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Public Service Commission Meeting

Date: 03 16 1954
Description: Public Service Commission members are sitting around a long table before papers, taking up a proposal for a rate increase for the Madison Bus Company. A fe...
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Isabel La Follette and Deborah Sherman

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Isabel La Follette (right) and probably Deborah Sherman, are discussing the Woman's Service Exchange, which Mrs. La Follette started at the Madison Vocatio...
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Lincoln Day Dinner Committee

Date: 02 01 1955
Description: The committee in charge of arrangements for the 5th Annual Lincoln Day Dinner of the Republican party.
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YWCA World Fellowship Committee

Date: 06 1955
Description: Four women sitting around a bench in a garden by Lake Mendota. They are discussing plans for the Annual World Fellowship Benefit Garden Tea sponsored by th...
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Madison Civic Club Board Planning Meeting

Date: 08 08 1957
Description: Members of the board of the Madison Civics Club gather for a pre-season meeting at the home of the board chairman, Mrs. Thomas R. Hefty, at 31 Paget Road. ...
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Jaycette Fashion Show

Date: 08 20 1957
Description: The Jaycettes are completing plans for their annual fashion show at the Memorial Union Theater. Mrs. Ben Prochaska is the general chairman of a group of el...
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Youth Group Plan Dance

Date: 12 27 1957
Description: Working on plans for the upcoming "Jingle Bell Rock" dance for youth are sitting (left to right): Kathy Seifert and Karen Strand, and (standing) are Karen ...
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Westmorland Women Residents Annual Card Party

Date: 04 18 1958
Description: Committee chairmen for the annual card party for women residents of Westmorland. In the front row are Elizabeth Livermore, Mrs. Stanley Herbert, and Janet ...
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Optimists International District Convention

Date: 05 22 1958
Description: Members of the nominating committee get to work at the district convention of Optimists International at Hotel Loraine. Left to right are: Arthur Schmidt, ...
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Edgewood College Alumnae Barbecue

Date: 06 03 1958
Description: Group portrait of committee chairmen for the Edgewood College Alumnae chicken barbecue. Seated, left to right: Mrs. Norbert Esser, Mrs. James Rose, Ann Swe...
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University of Wisconsin Summer Prom Committee

Date: 07 16 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin Summer Prom Committee, (L to R): Sheila Campbell, Robert Gill, Kurt Brokaw, Wendell Langman, Frank Parsons, Bruce Creger, and Bever...
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Annual Observance of World Community Day

Date: 10 02 1958
Description: Madison church women plan to join United Church Women throughout the world to observe World Community Day. The service is held at the First Evangelical Uni...
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We Saw You . . . at Weatherly Hearing

Date: 04 07 1959
Description: A full room in Circuit Court #3, City-County Building, listens to testimony at the Police and Fire Commission hearing on misconduct charges against Madison...
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Madison Golf Club Women Prepare for Start of Golf Season

Date: 03 28 1959
Description: Chairmen of the Madison Country Clubs women group's Junior programs meet at Nakoma Country Club to make plans for the annual inter-club junior day to be he...
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1960 Madison City Council Group Portrait

Date: 04 17 1960
Description: The 1960 Madison City Council poses for a group portrait in the City County Building. The State Office Building at 1 West Wilson Street can be seen through...
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Attic Angels Benefit Sale

Date: 08 30 1960
Description: Nancy Taborsky and Doris Harper are Attic Angel members who are serving on the committee for the benefit sale. They are standing at the entrance to the liv...
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Unveiling of Monona Terrace Plans

Date: 01 23 1961
Description: Helen Groves stands on a chair for a better view of the unveiling of the plans for Monona Terrace to the Auditorium Committee by architect Wesley Peters.
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Wisconsin Legislature Public Hearing

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Emil Muelver, Milwaukee, listens to ...
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Wisconsin Legislature Public Hearing

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Assembly chamber is overflowing ...
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Wisconsin Legislature Public Hearing

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. All eyes are watching the movie "Ope...

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