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| Date: | 03 26 1947 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin Women's Self Government style show committee members Dorothy Proudfoot, Wilmette, Illinois, chairman of decorations, Margaret Pesut... |
| Date: | 04 29 1947 |
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| Description: | Five children making May Baskets in Marjorie Deakman's nursery school, 7 Bayside Drive, Lakewood. L to R: George Gordon, 1901 Jefferson Street; Ann Taylor,... |
| Date: | 04 28 1947 |
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| Description: | Six children with the May Baskets that they have made in Marjorie Deakman's nursery school, 7 Bayside Drive, Lakewood, Maple Bluff. L to R: Paul Glass, 810... |
| Date: | 11 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Four members of the University of Wisconsin Dames Club doing textile painting. Left to right are Mrs. William E. Peterson (standing), chairman of the grou... |
| Date: | 12 16 1947 |
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| Description: | June (Mrs. Robert O.) McLean, and her children Roderick and Gwen, putting the finishing touches on a Gingerbread House. |
| Date: | 10 14 1948 |
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| Description: | The University League committee members, wives of University of Wisconsin faculty, make table decorations for the Centennial luncheon at the Memorial Union... |
| Date: | 11 01 1948 |
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| Description: | Gray Ladies of the Dane County Red Cross teaching jewelry-making to a group of patients at the Mendota hospital for the mentally ill. Gray Ladies, shown at... |
| Date: | 11 16 1948 |
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| Description: | Naval Officers and Wives Club annual Christmas dinner dance featuring a Hawaiian Christmas theme, in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Loraine. Making tabl... |
| Date: | 02 02 1949 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin students Bob Steinhagen, Milwaukee, Connie Prentice, West Bend, and John Williams, La Crosse, making some of the elaborate decorati... |
| Date: | 02 26 1949 |
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| Description: | Gene Ryberg, member of Silver Badgers 4-H Club, using a saw while working on a handicraft project. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Interior view, with desks in the foreground, of an elementary classroom decorated with a Christmas tree near the blackboard, and other holiday decorations,... |
| Date: | 11 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Mary Beach (left), social chairman; Mrs. George Kane, President; and Arabelle Murphy, chairman of the Christmas party making decorations for the annual for... |
| Date: | 04 03 1950 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a dress and hat, probably June D. McLean, arranges flowers in a wicker basket while seated on a couch. |
| Date: | 04 20 1950 |
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| Description: | Members of Nakoma Girl Scout Troop 107 displaying their needlework projects. Shown left to right are Katy Grimmer, 4018 Council Crest, holding the mittens ... |
| Date: | 11 29 1950 |
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| Description: | Six members of the Dames Club, a group for wives of University of Wisconsin students who are from foreign countries, gather to do what appears to be craft ... |
| Date: | 01 23 1951 |
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| Description: | Two instructors at the Truax Field homecrafters' center and two members of the University League are pictured admiring some baked enamelware made by one of... |
| Date: | 02 20 1951 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Mary Cashel is sitting on a sofa with a crocheted bedspread she made. It will be displayed at the Madison Catholic Women's Club hobby show. |
| Date: | 02 20 1951 |
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| Description: | Four men complete woodworking tasks at Neighborhood House, the oldest community center in Madison. It was established in 1916. |
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| Description: | View of three Pueblo Native American women. The woman on the left is kneeling and spinning wool, and a young girl in the center is sitting and combing wool... |
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| Description: | View of interior of Harlow House. Built in 1677, the building was originally the residence of William Harlow and it still stands and remains open for tours... |
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