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Group at Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Convention

Date: 06 1963
Description: Group portrait of men and woman at a Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets convention. Names, (l to r): Mildred Breedlove, Nevada; August Derleth, Wisconsin writer...
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Annual Panhellenic Style Show

Date: 04 14 1964
Description: Two of the models for the annual Panhellenic style show. JoAnne Hedlin is on the left and Nadine Shapiro is on the right.
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Disabled American Veterans Flower Sale

Date: 09 02 1964
Description: Wisconsin State Journal columnist Joseph (Roundy) Coughlin receiving an advance forget-me-not from Disabled American Veterans salesmen before the annual sa...
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State Bar of Wisconsin Presents Plaque to Felice M. Goodman

Date: 02 01 1965
Description: The State Bar of Wisconsin presents a plaque to Felice M. Goodman, 1015 Harrison Street, for writing an article entitled: "What A Wife Should Know" for the...
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Madison Community Welfare Council's New Officers

Date: 05 05 1965
Description: New officers of the Madison Community Welfare Council are, left to right, Walter Johnson, president; Dean Edwin Young, vice-president; Mrs. Wade (Aleen) Pl...
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Meeting Regarding Migrant Workers Aid

Date: 05 19 1965
Description: Four women interested in migrant workers are shown examining foods picked annually by migrants. They will participate in a meeting sponsored by Covenant Pr...
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Dane County Republican Women's Club Luncheon and Fur Style Program

Date: 10 27 1965
Description: Dane County Republican Women's Club hosts a luncheon and fur style show program at the Maple Bluff County Club. Shown modeling fur jackets are (L-R) Mrs. D...
Manuscript

Gridiron Club Fifty-Seventh Birthday Dinner Menu

Date: 02 28 1942
Description: Front cover and illustration from insert for the inauguration of club president Lewis Wood, with numbered illustrated phases of his career, and a banner re...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Marker

Date: 09 16 1962
Description: Participants in the dedication ceremony of the Laura Ingalls Wilder historical marker in Pepin, Wilder's birthplace, included, from left to right, Miss Ele...
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Rally

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Prom queen candidate Jean Riley of Green Bay (a.k.a. "Calamity Jean") appearing with two "bashful cowhands," who are singing on her behalf at the rally in ...
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Isabel La Follette and Deborah Sherman

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Isabel La Follette (right) and probably Deborah Sherman, are discussing the Woman's Service Exchange, which Mrs. La Follette started at the Madison Vocatio...
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Circus Fans Dinner for Circus Performers

Date: 08 02 1955
Description: Dr. Esther Kurtz greeting famous clown Emmett Kelly and his wife, Elvira, at a dinner sponsored by the Madison Wallenda Tent Chapter of Circus Fans of Amer...
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Dickey Chapelle at Matrix Dinner

Date: 03 30 1965
Description: Dickey Chapelle sitting and talking and smoking a cigarette prior to speaking at the Theta Sigma Pi Matrix Dinner in Memorial Union's Great Hall.
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Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Council Tea

Date: 08 1955
Description: Three graduating seniors model clothing especially suitable for college life at the tea sponsored by the Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Council. The models ar...
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One of Madison's Prominent Ladies

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: Milo and Ida Kittleson in their Spaight Street home. He is an attorney, and she has been active in several local charities.
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Models for Gamma Phi Beta Tea

Date: 05 22 1957
Description: Three Gamma Phi Beta undergraduates who will serve as models at the annual spring fashion tea. The co-eds, dressed in formal dresses, are left to right: Ja...
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Julie Harris, Borlis Karloff and Kermit Bloomgarden

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Description: Julie Harris, Boris Karloff, Kermit Bloomgarden and his wife Virginia Kaye are standing near a table at the Thespian Theatre Club Award dinner. Harris and ...
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CUNA Contributes Lt. Gerald C. Stull Fund

Date: 05 09 1958
Description: Women attending the convention of the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) collected a total of $38.37 and donated it to the Wisconsin State Journal...
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"High Society" Dress

Date: 06 05 1956
Description: A woman is modeling a dress with a shawl and a train. Behind her women are sitting at tables watching her go by. Caption reads: A dress worn by actress ...
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Tea for Lawyers' Wives

Date: 10 31 1958
Description: Officers of the State and Dane County Lawyers' Wives Association at a tea at the governor's mansion for members from area counties. In front are Helen Thom...

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