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Cake Cutting at the Wisconsin Garden Club Jubilee

Date: 10 01 1952
Description: Margaret E. Garnett (Mrs. A.C.), of Madison, program chair of the convention, and Mrs. Linus Boehm of West Salem, president of the state federation, cuttin...
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Steven Presenza's Sixth Birthday Party

Date: 10 12 1955
Description: Steven Presenza blowing out the candles on the cake at his sixth birthday party. Included are his two sisters, Lorna Presenza and Paula Presenza, as well a...
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Girls Baking Cookies

Date: 12 16 1952
Description: Susie Kamm and Nancy Miles putting cookies into the oven. The girls are members of the 8th grade home economics class at West Junior High School. The class...
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Shorewood Shopping Center Anniversary Celebration

Date: 11 29 1952
Description: Man cutting four-tiered cake at first anniversary celebration of the opening of Shorewood Shopping Center.
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Nakoma Welfare League Members

Date: 12 17 1956
Description: Members of the Nakoma Welfare League making cookies for the annual young people's party. Pictured left to right: Kathleen Clark, Esther Poehling, Merla DeG...
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Couple Celebrating Anniversary

Date: 11 31 1955
Description: A couple posing with a cake at their silver wedding anniversary party.
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"We Say What We Think Club"

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: WIBA radio personalities, Selma (Mrs. Cornelius) Sorenson, Sibylle (Mrs. George) Mitchell, Isabel (Mrs. August) Baumann, Grace (Mrs. John) Langer, and Ruth...
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East Side Business Men's Association

Date: 01 20 1947
Description: Officers of the East Side Business Men's Association posing with the tier cake made for the Association's Silver Jubilee banquet at the Hotel Loraine. Pict...
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Pilgrim Congregational Church

Date: 01 23 1947
Description: Seven ladies of the Women's Guild of Pilgrim Congregational Church, 953 Jenifer Street, holding trays and standing around a reception table, observing the ...
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Young Adult Club 1st Anniversary

Date: 03 05 1947
Description: Young Adult Club 1st anniversary dance. Leaders in the Young Adult Club founding, Wilma Kirch and Frances Casper, are shown with the "YAC" anniversary cake...
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Steinhaurer-Sundquist Wedding Buffet Table

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Reception buffet table for the Shirley Steinhauer and William Sundquist wedding reception at the Nakoma Country Club.
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Frank & Alma Sager Family

Date: 10 1947
Description: Frank & Alma Sager seated at a table with flowers, cake, and candles. Three men and one woman are standing behind them.
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Memorial Union Kitchen

Date: 10 08 1947
Description: Shown icing cakes in the kitchens of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union are Mrs. Wilma Laufenberger, left, and Mrs. Ursula Baltes.
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Gorillas Samson and Sambo Adoptive Birthday Party

Date: 10 05 1955
Description: Children and adults gathered in front of the gorilla cages at the Washington Park Zoo to celebrate the fifth adoptive birthday party for Samson and Sambo. ...
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Marvin B. Rosenberry and Cub Scouts

Date: 02 12 1948
Description: Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry receiving a birthday cake from two Boy Scouts of the Four Lakes council in Lincoln Day ceremoni...
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Annie the Elephant Fund Raiser

Date: 02 27 1948
Description: Neighborhood children from the 2700 blocks of Van Hise Avenue and Mason Street held a bake sale to raise funds toward the purchase of a replacement for Ann...
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Girl Scouts Cookie Sale

Date: 04 06 1948
Description: Girl Scouts Patsy Jensen, Lowell School, daughter of Mrs. Mary Jensen, and Carol Anderson, Lincoln School, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. A.W. Anderson, make a ...
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Girl Scouts Cookie Sale

Date: 04 06 1948
Description: Four Girl Scouts enjoy a snack after delivering Girl Scout cookies, Nancy Reis (Highlands-Mendota Beach School), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reis, Virg...
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L.A. Toner Cutting Cake

Date: 01 17 1949
Description: L.A. Toner,of Miami, Florida, is shown in his Wisconsin General hospital bed cutting his surprise birthday chocolate cake as his wife looks on. Mrs. Toner ...
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History of the University of Wisconsin Testimonial Luncheon

Date: 02 05 1949
Description: Professors Vernon Carstensen (left) and Merle Curti, with their wives, cutting the ceremonial cake at the testimonial luncheon in their honor as authors of...

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