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Maple Bluff Teenagers

Date: 11 12 1948
Description: Some of the young people who attended the first of a series of informal parties for teenagers living in Maple Bluff. The party was at the Lakewood school. ...
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Summer Vacation Jobs for Youth

Date: 07 12 1949
Description: Ginny Hall, a West High School senior, has a summer job caring for Sharon and Sandra Sinn, the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Sinn, 3405 Blackhawk Dr...
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New Teachers

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: New home economics teachers at West High School Jeane Schwartz and Patricia Weege (center) are shown with pupils Pamla Wobig (left) and Carla Tande; they a...
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Ethel Miller Models Coat

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Sixteen-year old Ethel Miller models a coat her mother, Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.), made. The photograph was taken for an article about Elizabeth's seamstr...
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Ethel Miller Models Skirt

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Ethel Miller models a skirt made by her mother, Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller. The photograph was taken to accompany an article in the Wisconsin Sta...
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Elizabeth and Ethel Miller Modeling Clothing

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller and her daughter Ethel model dresses sewn by Elizabeth. The photograph was taken to accompany a Wisconsin State Journa...
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Champion Football Team at Banquet

Date: 11 17 1953
Description: The Waunakee High School championship football team attends a banquet. They are, seated left to right: Principal Robert Riehl, Reverand Wayne Turner, Wisco...
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Orchard Ridge Community Club

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Teenagers from the Orchard Ridge neighborhood gather to make plans for their Teen Club activities. Sitting on the floor are Roberta Powers and Janet Gill. ...
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Babysitting the Charlton Children

Date: 08 07 1956
Description: Linda Taylor babysits the three Charlton children: Mary Teresa, 4 years old; Brendan, 3 years old; and Delia, two years old.
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Osseo Cheerleaders Wearing Indian Headdresses

Date: 03 14 1957
Description: Four Osseo cheerleaders with the letter "O" sewed to their sweaters pose on one knee with pompoms covering their legs. They wear (Sioux) Native American he...
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Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: Wiener Roasts

Date: 07 18 1940
Description: Page from the log book of bike hosteling trips sponsored by Neighborhood House. Trip participants were Anita Genna, Florence Quartuccio, Lily Caruso, Franc...
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Neighborhood House Album: Summer Sewing Group

Date: 1932
Description: Group of girls in a summer sewing group at Neighborhood House, posing in their finery with Gay Braxton (back row, center, under ceiling lamp), head residen...
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Vogue Fashion Show For Teens

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Four teenage girls admire a formal dress presented at the Vogue fashion show, designed as a clinic for teenagers who like to sew. Left to right: Cathy Lawl...
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Vogue Fashion Show for Teens

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Beverly Richels, a student at Madison East High School, participates in the Vogue fashion show designed as a clinic for teenagers who like to sew. She mode...
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Neighborhood House Scrapbook: Lucy Martinelli Sewing

Date: 1939
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with Lucy Martinelli stitching a seam using an elaborately decorated electric sewing machine. Sewing cla...
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East High School Football Banquet

Date: 11 05 1957
Description: Group portrait of the main speakers at the 36th East High School football banquet. Seated left to right: Herbert (Butch) Mueller, head coach; Rev. Charles ...
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Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Girls Sewing

Date: 1946
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with girls sewing in a handicraft group.
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West High School Valentine Dance

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Gail Cooper (left) and Margaret Sy (center) chuckle at the mouse image made by Ann Koch (right) for the Valentine Dance at West High School.
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"We Saw You" at the Middleton Fashion Show

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: Don Acker, a Middleton High School baseball player, is shown with student fashion models in their self-made clothes. They include, from left, Marilyn Mille...
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"We Saw You" at the Middleton Fashion Show

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: James Shipley pretends to draw while his fellow pretend pupils, (left to right): Doris Breunig, Ruth Dahik, and Jackie Reisdorf, look on at the Middleton H...

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