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Woman and Refrigerator

Date: 09 13 1937
Description: A woman is looking into a Westinghouse refrigerator full of food. There is an official test panel with 2 meters on top of the refrigerator.
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Blessed Sacrament School

Date: 03 22 1949
Description: The Blessed Sacrament Parent Teacher Association sponsored a crafts and hobby show. There were 148 pupils participating with a variety of entries. The winn...
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Wisconsin Civilian Defense Nurses Enrollment Day

Date: 02 20 1951
Description: Mrs. Myrtle Cadwell, a retired nurse, butters a piece of bread as two of her three children, Kristi and Carlton, look on. As a graduate nurse she could be ...
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Madison Theater Guild's Costume Designer Loie

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: Pictured is the Madison Theater's Guild's costume designer who uses only the name Loie.
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Philharmonic Chorus Picnic

Date: 07 28 1953
Description: Four members of the Philharmonic Chorus at a picnic table at their annual picnic. Shown left to right are: Mrs. Ruth (Robert M.) Foster, Mrs. Catherine McC...
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Ethel Miller Models Skirt

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Ethel Miller models a skirt made by her mother, Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller. The photograph was taken to accompany an article in the Wisconsin Sta...
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Roland and Winnie Delamater Family

Date: 03 11 1957
Description: Roland and Winnie Delamater, who were both seriously physically handicapped by cerebral palsy since birth, hanging up the wash in their basement. The coupl...
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West High School Valentine Dance

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Gail Cooper (left) and Margaret Sy (center) chuckle at the mouse image made by Ann Koch (right) for the Valentine Dance at West High School.
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"We Saw You" at the Middleton Fashion Show

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: James Shipley pretends to draw while his fellow pretend pupils, (left to right): Doris Breunig, Ruth Dahik, and Jackie Reisdorf, look on at the Middleton H...
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Holiday Skirt

Date: 12 24 1958
Description: Margaret Kronenberg sits under a Christmas tree while modeling a Christmas skirt she decorated herself. The skirt is made of white felt and was hand-decora...
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Teenagers Picnic

Date: 05 04 1959
Description: Julie Snyder roasts a hot dog at a Madison park shelter fireplace during a picnic for teenagers.
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University of Wisconsin Home Economics Department

Date: 03 25 1961
Description: One of twenty four images of women visiting the University of Wisconsin Home Economics Department.
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Attic Angels Association Spring Luncheon

Date: 04 28 1964
Description: New probationary members of the Attic Angels Association that were introduced at the spring luncheon held at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Seated are Mary ...
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Attic Angels Association Spring Luncheon

Date: 04 28 1964
Description: Four Attic Angels Association probationers for 1964-65 at the spring luncheon held at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Seated are Joyce Weston and Helen Neely...
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City Hall Outing

Date: 07 11 1954
Description: City Hall Outing hostess, Alderwoman Ethel Brown (left) is shown laying out a picnic meal with help from Mrs. Norman Moll and Mrs. Lawrence McCormick. The ...
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Leah Rothschild and Minnie Marcus folding napkins for the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital. Both are members of the Madison Jewish Welfa...
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Family Picnic at Shorewood Hills Home

Date: 06 25 1958
Description: Daughter Ann helping her mother setting the table for a family picnic in the backyard of the Professor Frank J. Remington home.

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