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| Date: | 11 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its... |
| Date: | 06 28 1955 |
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| Description: | Geneva Johnson sits in the sunroom of her contemporary home at 313 New Castle Way in Maple Bluff. Her home will be featured on a July 14 Tour of Homes spon... |
| Date: | 09 27 1944 |
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| Description: | Bernhard "Bernie" Mautz, president, general manager, and founder of the Mautz Paint and Varnish Company, at his desk. Mr. Mautz was chairman of Madison's 1... |
| Date: | 01 18 1945 |
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| Description: | Ann L. Schmich, Director of Visiting Nurse service, sponsored by the Attic Angels. |
| Date: | 06 25 1948 |
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| Description: | Co-chairmen of "The Assembly" dance committee are Harriet Sisk, on the left, and Marjorie Bolz on the right, posing outdoors on steps. |
| Date: | 01 14 1949 |
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| Description: | Roundy Coughlin, right, turning over to Bernard Gill, secretary of Roundy's Fun Fund, a check for $4,000.25. This money is used for the handicapped childre... |
| Date: | 04 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Francis F. Bowman Jr., chair of the 1949 Madison Community Chest budget committee. Mr. Bowman is a mining engineer with the Mesabi-Mineral Asso... |
| Date: | 04 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Phoebe Hayes, librarian for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and representative from the Madison Feder... |
| Date: | 04 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Mrs. B.I. (Rose) Peterson and Mrs. P.H. (Celestine) Hyland having a cup of coffee at the Peterson home. Both women are members of the 1949 Madison Communit... |
| Date: | 04 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Professor J.C. Gibson, University of Wisconsin School of Commerce, a member of the 1949 Madison Community Chest budget committee. |
| Date: | 04 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Stanley Prideaux, worker at the Gisholt Machine Company, who is representing the CIO Dane County Industrial Union council on the 1949 Madison C... |
| Date: | 09 26 1949 |
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| Description: | Dorothy J. Frautschi (left), 31 Paget Road, and Louise Benner, 21 Old Shore Road, addressing envelopes for the Children's Service Society's annual membersh... |
| Date: | 03 08 1950 |
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| Description: | National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis - Dane County Chapter retiring officers Leonard T. "Dutch" Midland, March of Dimes Chairman, and James R. Law, ... |
| Date: | 09 19 1950 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Effie Stringer Coffman, founder of a Catholic sewing circle that made clothing and provided other help to unfortunate children. She founded St.... |
| Date: | 12 12 1950 |
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| Description: | Young child holding a doll. The image was taken to represent children helped by the Empty Stocking Fund. |
| Date: | 10 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Representing the Girl Scouts is Ann Toborsky, 516 South Orchard Street, a member of Troop 182 at St. James School. More than nine hundred volunteer workers... |
| Date: | 10 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Representing the Armed Forces is Pfc. John Mullinax of St. Joseph, Missouri, who is stationed with the air force at Truax Field. More than nine hundred vol... |
| Date: | 10 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Two-year-old "Jane" (not her real name), is one of the many foster children helped by the United Givers' Fund. More than nine hundred volunteer workers are... |
| Date: | 10 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Representing the Visiting Nurses Service is Mrs. Anna Forbis, 6112 Wingra Street. More than nine hundred volunteer workers are involved in a house-to-house... |
| Date: | 12 31 1951 |
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| Description: | Ann E. Boberschmidt, Edgewood College sophomore, is shown wearing a necklace and sweater. She was stricken with polio in November of 1945, paralysing her l... |
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