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Park Hotel Employees Party

Date: 01 04 1950
Description: Alfred Ellickson and Alfred Randall playing violin and guitar, while Adolph, standing at right, is holding a lighter up to a large cigar held in the guitar...
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Alfred Hopf, Taxi Driver

Date: 09 18 1953
Description: Alfred Hopf, a German Jewish refugee, wearing his uniform and sitting in his taxi, says driving a taxi in Madison is a far cry from his old career asa pro...
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William and Pearl Schwartz Family

Date: 10 19 1954
Description: William and Pearl Schwartz are a "Red Feather" family of the United Community Chest. Included in the portrait are their children: Alfred, age 14, is a Boy ...
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Chameleon Club Mardi Gras Party

Date: 02 26 1955
Description: Alfred and Nancy Ellrodt dress as a gasoline pump and station attendant at the "Mardi Gras" dancing party of the Chameleon Club at the Nakoma Country Club....
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Wisconsin Printmakers Exhibition

Date: 10 09 1957
Description: The 19th annual Wisconsin Printmakers Exhibition was held for the first time at the Memorial Union. Two works by Alfred Sessler, a professor of art educati...
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Sigma Alpha Iota Benefit Musicale

Date: 02 05 1959
Description: Guests Mrs. Alfred Stamm (left) and Barbara Bennett are welcomed by faculty patronesses Mary Justice and Fern Kirkpatrick during the Rho chapter of Sigma A...
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Lodi High School Class Reunion

Date: 10 10 1954
Description: Portrait of the seven surviving members of the Lodi High School Class of 1895, gathered for a reunion dinner. Seated are Attorney Robert A. Nelson, left,an...
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East Side Women's Club Spring Banquet

Date: 06 02 1948
Description: Officers of the East Side Womens' Club are, left to right: Mrs. Alfred (Bessie) Olson, 2029 Jenifer Street, treasurer; Miss Esther Weddig, 1702 Yahara Plac...
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Unofficial Ambassadors to Sponsor Tour of Mexican Art

Date: 06 18 1959
Description: Unofficial Ambassadors, Inc., a non-profit corporation devoted to further international understanding through cultural exchange, will sponsor a tour of Mex...
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: The family whose farm was the location where the alleged murderers were captured is pictured left to right: Anthony Pomputis, a friend of Robert Winslow, (...
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Blessed Sacrament School

Date: 03 22 1949
Description: The Blessed Sacrament Parent Teacher Association sponsored a crafts and hobby show. There were 148 pupils participating with a variety of entries. The winn...
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University League Junior Division

Date: 11 24 1947
Description: Three couples in charge of arrangements for the Junior Division dance of the University League at the Woman's Building are: Jack A. and Ida J. Borchardt; H...
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Madison City Council

Date: 04 16 1951
Description: An informal portrait, taken at a caucus at city hall, shows Madison's City Council, the city's mayor, and two of its top officials. In the foreground are C...
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YWCA-USO Hostess Unit Organizers

Date: 01 16 1952
Description: Organizers of a new YWCA-USO hostess unit discussing social events at Truax Field. Left to right are Mrs. Harris G. (Marion) Allen, senior hostess; Miss Do...
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Glenn Davis Filing Nomination Papers for Congress

Date: 03 13 1947
Description: Glenn Davis signing his nomination papers for Gaige S. Roberts in the Secretary of State's office. Davis was filing to become a Republican candidate for Co...
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Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 04 19 1948
Description: Visitng Nurse, Mrs. Helen Horehled, is assisting Mrs. Charles W. Swan. Mrs. Swan, age 82, is recuperating from a broken hip and is living with her son and ...
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Community Center Photographic Club

Date: 11 10 1949
Description: Three men, acting as judges for the Community Center Photographic color slide contest, view slides while seated at a table. They are, left to right: Robert...
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Farm Short Course Reunion

Date: 01 27 1960
Description: The Farm Short Course is a 74-year-old institution at the University of Wisconsin which has enrolled 12,414 students over the years. Attending the reunion ...
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club

Date: 11 29 1950
Description: Six members of the Dames Club, a group for wives of University of Wisconsin students who are from foreign countries, gather to do what appears to be craft ...
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Madison Vocational and Adult Education School

Date: 01 22 1957
Description: Madison Vocational and Adult Education School provides a new industrial arts program to students at Edgewood High School because there are is no program fo...

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