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Madison's 1958 Red Measles Season

Date: 04 11 1958
Description: Madison's 1958 measles season started with Kurt Tezlaff, at right, then went to Kaye Kennan, then to Kevin Kennan and then to Wendy Kennan. In the Kennan f...
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Interior Decorating in Homes

Date: 04 10 1958
Description: Off-white carpeting sets the mood in the living room of Dr. and Mrs. H.L. Greene's home at 201 Del Mar Drive. Walls and draperies are off-white and woodwor...
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Interior Decorating in Homes

Date: 04 10 1958
Description: The living room of the E.H. Karsten house at 2918 Waunona Way is done in shades of beige; a sectional sofa is a warm sand tone and furniture finishes are d...
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Interior Decorating in Homes

Date: 04 10 1958
Description: There is a corner fireplace in the living room of the E.R. Welch house at 3620 Lake Mendota Drive. The fireplace forms a wall and conversation corner overl...
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Who's New Club Luncheon

Date: 09 12 1958
Description: Members of the Who's New Club, an organization for all new women residents of Madison, open the fall season with a get acquainted luncheon at the Cuba Club...
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Teenagers Picnic

Date: 05 04 1959
Description: Julie Snyder roasts a hot dog at a Madison park shelter fireplace during a picnic for teenagers.
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University Hospitals Interns and Residents Wives

Date: 11 23 1959
Description: Busy with decorations for the annual Christmas dance are members of the Interns and Residents Wives club of the University of Wisconsin hospitals. Left to ...
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Indian Hills Garden Club Dance

Date: 02 13 1960
Description: Seated or standing next to a fireplace at the Cuba Club are, left to right: Mrs. and Steve Stefani and Marie and Jerome Coffman. They are attending a dinne...
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Women's Architectural League of Madison

Date: 09 17 1960
Description: Mrs. Carl Shubert (left), La Crosse; Mrs. John Steinmann, Monticello; Juanita Potter; and Francis Weiler attend the first invitational social event sponsor...
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PTA Council Panelists

Date: 10 28 1960
Description: Panelists gather for the Madison City PTA Council's "Panel of Americans" program. On the left is Prof. Arthur P. Miles of the UW department of social work ...
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Women's Architectural League Christmas Dance

Date: 12 03 1960
Description: Herbert Bradley, left, is secretary-treasurer of the AIA group. He is shown with Mrs. and Mr. John Steinman of Monticello, and Ruth Bradley.
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Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Stanley Herrling and his wife relaxing in the living room of their farm home. Featured is a large limestone fireplace. This is one of a series of photograp...
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Two Sisters Wed Two Brothers and Share House

Date: 08 04 1961
Description: Doris and Edward Saalsaa, left, and Helen and Oscar Saalsaa, right, look over plans for their new house while posed in front of the fireplace in their base...
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Remodeling a Country Schoolhouse

Date: 07 09 1962
Description: Kenneth R. Colwell, a social worker with the Wisconsin State Department of Public Welfare, Division of Mental Hygiene, bought the abandoned Twin Valley sch...
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Opening Day Fishing Season - The Reverse

Date: 1979
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a man dressed in fishing gear suspended above the fireplace in a living room from a nail in the wall. Below the man is a...
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Middleton Sportsmen's Junior Rifle Club

Date: 05 1955
Description: Lt. William Ruddick, Commander of the Navy and Marine Corps Training Center in Madison, checks a gun with instructor M.D. (Pat) Doyle. They are standing in...
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Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Staged scenario of a lonely and isolated elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair by a fireplace and spinning wheel. "Aunt Jennie" is portrayed by Margueri...
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One of Madison's Prominent Ladies

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: Milo and Ida Kittleson in their Spaight Street home. He is an attorney, and she has been active in several local charities.
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Madison Civic Club Board Planning Meeting

Date: 08 08 1957
Description: Members of the board of the Madison Civics Club gather for a pre-season meeting at the home of the board chairman, Mrs. Thomas R. Hefty, at 31 Paget Road. ...
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Edgewood High School Teen-Age Potluck Group

Date: 11 05 1957
Description: Edgewood High School teen-age girls gather for a potluck before a football game. The potluck was at the home of Mark and Mary Schmitz and hosted by their ...

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