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Badger Kennel Club Dog Show

Date: 06 28 1953
Description: Two men and two women looking at a terrier at the Badger Kennel Club dog show.
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Banquet for the Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps

Date: 11 21 1953
Description: Jan Harrington and Ed Kamm at the banquet for the midwestern champion Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps at the Nakoma Country Club.
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New Truax Field Officers Club

Date: 12 05 1953
Description: Guests at the Truax Field Officers Club formal "debt party" and dance celebrating the opening of the new clubhouse. Darlene Simmons is shown providing a "l...
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Panhellenic Ball

Date: 02 26 1954
Description: Chatting at the Panhellenic Ball in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union are sorority housemothers. Seated are Mrs. Ruth Gauchat, Mrs. Nyla Lowell, Mrs. Ke...
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Panhellenic Ball

Date: 02 26 1954
Description: Looking at the windmill decoration at the Panhellenic Ball in Memorial Union's Great Hall are (left to right): Thomas Murphy (general chairman of the ball)...
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Dane County American Legion Forty-and-Eight Banquet

Date: 03 28 1954
Description: Three Madison diners at the Annual Dane County American Legion 40-and 8-banquet were Mrs. Alex Drives, Circuit Judge Alvin C. Reis, and Mrs. Kathryn Nanker...
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Backyard Bloom of Pink Day Lilies

Date: 06 25 1954
Description: Matt Berschens shows off blooming day lilies at their peak in his back yard at 17 North Mills Street. The lilies are planted in pedestal container pots and...
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University of Wisconsin Summer Prom

Date: 08 06 1954
Description: Two couples taking a break from dancing at the university summer prom at the Memorial Union. From left to right are: Jaqueline Wilson (of Worcester, Massac...
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ABC-TV Dinner at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 10 09 1954
Description: Four men standing at a banquet table with a Bucky Badger ice sculpture as the centerpiece. One is holding one of the chrysanthemums that decorated the tabl...
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We Saw You . . . at ESBMA Banquet

Date: 01 20 1955
Description: Annual banquet of the East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) held at the Loraine Hotel. Shown left to right are past-presidents of the organization: ...
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Nellie Jones Attending a Circus

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Intently watching the performance at the Ringling Brother-Barnum and Bailey Circus is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Econ...
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We Saw You . . . at ESBMA Banquet

Date: 01 20 1955
Description: Annual banquet of the East Side Business Men's Association held at the Loraine Hotel. Shown at the speaker's table from left to right are: L.L. Lunenschlos...
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Grand Opening of Chandler's Shoes

Date: 09 1955
Description: Ribbon cutting at the grand opening of Chandler's Shoes located at 10 West Mifflin Street. The salesmen have carnation boutonnieres in their coat lapels.
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Grand Opening of Chandler's Shoes

Date: 09 1955
Description: Girl being fitted for new shoes at Chandler's Shoes, located at 10 West Mifflin Street, on the first day of business. The salesmen have boutonnieres in the...
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Founders Day Dinner Committee

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Members of the decorating committee for the annual Founders' Day Dinner for the Wisconsin Alumni Club looking at a model of Bascom Hall. From left are Sara...
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Jewish Welfare Meeting

Date: 05 08 1957
Description: Three of the eight women who attended the Initial Gifts luncheon to launch a Madison Jewish Welfare Fund drive. From the left are Frances Weinstein, Virgin...
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Jewish Welfare Meeting

Date: 05 08 1957
Description: The guest speaker at the Initial Gifts luncheon to launch a Madison Jewish Welfare Fund drive was Mrs. Harry Jones from Detroit, Michigan. She is a member ...
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Jewish Welfare Meeting

Date: 05 08 1957
Description: Mrs. N.J. Sudow (right) has annually served as hostess for the Initial Gifts luncheon to launch a Madison Jewish Welfare Fund drive. In the photo she visit...
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Jewish Welfare Meeting

Date: 05 08 1957
Description: Three ladies attending the Initial Gifts luncheon to launch a Madison Jewish Welfare Fund drive. From left are Dorothy Sinykin, Evelyn Minkoff, and Helene ...
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May Day Ceremony Held at St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: Veronica Goebel (of Racine) is carrying the crown of May flowers to place on the head of a Virgin Mary statue. Maids of Honor in dresses holding posies are...

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