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Canning Factory

Date: 1977
Description: Slightly elevated view of women who are working processing corn on a canning assembly line at the Fall River Canning Company. They are wearing aprons and g...
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Studio Portrait of Two European American Women

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two unidentified women. The woman on the left is posing sitting on a prop stone wall, and the woman on th...
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Studio Group Portrait of Four European American Women

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Description: Studio group portrait of four unidentified women posing sitting with their heads close together. The woman on the left is wearing a dark-colored dress, and...
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Two Women Posing Indoors

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Description: Interior portrait of two women posing standing indoors near two chairs. The woman on the left is holding an apple and a bonnet, and the woman on the right ...
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Studio Portrait of Two Women

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Description: Studio portrait of two women. The woman on the left is standing and leaning to the right and is wearing a dark-colored blouse and skirt. The woman on the r...
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Studio Portrait of a Group of European American Women

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of seven unidentified European-American women. The four women in front are sitting; the three women in...
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Archivist Jesse Boell

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Description: Wisconsin Historical Society archivist Jesse Boell, later the archivist of the University of Wisconsin, seen in his office on the third floor of the Histor...
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Muscular Dystrophy Research at University of Wisconsin Hospitals

Date: 08 15 1953
Description: International scientists work alongside two American researchers on the University of Wisconsin Hospitals muscular dystrophy research project. Pictured lef...
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Christmas Mail

Date: 10 12 1944
Description: Clerk at the post office sorting Christmas parcels to be shiped overseas to men and women in service.
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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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Annual Matrix Banquet

Date: 03 12 1957
Description: Four women attend the annual banquet for members of Matrix, an organization for women journalists. They include, from left to right: banquet speaker, Esthe...
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Professional Women in Madison

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Portrait of Margery MacLachlan, Director of U.W. School of Nursing.
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Studio Group Portrait of Mary Oppenheimer Mills and Two Others

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Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three European American women. The woman in the center is standing between two other women who are ...
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Madison Women Host Television Shows

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. A husband and wife team, Bea and Carson Gu...
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Grocery Shopping

Date: 1950
Description: A grocery clerk boxes up purchases as a woman and her young son wait at the checkout counter.
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Oscar Mayer & Co. Sliced Bacon Department

Date: 01 1949
Description: Women preparing sliced bacon at the Oscar Mayer & Co. plant in Madison. At least fifteen women are working, most most of them wearing headscarves. Caption ...
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Woman Milking Cow by Hand

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Description: A woman in an apron, and with a handkerchief on her head, sits on a stool while milking a cow by hand in a barn. Other cows are visible in the background.
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Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Women and Girl in Regalia

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a Ho-Chunk girl posing sitting on a stool and wearing ribbon work skirt, between two Ho-Chunk women posin...
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Studio Portrait of Man and Woman

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Description: Waiskt-up studio portrait of a man and woman.
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The Grill Room

Date: 05 08 1964
Description: A waitress sets restaurant tables in anticipation of evening business.

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