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Madison Hadassah Chapter Members

Date: 04 14 1948
Description: Three members of the Madison chapter of Hadassah at the first annual donor luncheon at the Hotel Loraine. Pictured from left to right is: Mrs. H.D. (Clara)...
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Madison Hadassah Chapter Members

Date: 04 14 1948
Description: Two members of the Madison chapter of Hadassah at the first annual donor luncheon at the Hotel Loraine. Pictured is Mrs. E.M. (Anita) Weinshel seated at th...
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Madison Hadassah Chapter Members

Date: 04 14 1948
Description: Three members of the Madison chapter of Hadassah at the first annual donor luncheon at the Hotel Loraine. Pictured from left to right are: Mrs. Sam (Ida) L...
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Edgewater Hotel Opening

Date: 04 23 1948
Description: Edgewater Hotel manager, Austin Falkner, watches Dr. Donald Bowle register as the first guest at the hotel. Dr. Bowle is professor of the department of ana...
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Edgewater Hotel Garden Entrance

Date: 04 26 1948
Description: Interior view of flower garden entrance to the new Edgewater hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue, America's newest hotel.
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Edgewater Hotel Lobby

Date: 03 26 1948
Description: Edgewater Hotel lake shore lobby decorated by Lowell Frautschi of Frautschi's Inc., 219 King Street, where warm colors and bold lines create an air of eleg...
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Edgewater Hotel Opening

Date: 04 26 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm hanging a dedication plaque on the wall of the Governor's suite in the new Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue. Shown looking on...
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Edgewater Hotel Opening

Date: 04 26 1948
Description: Emerald-walled living room in a guest suite in the new Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue. The hotel has sixty-six suites made up of 150 rooms; each roo...
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Edgewater Hotel Bedroom

Date: 04 26 1948
Description: A bedroom in one of the guest suites in the new Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue. Striking wallpaper in shades of brown and soft green is complimented...
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Governor's Suite in Edgewater Hotel

Date: 04 26 1948
Description: View of the bedroom of the Governor's Suite in the new Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue. The room is decorated in restful browns and beiges, accented ...
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Testimonial Banquet for Thomas E. Jones, UW Track Coach

Date: 05 27 1948
Description: Testimonial banquet, in Crystal Ballroom of the Loraine Hotel, sponsored by the Rotary Club, for Thomas E. Jones, U.W. track coach, who will be retiring af...
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Hot Water Boiler

Date: 07 12 1948
Description: One of two new hot water boilers being moved into the basement boiler room of the Hotel Loraine. A special ramp had to be constructed into the basement, an...
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Edgewater Hotel Opening

Date: 08 12 1948
Description: Edgewater Hotel at the foot of Wisconsin Avenue. Lake Mendota is in the background.
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Gov. Rennebolm at WKOW Microphone

Date: 08 31 1948
Description: Gov. Rennebolm at WKOW microphone at a table with six seated men. Probably taken at the Dane County Republican Club gathering at the Hotel Loraine.
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Dinner for Bishop H. Clifford Northcott

Date: 09 14 1948
Description: Four attendees at a dinner at the Hotel Loraine welcoming Dr. H. Clifford Northcott, the newly-elected bishop of the Methodist Wisconsin conference. Pictu...
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Women of the Royal Neighbors of America

Date: 09 15 1948
Description: Women who attended the deputy school conducted by the Royal Neighbors of America at the Hotel Loraine. Officers seated in the front row are, left to right,...
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UW Military and ROTC Officers and Wives

Date: 10 02 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin Military and Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) commanding officers and their wives at a fall social party held in their h...
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Blied Building with Sidewalk Scaffolding

Date: 10 02 1948
Description: Inside view of the wood scaffolding built over the sidewalk along the South Carroll Street side of the Blied Building, 29 West Main Street. The scaffolding...
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Earl Warren for Vice-President Campaign

Date: 10 07 1948
Description: Miss Louise Marston, right, society editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, talking to Mrs. Earl Warren, wife of the Republican nominee for the vice-...
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Earl Warren for Vice-President Campaign

Date: 10 07 1948
Description: Harvey Higley, left, chairman of the state Republican voluntary committee, shakes hands with United States vice-presidential candidate Earl Warren at a rec...

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