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March of Dimes Activities

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Description: A group of elderly women sit together at a table working on March of Dimes activities. Pictured are Ona Smith, Julie Simonson, Mary Zweifel, Gussie Rowe, M...
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Birthday Party

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Description: Seven residents of the Dane County Hospital and Home gather around a table to celebrate a birthday. A birthday cake sits on the table.
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Lutefisk Supper

Date: 12
Description: Several women are served lutefisk at a lutefisk supper at the Dane County Home. There are plates of lefse and dinner rolls on the table.
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Physician Attends an Injured Man

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Description: A doctor bandages a man's head at the Dane County Hospital and Home. Another patient waits in the background with a nurse.
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Beautician Working with Oakwood Resident

Date: 02 24 1953
Description: A resident of the Oakwood Lutheran Nursing Home is given a permanent by an apprentice in the Madison Vocational and Adult School cosmetology program.
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Woman with Pets

Date: 1909
Description: An unidentified woman sits in a rocking chair holding the Middleton family dog, Tootsie, and a cat. The pets are dressed in gowns and the cat wears a sweat...
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Heritage Christmas Stockings

Date: 07 02 1953
Description: Mrs. Fred T. Cruse displays seven examples of her heavily decorated handmade velvet Christmas stockings, which she sells nation-wide and which retail for $...
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Blackhawk Country Club Junior Golf Lessons

Date: 07 24 1953
Description: Blackhawk Country Club pro, Kully Schlicht gives a golf lesson to his daughter, Joan Schlicht, who is barefoot. In the background is a fairway, woods and a...
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Schultz 30th Wedding Anniversary

Date: 09 04 1953
Description: Portrait of Paul W. and Emmy Schultz of 1006 University Bay Drive on their 30th wedding anniversary.
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Couple with Suitcases

Date: 09 08 1953
Description: An elderly couple hold suitcases while boarding or disembarking a train car.
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Ingeborg Starks

Date: 12 07 1953
Description: Portrait of Mrs.Ingeborg Starks on her 95th birthday.
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George Senty at Age 90

Date: 01 03 1954
Description: Portrait of George Senty, age 90. Senty died at age 99 on February 19, 1963. He was born in 1864 in Buffalo county and farmed in the Arcadia area and moved...
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Disabled American Veterans Officer Installation

Date: 04 04 1954
Description: Three Madison men, all past commanders of the post (Togstad-Glenn Chapter 2), get together for the first time in 10 years at the installation. They are Mar...
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Mrs. Susanna Stumpf

Date: 04 17 1954
Description: Mrs. Susanna Stumpf, widow of Mr. M.H. Stumpf, 1136 East Dayton Street, celebrated her 88th birthday with her family. She is holding her newest great grand...
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Lunda Family

Date: 06 23 1954
Description: Group portrait of four generations gathered at the home of 91-year-old Carrie Lunda. She is shown with her son, Ernest M. Lunda of Muskegon, Michigan; her ...
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Donald Rock Wayside Park Dedication

Date: 06 27 1954
Description: Vona Donald poses next to a newly dedicated plague. The occasion was the opening of a new wayside park located along Highway 92 between Mt. Horeb and Mt. V...
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Camels' Day at Vilas Zoo

Date: 07 11 1954
Description: Frank Wheeler of Muscoda, a 103-year-old member of the Zor Shrine Temple, takes a camel ride during the annual Camels' Day at Vilas Zoo. The event was spon...
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Christ Presbyterian Church Missionary Tea

Date: 07 16 1954
Description: Mrs. Elleroy M. Smith (left), a Presbyterian missionary in China for more than 30 years, was guest of honor and speaker at a missionary tea given by the wo...
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Elizabeth Govin

Date: 07 19 1954
Description: Portrait of Elizabeth Govin on her 90th birthday. She is sitting in a chair holding a book.
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Christ Presbyterian Church Missionary Tea

Date: 07 16 1954
Description: Group portrait of Florence Koehler, president of the church women's association, Leora Phillips, and Miriam Stroud. They are posing by the front door at 73...

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