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Mrs. Jane Duff

Date: 08 19 1946
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Jane Duff, a Dane County pioneer resident, on her 90th birthday.
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Unidentified Girl on Her Communion

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of an unidentified girl on the occasion of her First Communion. She is wearing gloves, a white dress...
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Professor G. William Longenecker in a Greenhouse

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin professor of horticulture G. William Longenecker with cyclamen plants in a greenhouse.
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Badger Dahlia Society Officers

Date: 09 05 1949
Description: Officers of the Badger State Dahlia Society are shown admiring blooms at the society's fourth annual show opened at the Community Center, 16 East Street. L...
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Mrs. H.S. (Elsie) Bostock

Date: 09 20 1950
Description: Mrs. Elsie Bostock was honored by being named Wisconsin's first nationally accredited judge for flower shows. The appointment was made by the National Coun...
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Governor Heil Inauguration

Date: 01 02 1939
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil, his wife and an unidentified man pose arm-in-arm in the Governor's Conference Room at the Wisconsin State Capitol. A number of oth...
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Dahlia and Flower Show

Date: 09 06 1953
Description: Max Freudenberg receiving a dahlia from his wife as a reward for acting as one of the judges at the eighth annual dahlia and flower show sponsored by the B...
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Women with Hats

Date: 1910
Description: A woman and two girls stand on a porch wearing large hats. Potted plants line the porch.
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Federated Garden Clubs Flower Show

Date: 05 31 1954
Description: Ruth Harris, left, general chair of the Federated Garden Clubs flower show, and Burdean Struckmeyer, in charge of the flower arrangement schedule, sitting ...
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Madison Rose Society Rose Show

Date: 06 20 1954
Description: B.F. Konopack of Lockport, Illinois and R.G. Holtz of Western Springs, Illinois, examining some of the hundreds of roses displayed in the first rose show s...
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Haushalter Golden Wedding Anniversary

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Edward (Kathryn) Haushalter on their golden wedding anniversary. They farmed near Muscoda before moving to Madison.
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Inauguration of Secretary of State

Date: 01 03 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John E. Wise) raises her hand while taking her oath of office before a robed judge. An audience looks on from the background. The origi...
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Knowles and the Loyal Opposition

Date: 1965
Description: Republican Governor Warren P. Knowles meeting with the Democratic leadership: left to right Robert T. Huber, minority leader, and David R. Obey, assistant ...
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Gladiolus Show

Date: 08 10 1956
Description: Mrs. Ralph De Woody and Colette Wiffler admiring a floral arrangement at the gladiolus show at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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After the Ceremony

Date: 07 01 1978
Description: A bridesmaid after the ceremony at St. Andrews Catholic Church.
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Walking to the Altar

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length group portrait of a bride and her mother and father walking towards the center aisle of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House as the ceremo...
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Portrait Before the Ceremony

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length portrait of the bride and her matron of honor taken before the ceremony at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House.
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Bride and Her Mother

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length portrait of a bride and her mother before the ceremony at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House.
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Bride at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length portrait of a bride at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House after the ceremony.
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Throwing Rice After the Ceremony

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: As a bride and groom leave the First Unitarian Society Meeting House, they are showered with rice.

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