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Service Awards

Date: 12 31 1958
Description: Two women receiving awards for long and meritorious service at the U.S. attorney's office. The women employees are Mrs. Mabel H. Madson, left, Deerfield, w...
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Tomlinson Receives Nussbaum Life Insurance Award

Date: 04 22 1960
Description: Charles W. Tomlinson (center) receives the first annual A. Jack Nussbaum Wisconsin Life Insurance Man Award from Gov. Gaylord Nelson (left). The woman with...
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Madison League of Women Voters Essay Contest Winners

Date: 03 26 1952
Description: Caryl Regan, president of the Madison League of Women Voters, presents the first place award in the Essay Contest to Peggy Cafferty, Edgewood High School s...
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Matrix Banquet Honoring Outstanding Madison Women

Date: 03 14 1961
Description: Jeanne Bloomfield, Beaver Dam, pinning a corsage on Helen Matheson who was last year's toastmistress at the Matrix banquet honoring outstanding Madison wom...
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National Council of Jewish Women Award U.W. Scholarship

Date: 05 17 1960
Description: The Madison section of the National Council of Jewish Women awards a $200 scholarship to an outstanding Jewish high school senior girl from Madison who wil...
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Jean Meunier Keith

Date: 05 24 1955
Description: Jean Meunier Keith (Mrs. Jack Keith), who was presented with a book as an honorable mention prize in the annual Hugh A. Smith award for excellence in Frenc...
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Matrix Banquet Honoring Outstanding Madison Women

Date: 03 14 1961
Description: Group portrait of the speakers for the Matrix banquet which honors outstanding Madison women. From left are: Pat McCarthy, Rockford, Illinois, president of...
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Governor Warren Knowles and Georgia O'Keeffe

Date: 1966
Description: Governor Warren Knowles and Artist Georgia O'Keeffe at the presentation of the Wisconsin Governor's Award for Creativity in the Arts.
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Dane County Association for Mental Health Awards

Date: 02 08 1961
Description: Rev. Max Gabler, minister of the First Unitarian Society, shows a woman "Democratic Man," a book written by Edward C. Lindeman, during an award ceremony fo...
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Women of the Moose Give Nursing Scholarship

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: The hospital committee of the Madison Chapter, No. 291, of the Women of the Moose present a scholarship to a student nurse in a Madison hospital. Shown, le...
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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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Matrix Banquet Honoring Outstanding Madison Women

Date: 03 14 1961
Description: The two co-chairmen and their advisor for the Matrix Banquet honoring outstanding Madison women pose for a group portrait. Pictured looking at The Matrix M...
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Mrs. Max W. Sulewsky Wins Theodora Youmans Award

Date: 05 1960
Description: Mrs. Max W. Sulewsky is given the 23rd annual Theodora Youmans award by the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs for her achievements in conservation of t...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Prizes

Date: 06 14 1950
Description: Hildur Hanson, receptionist in the "Wisconsin State Journal" editorial rooms, looks over the 25-piece tool kit which will be awarded for the best construct...
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Courteous Drive Campaign Winners

Date: 01 24 1947
Description: Winners of the Courteous Driver award, given by AAA, are Jeanne Lindsay, seated in a car, and her father, H.E. Lindsay, standing on the driver's side.
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Phi Chi Theta Convention

Date: 06 15 1958
Description: Seated at left is Bernice FitzGibbon, who was initiated as an honorary member of the Phi Chi Theta organization at their national convention held in Madiso...
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Olivia Townsend

Date: 10 02 1960
Description: A woman is holding the handle of an unidentified gardening tool and posing in her yard. Caption reads: "Winning one of six plaques for yard beautification ...
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Theresa Lions Club Citizen of the Year

Date: 05 1998
Description: "Ruecker family members gathered when 'Buddy' (far right) received his award."
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Wisconsin Pork Queen 1964

Date: 02 19 1964
Description: Judy Noble, 18, a Burlington High School senior, is named the 1964 Wisconsin Pork Queen at the Wisconsin Spring Market Hog Show banquet. At the right is a...
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Growth Award

Date: 04 25 1997
Description: "Theresa village president, Chris Giese, accepts a Growth Award for outstanding tree management in the village of Theresa."

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