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Madison Art Foundation

Date: 08 11 1953
Description: Portrait of supporters of the recently incorporated Madison Art Foundation. Philip Falk (left), superintendent of Madison schools, shows a piece of artwork...
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Madison Labor Day Queen

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Mrs. Evelyn Gotzion of 3222 James Street in Madison, Labor Day Queen, shows her ring to Orla Coleman, president of the Madison Federation of Labor. The rin...
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Madison Women Host Television Shows

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. Beverly Stark, women's director of WMTV, c...
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New Residents

Date: 09 13 1954
Description: New Madison residents Dorothy and Donovan Palmquist moved to Madison after Reverend Mr. Palmquist became the new pastor of Central Lutheran Church.
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Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit

Date: 01 15 1955
Description: Nancy Thielen, left, and Charlotte Chidester sorting paintings for the Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit at Grace Episcopal Church.
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Miss America Visits Madison

Date: 10 22 1957
Description: Portrait of Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur, the crowned Miss America for 1958, as she visited Madison on her tour of the country.
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United Commercial Travelers Booster Meeting

Date: 02 07 1954
Description: Visiting at the state meeting of the United Commercial Travelers insurance company are, left to right: George Frost, Madison; Velma Foust, Madison; John Sc...
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Madison Women Host Television Shows

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. Jeanne Parr, also known as Jeanne Noth, ho...
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Madison Arts Guild Crafts Group

Date: 01 18 1955
Description: Muriel Chapman shows her hand-made pendant necklace to Winfried Guenther during the Madison Arts Guild Crafts Group idea exchange.
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service Luncheon

Date: 10 10 1954
Description: Among those attending the Madison Visiting Nurse Service fall luncheon at the Blackhawk Country Club are, from left to right: Clara B. Rue, Milwaukee, lunc...
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National Sales Executives of Madison Party

Date: 01 12 1957
Description: Shown chatting at the National Sales Executives of Madison party are: J.A. McIlnay, a member of the national board of directors; Virginia Manzer; Pearl McI...
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Madison Toories Curling Auxilary

Date: 12 03 1951
Description: Marion Leifer, a member of the Madison Toories — a women's curling group, is shown wearing a team Scotch hat decorated with pins displaying her curling exp...
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Mrs. Edward S. Dodge

Date: 08 21 1956
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Edward S. Dodge of Lake Mills, program chair of the Madison Woman's Club.
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Young Actress Promotes Movie in Madison

Date: 06 06 1958
Description: Twenty-year-old actress from Chicago, Dianne Hatch, stopped in Madison on a tour to promote the movie "Macabre" which will soon appear in local theaters.
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Vocational School Speech Class

Date: 02 04 1954
Description: Florence Baskerville directing a speech class at the Madison Vocational school.
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New Residents

Date: 09 13 1954
Description: Portrait of new Madison residents Doris Morgan and three and a half year old son, Gary, after arriving in Madison. Husband and father Thomas Morgan is now ...
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 04 10 1956
Description: Four women attend the second annual convention of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church. Seated, left t...
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Madison Art Association

Date: 04 03 1950
Description: Two members of the Madison Art Association spring banquet committee write out invitations to the banquet. Left, Mrs. Thomas R. (Madeline) Hefty, Edgewater...
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Madison Playground Crafts Program

Date: 08 11 1954
Description: Garland Smith, art supervisor in summer crafts for the Madison board of education summer playground program, stands in front of a display of items made by ...
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 08 09 1956
Description: Portrait of the new members of the board of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. Left to right: Johnette G, Finnegan, Mrs. Carroll Bremner, Kath...

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