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World War II Bond Sale

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Three women buying war bonds at Manchester's Department Store while two clerks ring up the sale. The three women are all wearing fur coats, as it is a spec...
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Woman Buying War Bond from Santa Claus

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Woman buying a war bond from Santa Claus, who was helping other Manchester employees wait on crowds of purchasers at the bonds-only sale on the store's mai...
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Decorating YWCA Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1943
Description: Two young women decorate the Christmas tree at the Madison YWCA.
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Legislators Signing In

Date: 1951
Description: Newly-elected members of the Wisconsin Assembly signing in. Facing the camera left to right are: E. William Proxmire (D-Madison), Hermann Eisner (D-Cross P...
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Four young women blowing on noise makers, with other people watching, celebrating V-J Day, August 15, 1945, the day on which the Allies announced the surre...
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Three women with noise makers. V-J Day celebration August 15, 1945, the day on which the Allies announced the surrender of Japanese forces during World War...
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Mother and Baby

Date: 01 03 1944
Description: Patricia Fitzpatrick is held by her mother (?), Frances Risdon Fitzpatrick. The house is decorated for Christmas. Patricia was born Aug. 26, 1943 and her f...
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Hadley - Whitman Wedding

Date: 06 1946
Description: Women assembled for the bride's bouquet toss at the Helen Louise Hadley-Dr. John Farrell Whitman wedding reception at the Alpha Xi Delta sorority house, 12...
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Community Center Young Adult Club

Date: 03 05 1947
Description: Francis Beecher and Dorothy Rawlings indulge in a drink and conversation celebrating the 1st Anniversary of the Community Center's Young Adult Club.
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Plucking Turkeys

Date: 11 1947
Description: Two girls, holding turkey feathers, are watching the production line at Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona, where two women workers are plucking turkeys.
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Weighing a Turkey

Date: 11 1947
Description: A worker at Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona, is weighing a turkey as two girls are looking on.
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East Side Women's Club Hobby Show

Date: 11 12 1956
Description: Mayme Peterson (Mrs. Alf), seated at table at East Side Women's Club hobby show with her handicrafts, including a pine needle basket.
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East Side Women's Club Hobby Show

Date: 11 12 1956
Description: Helen Quale (Mrs. O.H.) and Leatha Premo (Mrs. Lewis W.) with their china collection at the East Side Women's Club Hobby Show.
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Woman with Dresden and German Bisque Figurines Collection

Date: 11 12 1956
Description: Frieda Luloff (Mrs. Harold L.) with her collection of Dresden and German bisque figurines at the East Side Women's Hobby Show.
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Patronesses of Sigma Alpha Iota

Date: 02 1955
Description: Patronesses of the University of Wisconsin chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota serve as hostesses at the benefit musicale sponsored by the Madison alumnae group. P...
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Naturalized Citizens

Date: 01 17 1956
Description: Men and women holding United States flags after a ceremony in the federal courtroom making them naturalized citizens.
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Cake Cutting at the Wisconsin Garden Club Jubilee

Date: 10 01 1952
Description: Margaret E. Garnett (Mrs. A.C.), of Madison, program chair of the convention, and Mrs. Linus Boehm of West Salem, president of the state federation, cuttin...
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Bessie Koen serves the first course of the traditional turkey-and-trimmings dinner to James Eckert. Dinner was served by the Volunteers of America to 56 me...
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: William Thorp and Hattie Reed bow their heads in prayer before Thanksgiving dinner is served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its Sunset Club.
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Lt. Col. Frieda Nolte, officer in charge of the Madison post, welcomes Jenny Frothingham to a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56...

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