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Group Posed Around Table

Date: 08 04 1945
Description: Eight couples and one woman with a corsage gathered around a dining table in the McNeel home. Eight women are wearing matching white capes and head scarves...
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New Candelabras at New Governors Mansion

Date: 02 02 1950
Description: Mrs. Oscar Rennebohm (left), Mrs. Oscar Toebaas, Mrs. H. Lewis Greene, and Mrs. Foster Blackburn admire the twin silver candelabras which the Dane County W...
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Dining Room in Wisconsin Governor's Residence

Date: 03 09 1950
Description: The dining room at the Wisconsin Governor's Residence with its scenic wallpaper is one of the loveliest rooms in the house. The rich antique blue of the ru...
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H.D. Brainard Home at Lone Rock

Date: 03 10 1950
Description: View of the furniture in the dining room of the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Brainard. The home was formerly the 1878 "old Don Johnson farm" in Bear Valley wh...
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West Side Garden Club Holiday House Decorations

Date: 12 08 1953
Description: Decorative holiday tea table center piece created by Mrs. C.A. Sakrison of Middleton. The displays were sponsored by the West Side Garden Club and shown at...
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Table Settings

Date: 08 03 1954
Description: Cecelia Maas created a table setting with a wild fowl theme. Walter and Cecelia love to hunt and to serve wild game when they entertain.
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Table Settings

Date: 08 1954
Description: Table decorations created by Matha Hart in a formal summer style.
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University of Wisconsin Football Pregame Party

Date: 10 26 1954
Description: Audrey Walsh arranges an heirloom crystal candelabra in preparation for a University of Wisconsin football pregame party. She plans to serve Swedish meatba...
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University of Wisconsin Football Pregame Party

Date: 10 26 1954
Description: Marilyn Sachtjen standing in her dining room while preparing the serving table for a University of Wisconsin football pregame party. She will be serving st...
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University of Wisconsin Football Pregame Party

Date: 10 26 1954
Description: Lucia Leach in her home prior to a University of Wisconsin pregame party. She will be serving baked ham, scalloped potatoes, a green salad, rye bread, and ...
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Thanksgiving with Grandmother

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: Michael Stebbins, 22 months; Patricia Stebbins, 8 months; Mrs. George G. Stebbins, Jr., mother; Bernice Stebbins, grandmother celebrate a three-generationa...
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Madison Friends of International Students

Date: 10 04 1956
Description: African students (left to right): Joseph Abrefa Ansah and Eugene Quaynor have dinner with Prof. Keith R. and Mary L. Symon and their four children, James, ...
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Madison Art Guild

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: A group gathers for the Madison Art Guild's annual Christmas party at the home of Doris Brobst. Shown: Jean Watson, Mrs. James M. Wilkie (Cross Plains), Mr...
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We Saw You at Credit Union Luncheon

Date: 05 1958
Description: A fashion show with models from various Madison credit unions is presented at a luncheon given at the Blackhawk County Club for wives who accompanied their...

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