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Mrs. Glenn M. Wise, Wisconsin Secretary of State

Date: 08 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John Wise), Wisconsin's first woman Secretary of State, arranges a floral centerpiece on a table in front of a floral pattern of wallpa...
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Lutheran Men's Club "Sweetheart's Dinner"

Date: 02 17 1949
Description: Speaker's table at the annual Lutheran Men's Club "Sweetheart's Dinner" held at the Lutheran Memorial Church, 1021 University Avenue. Seated left to righ...
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Madison Elks "Hi-Bill" Club Testimonial Dinner

Date: 02 21 1949
Description: Connie Schwoegler, national individual match-game bowling champion, was honored at a testimonial dinner sponsored by the Madison Elks "Hi-Bill" Club at the...
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Caroline Peterson Arranging Flowers

Date: 04 03 1950
Description: Caroline Peterson of Honolulu, Hawaii, recognized expert in flower arranging, will give a public presentation today at 3 PM at the Great Room of the Memori...
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Charter Members of Turner Auxiliary

Date: 11 23 1950
Description: Three charter members of the Turner auxiliary of Madison are shown at the 56th anniversary luncheon. They are Marguerite Drews, Alma Speckner, current pres...
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Cosmos Dance Club 30th Anniversary

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Ethel H. Martin, left, secretary of the Cosmos Dance Club, and Hazel M. Hofsteen, right, wife of the club treasurer, consult over the arrangement of place ...
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Civics Club Members

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Description: Three Civics Club members pose together; two of them are holding flower arrangements. From left to right are: Mrs. Conrad Elvehjem, unidentified woman, and...
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Civics Club Board

Date: 08 22 1953
Description: An article with a photograph of the members of the Madison Civics Club board. The women are shown at work at their annual task of choosing national and int...
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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

Date: 05 31 1954
Description: Jessie DeWoody, president of the Madison Garden Club, and her son Ralph working on a flower arrangement for the Madison Rose Society exhibit.
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Unitarian Anniversary

Date: 05 19 1954
Description: The head table at a dinner marking the 75th anniversary of the First Unitarian Society of Madison. Seated at the table are Frank Lloyd Wright and, next to ...
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Mother-Daughter Dinner

Date: 05 17 1956
Description: Seated at the speakers' table for the mother-daughter dinner at St. Bernard's Catholic Church are Mrs. Alfred E. (Mathida) Rathert, who gave the mother's t...
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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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Holy Union Ceremony of Brian Bigler and Ken Scott at the First Unitarian Society

Date: 07 22 1995
Description: Holy Union ceremony of Brian Bigler (left) and Ken Scott (right) on July 22, 1995 at the First Unitarian Church, Madison, Wisconsin. Taken during the cand...
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Flower Arrangement

Date: 03 11 1957
Description: Little Garden Club members Pearl Nordeen and Lydia Shafer posing with their floral arrangement at the Red Cross office.
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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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