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Delta Delta Delta Sorority Mortgage Burning Ceremony

Date: 11 19 1951
Description: Officers of the house association of Mu chapter of the Delta Delta Delta sorority burned the mortgage on the chapter house located at 120 Langdon Street at...
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West High School Homecoming Queen & Court

Date: 10 18 1954
Description: West High School Homecoming Queen Sarita Sarig (center) poses with her Court of Honor, including Gail Lawrenz (left), Sally Arnold (standing), and Priscill...
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Women of the Moose Award Night Ceremony

Date: 05 17 1956
Description: Heads of four Women of the Moose service committees are, left to right: Ruth Hendrickson, homemaker committee chair; Lorraine Wyman, hospital committee cha...
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Genevieve Milward

Date: 06 1921
Description: Full-length studio graduation portrait of Genevieve Milward (later McVicar), (1902-1987) of Madison, Wisconsin, standing in front of a painted backdrop. Sh...
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Madison Children's Hospital Gets Aid

Date: 11 07 1958
Description: The Henry Schroeder Council of the Telephone Pioneers of America (TPA) presenting a check for $499.95 to Dr. Nathan Smith, professor of pediatrics at Wisco...
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We Saw You at East Side Women's Club

Date: 06 08 1959
Description: Esther Weddig is honored as the 1959 "Woman of the Year" by the East Side Women's Club at their annual club dinner. Over 300 club members attended the dinn...
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We Saw You at East Side Women's Club

Date: 06 08 1959
Description: More than 300 East Side Women's Club members attend the annual club dinner, themed "An Evening in Hawaii." New president Mrs. George Peck (right), accepts ...
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We Saw You . . . at Toastmistress Event

Date: 06 09 1959
Description: The Toastmistress Club celebrates its first year in Madison with a combination guest night and initiation of officers at the Cuba Club Supper Club. Shown g...
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We Saw You . . . at Toastmistress Event

Date: 06 09 1959
Description: The Toastmistress Club celebrates its first year in Madison with a combination guest night and initiation of officers at the Cuba Club Supper Club. The Toa...
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University Hospital Employees Recognition

Date: 09 18 1959
Description: Sarah Murray (left), Helen Crahen, Alice Murphy, and Emma Huebel attend a recognition ceremony for non-academic employees of University Hospital who have w...
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Mrs. Max W. Sulewsky Wins Theodora Youmans Award

Date: 05 1960
Description: Mrs. Max W. Sulewsky is given the 23rd annual Theodora Youmans award by the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs for her achievements in conservation of t...
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Lucius Fairchild Women's Relief Corps No. 37 Present Flag

Date: 10 21 1960
Description: Members of the Lucius Fairchild Women's Relief Corps No. 37 present a U.S. flag to the newly formed World War I Auxiliary in a ceremony held at the GAR Mem...
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Edgewood May Day Ceremony — Double Exposure

Date: 04 1953
Description: Margaret Dunn placing a floral crown on a statue of the blessed Virgin Mary at the end of the annual May ceremony at Edgewood High School. Other high schoo...
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Portrait of a Woman Graduate

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Description: A young woman is posing in an upholstered chair in front of a cloth backdrop for her graduation portrait. She is wearing a mortar board with a tassel, a da...
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Bronze Star Award Ceremony

Date: 09 28 1967
Description: The bronze star is awarded posthumously to Private First Class Thomas E. Broome for bravery in action in Vietnam. Broome's father Stanley Broome is accepti...
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May Day Ceremony Held at St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: Veronica Goebel (of Racine) is carrying the crown of May flowers to place on the head of a Virgin Mary statue. Maids of Honor in dresses holding posies are...
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Inaugural Ceremonies at the Wisconsin Capitol

Date: 01 02 1961
Description: Two state officers that were inaugurated at ceremonies in the State Capitol. State Treasurer Dena Smith, Milwaukee, is the first woman ever elected to a Wi...
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Mortgage Burning Ceremony

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Two men and two women are standing around a plate, over which one man is holding a singed document while another man is holding a match. Caption reads: "Ma...

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