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Interior of Harry's Food Shop

Date: 01 13 1955
Description: Interior of Harry's Food Shop, 1122 Chandler Street, owned by Harry and Loretta Blodau, with customer Mary Huth with her children. Patricia Huth is sitting...
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Madison's First Car

Date: 1902
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Zimmerman in their locomobile steamer in 1902. Zimmerman purchased the car in 1901 and claimed it was the first permanent automobil...
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Six University of Wisconsin "Football Wives"

Date: 11 07 1949
Description: Pictured in the stands at Camp Randall Stadium are the wives of six members of the University of Wisconsin football team. From left to right are: Mrs. Will...
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Stewart Douglas House

Date: 11 15 1951
Description: Interior view of the living room at 811 Farwell Drive, including plants and vines in foreground. Homeowners Jean and Stewart Douglas are sitting and looki...
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Madison General Auxiliary

Date: 05 04 1953
Description: Group portrait of six of the Madison General Hospital Woman's Auxiliary committee members.
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Passport to Happiness

Date: 10 20 1954
Description: Portrait of Fricis Brakmanis, age 41, and his bride-to-be Maija Smeils, 40, holding their wedding license. Both had spent time in Latvian forced-labor camp...
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Med-Wives

Date: 01 17 1957
Description: Three Med-Wives including Mrs. Finn (Patricia) Gunderson, 604 East Gorham Street; Mrs. Paul Stephl, 1930 East Main Street; and Mrs. Jordan (Phyllis) Fink, ...
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Rose Sussman

Date: 02 05 1959
Description: Rose Sussman, a former ballet dancer and teacher, shopping for a dress in a Madison store. The former Rose Goloff was born in the southern Ukraine section ...
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Young Columbus Contest Winner

Date: 04 07 1960
Description: Contest winner George Byrne, surrounded by his family, wears an overcoat, white shirt, tie and fedora (hat) while holding a TWA travel bag. The original ca...
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Ralph and Isabel Pearson

Date: 04 13 1960
Description: Portrait of Ralph and Isabel Pearson of 5030 Lake Mendota Drive. Isabel is wearing a mink scarf made from several minks Ralph trapped in their back yard al...
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Women's Architectural League of Madison

Date: 09 17 1960
Description: Officers of the Women's Architectural League of Madison attending an invitational tea for wives of architects. Pictured in the garden are, left to right, P...
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Dennis W. Day Wedding with Model T Car

Date: 05 20 1961
Description: A newlywed couple in veil, wedding gown and white suit coat posing with the bride's uncle in front of a 1922 Model T Ford touring car. The couple, Mr. and ...
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Midwest Shrine Convention

Date: 09 06 1956
Description: Lucile Sachse (right) greets two wives of Shriners as they register at the Hotel Loraine for the Midwest Shrine Convention in Madison. The guests are Mrs. ...
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Madison Art Association Collectors' Show

Date: 12 04 1953
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Irving J. Maurer studying paintings at Madison Art Association Collectors' Show in Scanlan Hall at the Madison Vocational school.
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Madison Art Association Collectors' Show

Date: 12 04 1953
Description: William and Louise Hussey compare their program with one of the exhibited framed paintings at Madison Art Association Collectors' Show in Scanlan Hall at t...
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Opening Night of the 47th Annual Haresfoot Show

Date: 04 26 1954
Description: Visiting in the atrium of University of Wisconsin Union Theater prior to the performance of the musical comedy, "Wait and See," are (left to right): Profes...
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Madisonians Love Opera

Date: 10 21 1957
Description: Photographed as they arrived at the Wisconsin Union Theater to see the opera "Traviata" were Professor and Mrs. Roland K. Meyer. Professor Meyer is a membe...
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Madisonians Love Opera

Date: 10 21 1957
Description: Smiling a greeting to friends at the Memorial Union theater prior to the opera "Traviata" were Mr. and Mrs. Norman Bassett.
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Inaurgation Day and Attorney General John Reynolds

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: Attorney General John Reynolds and Mrs. Reynolds receive congratulations at a reception during Governor Nelson's inauguration.
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Unidentified Couple

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Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a man and a woman posing together. The man is half-sitting on a pedestal, and is wearing a suit with a bo...

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