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Collection of Food for Salvation Army

Date: 12 23 1930
Description: Collection of food for Salvation Army. Shows four men, two in uniform, and two wearing suits, in the Strand theater lobby.
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Sture and Geneva Johnson Residence

Date: 06 28 1955
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...
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Students with Clothing for Clothing Drive Collection

Date: 05 01 1945
Description: Eleven students from Highlands-Mendota holding clothes collected for the Madison and Dane County clothing drive. Pictured are room captains, first row left...
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Community Chest Kick-off Luncheon

Date: 10 24 1949
Description: Members of the Sunset Garden Club decorate a table in the guild hall at Grace Episcopal Church for the kick-off luncheon for the Madison Community Chest dr...
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P.E.O. Memorial Hall

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Description: Interior view showing the stage and reception hall of the Philanthropic Educational Organization, founded in 1869. Decorative seating, tables, draperies, ...
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Male Almshouse

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Description: Exterior view of the Male Almshouse, a home for the aged and ill. The brick structure is lined with windows, and two adults walk past to the left of the h...
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Female Almshouse

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Description: Exterior view of the Female Almshouse, a home for the aged and ill. A woman stands outside the door, and a telephone pole stands to the right of the buildi...
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Attic Angel Home and Garden Tour

Date: 05 28 1954
Description: Martha Hart and her daughter Abigail sitting on a wall in their garden at 1208 Bowdoin Road in Shorewood Hills. The Hart home and garden is included in the...
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Attic Angel Home and Garden Tour

Date: 06 28 1954
Description: Gregor, a Great Dane dog, resting beside a stone wall in the garden of Mrs. S. L. Odegard in Fox Bluff. The Odegard garden is included in the Attic Angel H...
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Altrusa Club Spring Garden Festival

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: Mrs. Norman Gill is standing and looking out of a window from inside her home at Spring Hill Farm near Cambridge, viewing the surrounding countryside and t...
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Hadassah Annual Eye Bank Luncheon

Date: 11 1959
Description: Four members of the Rachel S. Jastrow chapter of Hadassah work on decorations for the annual eye bank luncheon to be held at Temple Beth El. Left to right ...
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We Saw You at Shrine Summer Tea

Date: 06 25 1955
Description: Refreshments are served outdoors at the summer tea and jelly mart sponsored by Madison Shrine, No. 6, of the White Shrine of Jerusalem. Ruth Blood (center...
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Sewing Circle of Luther Memorial Church

Date: 02 09 1956
Description: Three women prepare "materials used in the making of cancer dressings." The women include Eleanor Britt, Florence Anderson, and Marcia Udelhofen. The orig...
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Feeding The Needy

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Description: Feeding the needy in Friedenau-Wilmersdorf at the Kaiserplatz.
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Civilians Enjoying a Free Meal

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Description: Daily scenes of the crowd gathered in front of the garrison door waiting to receive a free noon day meal from soldier's kitchen.
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Miss America Visits Madison

Date: 10 22 1957
Description: Miss America, Marilyn Elaine van Derbur, giving a speech at Madison's United Givers' Fund banquet during the Madison stop on her tour of the country.
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Attic Angels Benefit Sale

Date: 08 30 1960
Description: Virginia Purnell, one of the three co-chairmen of the Attic Angel benefit antique and artificial flower arrangement sale is shown at the front entrance of ...
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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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