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Dane County Republican Women's Club

Date: 10 10 1957
Description: Richard Baer, chairman of the Dane County Republican organization, spoke at the meeting of the Dane County Republican Women's Club. He is shown chatting wi...
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Miss America Visits Madison

Date: 10 22 1957
Description: Young Madison girls requesting autographs of Miss America, Marilyn Elaine van Derbur, during a fashion show at the Casey and O'Brien, Inc. store on Atwood ...
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Jo Ann Beier, Wisconsin State Journal Society Page Editor

Date: 01 07 1958
Description: Portrait of Jo Ann Beier, Society Page editor of the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Twila Nolen Given a Silver Dollar

Date: 06 26 1958
Description: Twila Nolen, a waitress at Rohde's Steak House, is shown after receiving her second silver dollar from the Madison Chamber of Commerce. It is part of a Jun...
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Phi Beta Chi Sorority Dance

Date: 08 14 1958
Description: Sorority members planning the Phi Beta Chi "Bermuda Sock Hop". Front row, left to right, are: Marian Amlie, Pat Patterson, Kathleen Gorman Cathy Cline, and...
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Portrait of Mrs. Carrie Lee Nelson

Date: 11 05 1958
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Carrie Lee Nelson, wife of Governor-elect Gaylord Nelson, taken in their family home at 5627 Crestwood Place in Madison prior to their mov...
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Group Portrait of Four Men and Three Women

Date: 02 04 1959
Description: Portrait of three women sitting and four men standing behind them, taken for Stanley "Jim" Stein and his wife, Faye. Mr. Stein is a brother of Wisconsin...
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University of Wisconsin Fraternity Housemothers

Date: 01 19 1959
Description: Louise Hackworthy, housemother for the Phi Delta Theta fraternity, playing the piano with two fraternity members, Ralf Torngren and Roger Rumbie.
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Monkeys Escape Vilas Zoo

Date: 08 05 1960
Description: Thirty-eight Rhesus monkeys escaped from the basement of the Vilas zoo monkey house on August 4, 1960. Sixteen were captured right away but it took until D...
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Madison Red Cross Volunteer Training

Date: 11 10 1960
Description: Dorothy Schar, chairman of volunteers for Madison Red Cross, holds up diplomas to be awarded after two months of training to be social welfare aides in the...
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Madison Barbershop Quartet Singers Make Donation to the Empty Stocking Club

Date: 12 14 1960
Description: Madison barbershop quartet singers make a $350.00 donation to the Empty Stocking Club. The amount represents one half of the proceeds from the group's "Qua...

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