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Young Boy Wearing Crown

Date: 1941
Description: A smiling young boy posing wearing a crown and a dress jacket. He is also wearing what is possibly a 4-H pin on his lapel.
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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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Peonies Aid Good Cause

Date: 06 14 1953
Description: Group of three women selling peonies. They are (L-R): Jean Monroe; Mrs. J.A. Ragone, chaperone at the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority house; and Alice Aten. The...
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Maple Bluff Social Event for Teens

Date: 06 26 1953
Description: Teenagers Tom Stephan and Jean McFarlane, seated, shown chatting at the Maple Bluff Country Club party.
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Maple Bluff Social Event for Teens

Date: 06 26 1963
Description: Three young couples posing on the stairs leading outside from the dance floor at the Maple Bluff Country Club. From front to back: Tom Tews and Dorothy Mar...
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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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Art Guild Yule Gifts

Date: 11 1954
Description: A woman wears a necklace made by Erdine Stamm for the Art Guild holiday exhibit. It is made from a strip of velvet cording, two fishing corks, sequins, bea...
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Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit

Date: 01 15 1955
Description: Nancy Thielen, left, and Charlotte Chidester sorting paintings for the Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit at Grace Episcopal Church.
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"Foster Parents" Meeting

Date: 03 09 1955
Description: During a meeting for 120 Madison and Dane County foster parents, Evelyn Owens of Sun Prairie, left, pins a name tag on Margaret Olson, a foster mother. The...
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Knights of Columbus Formal Spring Dance

Date: 05 14 1955
Description: Among the formally attired guests at the party at the Maple Bluff Country Club are Alice McGuire, Howard Buenzli, Margarate Buenzli, and Wilbur McGuire. Gu...
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Knights of Columbus Formal Spring Dance

Date: 05 14 1955
Description: Rita and Edward Konkol attend the Knights of Columbus spring dance. Mr. Konkol was social chairman of the organization.
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Ten Year Class of 1945 Edgewood High School Reunion

Date: 06 25 1955
Description: Jean Austin, right, pins a name card on Dorothy Behnisch at the ten year Class of 1945 Edgewood High School Reunion. The class presented a check as a gift ...
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We Saw You at Dental Auxiliary Dance

Date: 11 26 1955
Description: Dr. H.R. and Jane Dickert are shown at a benefit dinner and dance party sponsored by the Dane County Dental Society auxiliary.
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Knights of Columbus Formal Spring Dance

Date: 03 14 1955
Description: Hosts and hostesses for the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus party include (left to right) Gertrude Gill, Bernard Gill, Michael Hielmeier (Ft. Atkinson), ...
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We Saw You . . . at Shrine Dinner

Date: 02 14 1956
Description: Ticket committee members Mrs. Russell Perry (left), Ruth Herthel, Mrs. Conrad Lindenlaub, and Mrs. Eldred Tygum attend the Madison Shrine Valentine Dinner ...
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Woman with Camera and Bottles of Schlitz Beer

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Description: Portrait of a woman sitting on a chair holding a cigarette and holding a camera up to her eye. On the table in front of her are three Schlitz beer bottles,...
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Louise Revell

Date: 03 11 1954
Description: Portrait of Louise Revell, daughter of Aldric and Stella Revell.

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