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Art Guild Yule Gifts

Date: 11 1954
Description: A holiday tree made by Martha Hart decorates a table. The tree is accented with leaves and boughs around a cone-shaped styrofoam base, with light green osa...
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We Saw You . . . Helping Sell Christmas Seals

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women of the Elk prepare materials for distribution for the 1954 Christmas seal drive honoring the 50th anniversary of the National Anti-Tuberculosis Assoc...
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Sign Language Class

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women in a neighborhood near Dean Avenue study sign language so that more deaf women can join their homemakers' club. Mrs. Gordon Mather, left, gives the s...
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We Saw You . . . Helping Sell Christmas Seals

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women of the Elk prepare materials for distribution for the 1954 Christmas seal drive honoring the 50th anniversary of the National Anti-Tuberculosis Assoc...
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Sign Language Class

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women in a neighborhood near Dean Avenue study sign language so that more deaf women can join their homemakers club. Chatting through sign language are, le...
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Christmas Party at Oakwood Lutheran Home

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Vivian Schleck (left), member of the Mendota Garden Club, lights a candle, and Mrs. Alvin Sonnenberg, member of the Little Garden Clubs, serves cookies du...
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Dane County Health Survey Meeting

Date: 03 1955
Description: Leaders in the upcoming Dane County health survey register for the planning meeting. Shown are Dr. Alan Filek, state board of health; Mrs. Edwin Blaney, pr...
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 05 05 1955
Description: Shown at a registration table at the first annual convention of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women are, from left: Mrs. F.J. Sazma, Water Town;...
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Cosmos Dancing Club Spring Dinner Dance

Date: 05 13 1955
Description: Victor R. Johnson and his wife Stella are visiting with Madalyn Stolper, (right) at the spring dinner dance of the Cosmos Dancing Club at the Nakoma Countr...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: The men who planned the three-meeting seminar on ministry and mental health gather at the University YMCA in Madison. At left is Walter W. Argow, Madison, ...
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We Saw You at Shrine Summer Tea

Date: 06 25 1955
Description: Della Larson and Gladys Wundrow chatting during a summer tea put on by the Madison Shrine No. 6 White Shrine of Jerusalem, held at the home of Forrest and ...
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We Saw You at Shrine Summer Tea

Date: 06 25 1955
Description: Jessie Briese, sitting, is pouring tea for (left to right) Lillian Dean, Mrs. John Westmont, and Agnes Dreher. The tea and jelly mart was held at the home ...
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Sewing Circle of Luther Memorial Church

Date: 02 09 1956
Description: Three women prepare "materials used in the making of cancer dressings." The women include Eleanor Britt, Florence Anderson, and Marcia Udelhofen. The orig...
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Sewing Circle of Luther Memorial Church

Date: 02 09 1956
Description: Four women are sitting together behind a low table containing small bundles of cloth and a scissors while making slippers for the children staying at a Mad...
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We Saw You at a Combined Meeting

Date: 02 21 1956
Description: Treasurers of the Zonta, Soroptimist, and Altrusa clubs gather at Troia's Steak House for the annual joint meeting of all three clubs. Left to right: Vivia...

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