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Neighborhood House N.B.B.O. Club Scrapbook: Packing Juanita's Suitcase

Date: 12 1937
Description: Members of the N.B.B.O. Club at Neighborhood House, posing with the contents of a suitcase they put together to send to a five-year-old girl in Spain. The ...
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Grace Episcopal Church Centennial Fashion Show Dolls

Date: 02 11 1958
Description: Leonora Courtenay and Marjory Bush stand behind a shelf upon which six dolls dressed in hand-made authentic costumes of 1858 are posed. The dolls were a pa...
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Brownies with Japanese Dolls and Kimonos

Date: 03 10 1958
Description: Eighteen members of Van Hise School's Brownie Troop No. 187 wearing kimonos and Brownie uniforms while watching an adult show a Hina Doll, a ceremonial dol...
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Doris Withrow Enters Dolls in National Event for Second Time

Date: 09 24 1958
Description: Doris Withrow bids farewell to the dolls which she has dressed for her entry in this year's National Doll Dressing Institute competition held in cooperatio...
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Preparing for "U" League Dinner

Date: 01 06 1959
Description: Mrs. Frederic E. Mohs (left), Mrs. Carl Dutton, Mrs. A.R. Curreri, Mrs. Alfred J. Stamm, and Mrs. Virgil E. Herrick prepare Norwegian dolls to decorate the...
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Madison Woman's Club Meeting

Date: 10 07 1960
Description: Mildred Horne, the new president of the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs, was honored with a surprise "This is Your Life" program at a recent meeting ...
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Mrs. Groth and Daughter

Date: 07 08 1953
Description: Indoor portrait of Mrs. Groth sitting and smiling at her daughter, with her daughter's doll on her lap.
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Children at U.W. Nursery School

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: Bonnie Berman hugging a large doll.
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Sewing Class at Blessed Martin House

Date: 05 11 1954
Description: Beatrice Braton straightening the dress she made for a doll at a sewing class at Blessed Martin House. The dolls will be sent to an orphanage overseas in J...
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Sewing Class at Blessed Martin House

Date: 05 21 1954
Description: Margaret Rogers and Patricia Ann Johnson are chatting while working on doll dresses during a sewing class at Blessed Martin House.
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Sewing Class at Blessed Martin House

Date: 05 11 1954
Description: Bonita Gill, Marcia Gulrud, Jeanette Braxton, and Ann Gulrud admiring the dolls they made dresses for during a sewing class at Blessed Martin House. The do...
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Sewing Class at Blessed Martin House

Date: 05 11 1954
Description: Maria Johnson and Patty Poppa are looking on as Donna Harris is adjusting a sewing machine at Blessed Martin House. The girls in the sewing class made dres...
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Mrs. Ruth Pochmann's Doll Exhibit

Date: 1961
Description: Three dolls are posed together. One is wearing a veil. Caption reads: "19th Century dolls owned by Mrs. Henry A. [Ruth] Pochmann, Madison, in an exhibit in...
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Mrs. Ruth Pochmann's Doll Exhibit

Date: 1961
Description: Five dolls are posed together. The smallest — an African-American doll — is seated in a miniature chair. The caption reads: "19th Century dolls owned by Mr...
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Mrs. Ruth Pochmann's Doll Exhibit

Date: 1961
Description: Five dolls are posed together. Two are wearing veils and a third is wearing a hat. Photo caption reads: "19th Century dolls owned by Mrs Henry A. [Ruth] Po...
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Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Farmer Stevens Doll Exhibit

Date: 1909
Description: Sixteen dolls are posed together, with some seated and some standing. The caption reads: "Dolls owned by Mrs. Breese J. [Mary Elizabeth Farmer] Stevens, 40...
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Yule Tea for Homemakers Club Members

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Five-year-old Kristine Johnson holding a handmade Santa Claus doll at the Christmas tea for Dane County Homemakers Clubs.
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Christmas Cheer for Children

Date: 12 14 1957
Description: Kappa Sigma fraternity and Kappa Alpha Theta sorority members are entertaining a group of children, who each were given numerous presents. In the center, a...
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Madison Family Home from England for a Visit

Date: 03 27 1958
Description: Mrs. Mary Ellen Tank (wife of Martin Tank), with her children Jeffrey, (7) and Holly, (9). Martin Tank has been economic counselor and deputy director of t...
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Empty Stocking Club Recipient

Date: 11 25 1958
Description: An unnamed 4-year-old girl holds close her new doll. The Empty Stocking Club was founded in 1919 by the Wisconsin State Journal 'to guarantee that n...

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