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Fashion Show Models

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: Dorthea Keefe, left, and Mary Strapp wearing the clothes they will be modeling for an upcoming fashion show presented by the Rosary Altar Society of Blesse...
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Grace Episcopal Church Rector's Guild Dance

Date: 01 31 1961
Description: Two members of Grace Episcopal Church model for the style show that will precede the annual Rector's Guild dance. Patricia Hefty is on the left and Jacquel...
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Truax Wives Entertain

Date: 12 01 1960
Description: Standing around the tea table at a reception for wives of prominent Madison residents are, left to right: Mrs. William Waltman, pouring tea; Mrs. J.B. Davi...
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What to Wear on UW Campus

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Jeffrey Renk and Annette Letendre, Madison Edgewood high school graduates and freshmen at the University of Wisconsin pose in formal attire for attending f...
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What to Wear on UW Campus

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Two Monona Grove high school graduates who are now freshmen at the University of Wisconsin, Dean Wichern and Carolyn Wurz, shown dressed to go to a footbal...
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What to Wear on UW Campus

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Bonnie Isabella, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin and a graduate of Madison West high school, wearing black cotton knit capri pants and a white "s...
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What to Wear on UW Campus

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Janice Clark, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin and a graduate of East high school in Madison, is shown wearing a straight stone green and gray pla...
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What to Wear on the UW Campus

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Constance and Kathleen Froker, twin graduates of Wisconsin high school in Madison and freshmen at the University of Wisconsin, model clothing that is consi...
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College Women's Fashions

Date: 08 04 1960
Description: A model poses by loading dock doors. Sue Reynoldson wears a beige cocktail dress that's cuffed in lynx. Miss Reynoldson attends Rollins College, Winter Par...
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College Women's Fashions

Date: 08 04 1960
Description: A model posing sitting on a deep window sill near a bicycle. Sara Volz teams a blue and gold plaid skirt with a gold bulky knit orlon sweater, navy blue kn...
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College Women's Fashions

Date: 08 04 1960
Description: Judy Dornfeld wears a "beatnik" raincoat that doubles as a topcoat. Miss Dornfeld will be a junior at the University of Wisconsin. She is standing in front...
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Whitefish Bay Summer Resort

Date: 01 03 1901
Description: Text on front reads: "Glückliches Neues Jahr [Happy New Year]. Whitefish Bay Summer Resort." A crowd of people are enjoying the grounds and view at a resor...
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 08 09 1920
Description: Text on the front reads: "M.E. Church, Waukesha, Wis." Three women and a child stand in the street in front of a limestone church built in 1895 in the Rich...
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Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Three women standing outdoors on a sidewalk viewing a dress on a mannequin in the foreground inside a show window on Capitol Square. They are (L-R): Linda ...
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Children's Style Show

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Two women examine a script. Jeanne Anderson, left, was chairman of the children's style show sponsored by the East Side Women's Club and held at the East S...
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Children's Style Show

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Jullaine Simon holds an umbrella while modeling a 1913 confirmation dress at the Children's Style Show sponsored by the East Side Women's Club.
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"Dress Day" at Blackhawk Country Club

Date: 08 12 1931
Description: Group portrait, taken outdoors, of twenty women in antique costumes competing in a style show at the Blackhawk Country Club, 3606 Blackhawk Drive.
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Woman on Runway

Date: 02 28 1941
Description: Woman on runway at Manchester style show.
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Porter with Baggage

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Porter helping woman deboard train. Part of Manchester's "Back to School" fashion.
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Woman Deboarding from Train

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Woman on steps of railroad car. Part of Manchester's department store "Back to School."

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