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Commercial National Bank

Date: 03 10 1932
Description: The Commercial National Bank building, on the corner of State and Carroll Streets, housed the bank as well as Mrs. Brown's Beauty Shoppe and Wegener and Ro...
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Kiddie Camp Group Portrait

Date: 09 01 1932
Description: Group portrait of Kiddie Camp children at the end of their summer camp. Y.W.C.A. camp, 3900 block of Mineral Point Road.
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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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YWCA Activities

Date: 09 28 1948
Description: Four members of the Junior Y Teen group with their bicycles prior to starting out on a "bicycle hike" and picnic. Shown left to right: Charlotte McVicar, 7...
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Who's New Club Officers

Date: 09 14 1956
Description: Portrait of four officers of the Who's New Club during the fall luncheon at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Left to right: Mrs. John A. Mark, secretary; Car...
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YWCA Ski Classes

Date: 12 18 1953
Description: Participants in a YWCA ski class posing on a ski hill. They are, from left: Shirley Dickson, Gerry Birchard, and YWCA instructor Sylvia Tippet.
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Camp Maria Olbrich, YWCA Teen Camp

Date: 07 07 1954
Description: Two campers at Camp Maria Olbrich, a YWCA camp on the shore of Lake Mendota near Fox Bluff, sit on a log while making sketches. The girls are Susan Meyer (...
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Camp Maria Olbrich, YWCA Teen Camp

Date: 07 07 1954
Description: Judith Kayser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Kayser of 3 Bayside Drive, is one of the waterfront activities counselors at the YWCA's Teen camp on Lake M...
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Camp Maria Olbrich, YWCA Teen Camp

Date: 07 07 1954
Description: Evelyn Howe, daughter of Professor and Mrs. Herbert Marshall Howe, 2022 Chadbourne Avenue, practices archery at Camp Maria Olbrich, a YWCA Teen Camp locate...
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YWCA Benefit Tea

Date: 05 25 1956
Description: A floral arrangement typical of one used for a garden party in Holland stands on display at the YWCA benefit tea for internationally speaking University of...
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We Saw You at YWCA Garden Tea

Date: 06 14 1960
Description: The home of Sybil Hanks at 525 Wisconsin Avenue was the setting for the Madison YWCA garden tea. The program centered around various nationalities. Left to...
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We Saw You at YWCA Garden Tea

Date: 05 14 1960
Description: Two newly elected Madison YWCA board members talk with three Madison ministers. Left to right: Rev. Robert Towner, Blanche Hart, Rev. Howard Orians, Violet...
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We Saw You at YWCA Garden Tea

Date: 06 14 1960
Description: A number of children and husbands of YWCA members gathering while the YWCA has its annual garden tea in the garden of Sybil Hanks at 525 Wisconsin Avenue. ...
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YWCA's Camp Maria Olbrich

Date: 05 31 1961
Description: Peggy Moore is shown with the new sign which will mark the entrance to the YWCA's Camp Maria Olbrich on Lake Mendota.
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The Famous Madison Isthmus

Date: 1980
Description: Elevated view of East Washington Avenue from the Wisconsin State Capitol. There is a glass bank building on the right side of East Washington Avenue. The Y...
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We Saw You . . . at YWCA Tea

Date: 05 21 1954
Description: Visiting during the University of Wisconsin YWCA tea are (left to right): Mrs. H.R. English, Alice Niebuhr, Mrs. Kenneth Little and Francis Brewster. They ...
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We Saw You . . . at YWCA Tea

Date: 05 21 1954
Description: Visiting during the University of Wisconsin YWCA tea are (left to right): Elisa Splett, past president of the student YWCA council; Mrs. Ralph McCasse; Mrs...
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YWCA World Fellowship Committee

Date: 06 1955
Description: Four women sitting around a bench in a garden by Lake Mendota. They are discussing plans for the Annual World Fellowship Benefit Garden Tea sponsored by th...
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Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Joan Nordness, general chairman of the "Youth and the Community" conference, addresses an audience at an all-morning meeting held at the YWCA.

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