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City-County Canteen

Date: 08 21 1957
Description: Employees of the new City-County Building enjoying refreshments in the canteen. Marion Burns (left) and Dorothy Gaukel visit at a standup coffee counter be...
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Kitty Daly

Date: 02 21 1958
Description: Kitty Daly, a cab dispatcher for the City Car Co. for the past 17 years, has been answering the phone in front of a microphone and an electrical telegraph....
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Railroad Women Honored

Date: 04 23 1958
Description: Pins for 40 years of membership in the grand international auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers were presented by, at extreme right, Mrs. C...
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U.W. Co-Ed Engineering Student Lynn Stodola

Date: 09 30 1958
Description: Lynn Stodola, Black River Falls, one of the few U.W. College of Engineering chemical engineering students, stands at the blackboard with Professor Roland ...
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University of Wisconsin Class Reunions

Date: 06 10 1958
Description: Members of the University of Wisconsin classes of 1923 and 1933 have challenged each other for an "attendance challenge" at their respective reunions. In t...
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Hostesses for the Wisconsin Capitol Information Booth

Date: 07 01 1958
Description: Governor Vernon W. Thomson looks over a Wisconsin road map with three college student hostesses at the information booth in the Capitol rotunda. The studen...
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Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Staged work environment for employees in an industrial setting. In the foreground a man wearing work coveralls is standing at a lathe on a plant floor. Beh...
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Aaron Bohrod, U.W. Artist-in-Residence, with Family

Date: 04 1955
Description: University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, relaxing at his home located at 715 East Gorham Street. He is pictured with his son Neil (8-year...
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University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 12 1958
Description: New U.W. president Conrad A. Elvehjem and his wife standing in the garden of the official residence at 130 Prospect Avenue. The many-roomed house was prese...
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Katharine A. Church

Date: 08 15 1960
Description: Katharine A. Church is shown seated outside in her backyard, paintbrush in hand, in front of an easel with a painting depicting flowers. A flower garden is...
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YMCA Men-Only Bridge Tournament

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: J.F. Coenen is concentrating on the next play of his hand at the men-only bridge tournament at the City YMCA. A glass ashtray is on his right, and a woman ...
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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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Moving Day at CUNA Mutual

Date: 09 30 1960
Description: When their furniture finally arrived at the new CUNA Mutual Insurance Society building, these three women went to work straightening it up so that they'd b...
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Homeowner Redecorates with Contemporary Styling

Date: 12 27 1957
Description: The tri-level home of I. Franklin and Arline Houseman, 821 Lakewood Boulevard in Maple Bluff, was redecorated with her choosing the color scheme. The "stri...
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State 4-H Photography Project

Date: 06 24 1958
Description: Georgia Dietrich, Janesville, and Marie Awieg, Watertown, both active in 4-H activities, examining the photography exhibit in the Memorial Union. Photograp...
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One of Madison's Prominent Ladies

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: Milo and Ida Kittleson in their Spaight Street home. He is an attorney, and she has been active in several local charities.
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Lions Club Constitution Day Luncheon

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Senator Alexander's wife visiting with Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon Thomson at the luncheon. An unidentified man is on the right, but not included in ...
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Charles & Victoria Slayton

Date: 01 02 1962
Description: Portrait of Charles & Victoria Slayton, parents of astronaut Donald "Deke" Slayton, sitting in their home in Leon, Wisconsin with framed photographs of the...
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Sorority Rush

Date: 09 23 1957
Description: Group of college women wearing name tags while standing on Langdon Street, waiting their turns to tour all the sorority houses hosting informal teas. It wa...
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At Home With State's Lawmaking

Date: 02 11 1959
Description: Carolyn Blanchard, wife of GOP floor leader of the assembly, David Blanchard, is shown standing next to pillars in the assembly gallery.

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