date: 1950
Description: In this photograph marked for cropping for publication, a group including a young woman, two young men and a boy observe the features of a rock outcropping...
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Woman in Rowan Creek

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A woman wearing sunglasses with her jeans rolled up is standing in Rowan Creek near York Farm during the Sound Storm music festival.
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At Kilby Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Six women and girls are reflected in the water as they model their swimming costumes on the beach. Another woman observes from behind. The caption reads: ...
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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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Womens' Picnic Party

Date: 1910
Description: Four women seated as a small picnic party in a wooded area. Jane Ashmun and Harriet Millard are seated on the left. One of Jane Ashmun's daughters is seate...
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Amish Auction

Date: 07 1994
Description: "Amish Auction."
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University of Wisconsin's 111th Commencement

Date: 06 08 1964
Description: Low angle close up shot of four smiling striding women carrying their graduation diplomas. They are wearing graduation hats and gowns and high heeled shoes...
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Protesters at the Donald Trump Rally

Date: 08 16 2016
Description: A line of men and women standing in a parking lot holding up their protest signs. One calls for Donald Trump to release his tax records, another is in supp...
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All Arabian Horse Show

Date: 06 14 1963
Description: Low angled view of a woman scrubbing a tethered horse with a puddle of water beneath them. The woman and owner is Caroline West of Burlington. Her horse is...
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Mind Altering Tattoos

Date: 2004
Description: Two men, a woman, and a dog posing outdoors in front of the storefront of Mind Altering Tattoos.
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1951
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Marjean Czerwinski, wearing her crown and gown, rides on the back of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
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Visiting Japanese Students at Leon's Frozen Custard

Date: 1980
Description: View across parking lot towards a group of Japanese woman posing in front of Leon's Frozen Custard. Caption reads: "Visiting Japanese students posed in fro...
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Schoebel Barn — Interior

Date: 2004
Description: The interior of the Schoebel barn is immaculate. The last cows milked here was in 1988. Ken was born on the property in 1931.
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Angela R. Davis

Date: 06 13 2015
Description: Modern tintype, full length, formal portrait, of Angela R. Davis, Development Officer, Wisconsin Historical Foundation. She is seated in a chair with her a...

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