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Shawl Pageant at Woman's Club Building

Date: 03 16 1934
Description: Woman's Club Shawl pageant, Chinese: Mrs. Harry Fease; Irish: Mrs. Thomas Hippaka; Norwegian: Mrs. George Mueller, Carol and Thea Kittleson; East Indian: M...
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Shawl Pageant at Woman's Club Building

Date: 03 16 1934
Description: Woman's Club Shawl pageant, front: Colonial: Odette Hendrickson and Joyce Wittwer, Hungarian, Merrilyn Olson. Left rear: Egyptian, Rosemary Rice; current 1...
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Acacia Fraternity Bowery Party

Date: 03 17 1934
Description: Group portrait of students in costume at the Acacia Fraternity, 108 Langdon Street, Bowery Party sign reads: "Quick, Henry, the Flit."
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Rebekah Play Cast

Date: 02 27 1934
Description: Eight women and three children in colonial costumes on stage at the I.O.O.F. Hall. Rebekah is the women's branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
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Alice in Wonderland Characters

Date: 01 29 1934
Description: Girls dressed like 11 "Alice in Wonderland" characters for the "Hollywood Revue" being produced by the Beth Jacob sisterhood.
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Snowman

Date: 01 04 1934
Description: Winter scene with snowman at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house, at 811 State Street.
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DeForest Mothers Club Play Cast

Date: 01 15 1934
Description: DeForest Mother's Club cast, in costume and on stage, for "Elmer," a winning play for the Dane County play contest. Cast: Donald Anderson, Jean Grinde, Lor...
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Governor Schmedeman and Christmas Basket

Date: 12 20 1933
Description: Governor Schmedeman presenting Christmas basket provided by the Volunteers of America to Mrs. Catherine Schwartz and daughter, Frances. Captain George Lawt...
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Phi Gamma Delta Children's Party

Date: 12 22 1933
Description: Phi Gamma Delta children's Christmas party, 16 Langdon Street. Group portrait of members and seventeen children cared for by the Salvation Army.
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Bartender Fritz Genske

Date: 12 04 1933
Description: Bartender Fritz Genske, "the dean of Madison bartenders," shaking a cocktail shaker at the Elks Club, 120-124 Monona Avenue. (Now known as M.L. King Jr. Bo...
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Vocational Students Mail Christmas Seals

Date: 11 29 1933
Description: A group of Madison vocational school students preparing Christmas Seals for distribution by the Madison Anti-Tuberculosis Association.
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Thanksgiving Baskets

Date: 11 29 1933
Description: A table and chairs are laden with rows of Thanksgiving baskets prepared by the Volunteers of America for distribution to needy families.
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Volunteers of America Giving Out a Thanksgiving Basket

Date: 11 29 1933
Description: Volunteers of America volunteer handing out a Thanksgiving food basket.
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Boy Scouts with Christmas Seal Posters

Date: 11 25 1933
Description: A group portrait of Boy Scouts and adult leaders armed with tacks, hammers and posters to promote the sale of Christmas Seals.
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Vitense Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary Celebration

Date: 11 03 1933
Description: Herman & Minnie Vitense fiftieth wedding anniversary celebration, 200 family and friends sitting at banquet tables in the Elks Club, 120-124 Monona Avenue,...
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Men in front of Grand Army Hall

Date: 10 13 1933
Description: Six men with a flag in front of Grand Army Hall, 118 Monona Avenue, (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard). Taken as publicity for the motion picture "Forgott...
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Phi Sigma Delta Chapter House

Date: 10 19 1933
Description: View across street towards the Phi Sigma Delta chapter house, 131 Langdon Street.
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Mrs. Margaret Wells Wood

Date: 09 27 1933
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Margaret Wells Wood, speaker on "Petting Parties," at the Loraine Hotel. A lecturer and field worker for the American Social Hygiene Assoc...
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Strand's Bakery's Booth

Date: 09 21 1933
Description: Strand's Bakery's booth at the East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival. Includes a model of a Gothic temple cake, and a trophy cup.
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Gothic Temple Cake

Date: 09 21 1933
Description: Gothic Temple Cake created by Reidar Strand and Oswald Christensen at Strand's Bakery's booth at the East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Fest...

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