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"Minorettes" Quartet in Costume
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Four women are posing in costume. Caption reads: "The 'Minorettes' Quartet who sang for the 50th anniversary banquet of the Madison Art Association Memorial Union (Great Hall), 5/1/51: The museum staff helped dress girls in the museum costumes: From left to right: Mrs. J.W. Coyne (Rosemary), 104 S. Brooks, Madison is wearing dress 46.420 - black silk with red trim. 46.467 - large red hat, 1895. Also red parasol. Miss Arlene Radl: 48.1016 - garden party dress, 1908. 48.1140 - grey net hat with flower trim. 46.432 - light or dove blue ostrich feather boa. - Pink parasol with floral border. Mrs. Dorothy Bleicher: 48.1173 - 2 piece white wool and lace dress, sequin trim, c. 1900. 46.473 - lace hat trimmed with pink and red roses. - ecru lace parasol. (Miss Radl has someone take picture [sic] with her camera. She works for Bill Wollin's photo studio.)"
May 1, 1951
William Wollin Studio
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