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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 10 23 1954
Description: Rebecca Rae Rodgerson, age three, hugs a doll she received from the Empty Stocking Club, as imagined in Monte Allen's dream. The club, sponsored by the ...
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Tri-Hi Sorority Members With Donations for Hungary

Date: 12 15 1956
Description: Portrait of Judy Friede of 709 Oneida Place, Kris Erickson of Old Sauk Road, and Terry Thomas of 4149 Mandan Crescent, members of Tri-Hi sorority arrive at...
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Griggs Album: Three Girls in Winter Jackets

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Description: Three girls posing in winter jackets, hoods, and mittens, standing behind a railing and in front of the door to a building. One of the girls is holding up ...
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 29 1957
Description: Empty Stocking Club's gift wrapping committee posing amidst dolls on display at Sear's toy department. Left to right: E.L. Diener, manager of the Sears sto...
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Madison Woman's Club Doll Project

Date: 12 11 1957
Description: Gertrude Kepke, chairman of the social service department of the Woman's Club of Madison, and Lauraine Jensen, chairman of the club's orthopedic work, are ...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Orioles Club Scrapbook: Orioles with Their Dolls

Date: 1940
Description: Group portrait of the Orioles, members of a club for ten-year-old girls at Neighborhood House. A former worker at the settlement house then working in a ho...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Orioles Club Scrapbook: Li Hsiu Lan

Date: 1939
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by the Orioles, a girls' club at Neighborhood House, with papercuts and an image of Li Hsiu Lan, a girl to whom club members cor...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Orioles Club Scrapbook: Orioles with Dolls and Scrapbooks

Date: 1940
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with members of the Orioles, a girls' club at the settlement house. There are six images of members displ...
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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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Opus Dei Fun-O-Rama

Date: 01 31 1958
Description: Frances Weiler, left, and Maxine Solon look over a collection of dolls which will be for sale at the upcoming Fun-o-rama. The Fun-o-rama is a philanthropic...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service Annual Meeting

Date: 10 15 1958
Description: Group portrait of attendees of the annual meeting of the Madison Visiting Nurse Service at the Blackhawk Country Club. Members of the decorating committee ...
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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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Group of Eighth Grade Girls in the Boys and Girls Club

Date: 05 1928
Description: Outdoor group portrait of eighth grade girls in the Boys and Girls Club. Two of the girls are holding small dolls.
Poster

Comité Américain Pour les Régions Dévastées de France

Date: 1919
Description: Poster with an illustration of a woman holding a baby in her arms being presented a house by a woman on the American Committee for the Devastated Regions o...
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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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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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