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Lake View Lutheran Lutefisk Dinner

Date: 11 10 1954
Description: Slightly elevated view of three women and two men playing cards while sitting on Mid-Century couches around a kidney shaped coffee table. On the coffee tab...
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Running for Re-election

Date: 1970
Description: Running hard for re-election after having served less than a full term, Congressman David R. Obey greets card-playing seniors.
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Film Still from "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of group of well-dressed men at a table playing a game of cards; money is on the table.
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Film Still from "The Bride of Hate"

Date: 1917
Description: Film still of group of well-dressed men at a table playing a game of cards; money and drinks are on the table. The men are all wearing top hats.
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Stagette Day at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 07 18 1956
Description: Women members of Maple Bluff Country club hold their first Stagette Day with golf prizes. Four of the organizers are shown at a table playing cards. They a...
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Pioneer Homemakers Christmas Party

Date: 12 09 1992
Description: "Pioneer Homemakers Christmas Party. L-R: Betty Schmidt, Myrtle Luhn, Loretta Sauer, Rogeen Franzen, and Shirley Widmer."
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Student Nurse Week

Date: 10 07 1957
Description: Methodist hospital student nurses Karolyn McCauley (left) and Mary Bach (right) join in a card game with Robert Lloyd of Janesville and Jack Durham (in a w...
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Richard Marshall Jr.

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Richard Marshall Jr. holds a cribbage board made from a walrus tusk, and has a pair of sealskin and fox fur moccasins his lap. Marshall served 18 months wi...
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Dog Clearing Bar Table

Date: 11 1946
Description: Four men playing cards at a table with a fifth man seated on a radiator observing at left. In the foreground, a dog clears an empty beer bottle from the ta...
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Stagette Day Planning Committee

Date: 07 14 1958
Description: Members of the committee who are making arrangements for the annual "Stagette Day" at Maple Bluff Country Club. Seated from left to right: Zella Svendsen, ...
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YW Teen-Canteen

Date: 01 22 1959
Description: Activities at the Teen-Canteen at the YWCA, 122 State Street, are sponsored by the Junior High Y-Teen clubs in Madison. A foursome involved in a card game ...
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Poker Reunion

Date: 1975
Description: This was a reunion of a group that used to meet in the 1950's to play poker. Around the table, starting at the left: Lawrence Steger, Jr., Ralph Bodden, Do...
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Milwaukee Card-Playing Tournament

Date: 1965
Description: Two men, competitors in a state card-playing (skat) tournament.
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Nakoma Welfare League Benefit Card Party

Date: 09 02 1959
Description: Three members of the Nakoma Welfare League complete preparations for the annual benefit card party. Left to right: Esther Poehling, Sarah Smith, and Ruth B...
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Ladies Playing Cards

Date: 07 1963
Description: Group of women playing cards while wearing hats and pearls.
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Card Party

Date: 1967
Description: Middle-aged woman seated at an outdoor table with refreshments. She is wearing a hat made out of newspaper. The occasion is a card party arranged for older...
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Madison Woman's Bowling Association Winners

Date: 08 16 1960
Description: Annabelle Schotten, secretary of the Madison Woman's Bowling Association, congratulates the two winners at the annual Roundup of the MWBA. Dorothy Campbell...
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Playing Cards

Date: 12 1906
Description: Sarah Krueger and Henry Bigalk playing cards at a table set up outdoors next to the porch. Henry is smoking a pipe and has a large bottle of alcohol sticki...
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U.W. Students Playing Cards

Date: 03 14 1961
Description: Four University of Wisconsin students are sitting around a table playing cards.
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Westmorland Women Plan Card Party & Show

Date: 04 26 1961
Description: Group portrait of the planning committee for the annual Westmorland neighborhood card party and style show entitled "A Night in New Orleans." The show is t...

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