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Race of Dimes

Date: 02 05 1949
Description: Two children in wheelchairs, Jean Bokina, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bokina and right, Steven Butts, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Freeman Butts, with ...
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Izaak Walton League Award Ceremony

Date: 03 19 1949
Description: Members of the Izaak Walton League presenting the member-at-large award to Fred Luening of Milwaukee for his work in conservation. In the photograph are, l...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball Court

Date: 03 21 1949
Description: Sheila Kivlin, Madison, and Nancy Spiegel, Milwaukee, both members of Gamma Phi Beta, who will serve on the "court of honor" for the UW Military Ball, two ...
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Winners of the American Legion Oratorical Contest

Date: 03 24 1949
Description: Winners in the American Legion oratorical contest held on the campus of the University of Wisconsin are shown being congratuated by Lieut. Gov. George M. S...
Book or Pamphlet

Patriotic Songs

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Description: Cover design of a pamphlet entitled "Patriotic Songs (Not For Self But For Others)," compiled by Pat Malone, featuring a Ku Klu Klux Klansman posing inside...
Book or Pamphlet

Cover of "The Kourier"

Date: 09 1932
Description: Cover design of "The Kourier," a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) publication, featuring a drawing of a klansman wearing a conic hat and white robes and holding a torch ...
Book or Pamphlet

The Kourier

Date: 03 1932
Description: Cover design of "The Kourier" featuring a klansman wearing a conic hat and white robes, holding a burning cross in one hand and the American flag in the ot...
Photograph

Family Service Agency

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Mrs. Margaret Mentzner, a fulltime employee of the Family Service Agency, is shown hearing the bedtime prayers of a small boy whose mother is sick and abse...
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Eleanor Roosevelt Speaks for SCEF

Date: 05 26 1959
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt speaks at a fund-raising event for SCEF, the Southern Conference Educational Fund, held at the Hotel Delmonico. She praised SCEF particul...
Poster

Madison Alliance for Homosexual Equality

Date: 1970
Description: Poster promoting a meeting of M.A.H.E. (Madison Alliance for Homosexual Equality) to be held every Wednesday evening at 9:00pm at the St. Francis House.
Poster

Those Gay Boys are Takin' Over

Date: 1971
Description: Poster produced by the Madison Gay Liberation Front promoting their weekly meeting at the St. Francis House, located at 1001 University Avenue. A young man...
Photograph

Jane Addams

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well as the American Ci...
Photograph

Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington

Date: 06 24 1949
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington, Washington D.C., president of the National Federaton of Women's Republican Clubs, in her suite at the Hotel Loraine.
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National Federation of Republican Women's Clubs

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Police Chief Bruce Weatherly meeting with members of the National Federation of Republican Women's Clubs who were touring government offices while in Madis...
Photograph

National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs

Date: 06 28 1949
Description: Advisory board members of the National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs being entertained by the antics of a circus elephant in the Capitol park duri...
Photograph

National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs

Date: 06 27 1949
Description: Members of the advisory board of the National Federation of Women's Republican Clubs attending a meeting at the Hotel Loraine. Pictured from left to right ...
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Madison Youth Council Officers

Date: 06 29 1949
Description: Madison Youth Council officers taking the oath of office from City Manager Leonard G. Howell. New officers, front row, left to right: Sherwyn Woods, pres...
Photograph

Nakoma Women's Golf-Guest Day Chairman

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: Mrs. Ralph E. (Mariel) Campbell of 133 Manitou Way, chair of the women's organization of the Nakoma Golf club, standing on the course with a bag of golf cl...
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Nakoma Women's Golf-Guest Day

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: Standing and sitting around a table on the porch of the Nakoma Golf Club are club members (left to right): Mrs. Lester C. (Eleanor) Lee, 4229 Wanda Place, ...
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Labor Day Parade

Date: 1955
Description: The Brooklyn Grange parade float in a Labor Day parade. Men and women on the float mimic various household and recreational activities.

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