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Local 326 Installation Ceremony

Date: 11 03 1951
Description: Four men are behind a table, one of them standing. A banner in the background includes the logo for the Textile Workers Union of America, and the words "Lo...
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The Ivan A. Nestingen Family

Date: 01 28 1961
Description: The Ivan A. Nestingen family poses with a congratulatory bouquet celebrating Mayor Nestingen's appointment as undersecretary of the United States Departmen...
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Funeral Service for Roy L. Matson

Date: 12 06 1960
Description: Members of the Wisconsin State Journal staff carry the coffin bearing the body of editor Roy L. Matson from St. Andrews Episcopal Church. Rector Rob...
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Provident Savings and Loan New Building

Date: 11 28 1960
Description: Provident Savings and Loan employees work area in the company's new building at 126 South Hamilton Street.
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We Saw You . . . at West Side Garden Club Show

Date: 11 17 1960
Description: The West Side Garden Club holds its annual "Holiday House" show. Proceeds from the show are used for garden therapy, civic projects, conservation, and scho...
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We Saw You......at West Side Garden Club Show

Date: 11 17 1960
Description: The West Side Garden Club holds its annual "Holiday House" show. Shown (L-R) are Mrs. Mary Ethel Van Hagan, Garden Club President, 2105 Madison Street; and...
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We Saw You . . . at West Side Garden Club Show

Date: 11 17 1960
Description: The West Side Garden Club holds its annual "Holiday House" show. Shown at an informal holiday table are, (L-R) Mrs. Sarah Jamieson, Properties Committee, 1...
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Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh

Date: 1874
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of a reproduction of a painted portrait of Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, with his wife Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Rus...
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Attic Angels Benefit Sale

Date: 08 29 1960
Description: Jean Anatonius, Katherine Lemmer and Virginia Hall, Attic Angel members who are assisting with the arrangements for the benefit antique and artificial flow...
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Wives of Soil Scientists

Date: 08 16 1960
Description: Wives of soil scientists attended a get-acquainted tea at the home of UW President & Mrs. Conrad Elvehjem. Carrie Nelson, left, wife of Wisconsin's governo...
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St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing Crowning Ceremony

Date: 05 21 1959
Description: Students of St. Mary's hospital School of Nursing held their annual May crowning ceremony by crowning the statue of the Blessed Virgin with a wreath of flo...
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We Saw You . . . at Bankers Open House

Date: 11 28 1958
Description: The Wisconsin Bankers Association holds an open house at their new offices in the Wisconsin Power and Light Company building, 122 W. Washington Avenue. Sho...
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Skavlem Family

Date: 1875
Description: The Skavlem family is around the table at the home of Lars H. Skavlem. A cloth, books, a vase of flowers and fruit are on the table. The two men on the r...
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West Side Garden Club Sale

Date: 10 28 1958
Description: Members of the West Side Garden club admire an arrangement of dried material for their upcoming sale. Members, left to right, are: Ethel Falk, Geneva Lail,...
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Mary Livingston Griggs and Guest

Date: 1957
Description: Mary is seated on the right, wearing a navy blue skirt and jacket and a pearl necklace. Her guest is wearing a navy blue dress with three-quarter length sl...
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Graduation Ceremonies Tea for Madison General Hospital Nurses

Date: 08 14 1958
Description: Women attending the tea for Madison General Hospital nursing graduation ceremonies. Seated on a couch, left to right, are: Jane Frederick, Lois Quam, and L...
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Main Lodge Sitting Room

Date: 1950
Description: Chinked horizontal log-walled room with thick wool area rugs. Heavy dark wood rockers and Windsor chairs with seat cushions. A hanging light hangs over a G...
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Dining Room in Main Lodge

Date: 1961
Description: A wood dining room table with a flower bouquet is surrounded by wooden Windsor chairs in a chinked log room with a log beam ceiling. Royal Copenhagen blue ...
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Family posed around Table in Yard

Date: 1871
Description: Detail from original. Original caption reads: "A large family group is gathered around a table for coffee. The women are holding bunches of flowers, and be...
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International Shrine of the Father Kingdom

Date: 1964
Description: Text on reverse reads: "International Shrine of the Father Kingdom. International Schoenstatt Retreat Center. W284 N698 Cherry Lane, Waukesha, WI 53188." A...

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