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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1951
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Marjean Czerwinski, wearing her crown and gown, rides on the back of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
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University of Wisconsin Junior Prom Court and Badger Beauties

Date: 01 27 1948
Description: The king and queen of the University of Wisconsin-Madison junior prom with the six co-eds named as "Badger Beauties". Left to right are: Marilyn Henry, Wa...
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American Dairy Association Dinner

Date: 11 29 1948
Description: Leaders of the diary industry are shown at the dinner meeting of the American Dairy Association at the Loraine Hotel. The ADA was organized in Madison in 1...
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Wisconsin State Brand Cheese

Date: 12 02 1948
Description: Governor Rennebohm, right, with unidentified man and woman standing around a large block of cheese decorated with candles and a ribbon. Engraved on the ch...
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Badger Beauty Contest

Date: 1905
Description: Badger Beauty contest at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Helen Fitzgerald is shown in back against the wall 6th from the left. She was a member of Tri...
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Elsie, the Borden Co. Cow

Date: 07 21 1953
Description: Elsie, the Borden Co. cow with Gov. Walter Kohler, acting mayor Carl Wilhelm, Alice in Dairyland Mary Ellen Jenks and another man. They are posing together...
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Dairy Foods Festival

Date: 05 14 1954
Description: Alice in Dairyland (left) sits at a table with a group of men during a luncheon for Madison's Dairy Foods Festival.
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 10 1968
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Bobbie Thoreson, holding a platter of cheese, poses with four men at the World Food Expo.
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Dairy Day at Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity

Date: 12 02 1958
Description: Barbara Haslow (left), Alice in Dairyland, is the guest of honor at the sixth annual Dairy Day of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. With her are fraternity membe...
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Wisconsin Dairy Queen and her Court

Date: 08 27 1935
Description: Group portrait of Rose Rosandlich, from Granton, who was elected Dairy Queen in 1935, and her court. They are, from left to right: Harry [?], Bernice Wegne...
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U.W. Engineering Students Beard Contest

Date: 03 09 1961
Description: A profile view of three bearded engineering students who are posing and admiring trophies. The students, left to right, are John Menning, Dave Ludwig, and ...
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Opening of A & P Supermarket

Date: 09 11 1962
Description: Miss Wisconsin, Joan Mary Engh, is cutting a symbolic ribbon signifying the official opening of the new A&P supermarket in the Hilldale Shopping Center. As...
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Contestants Register for Miss Madison Pageant

Date: 01 08 1965
Description: Contestants register for the annual Miss Madison contest sponsored by the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce. Jerry Sheehy, 5005 Sherwood Road, is chairman...
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Governor Tommy Thompson and Alice in Dairyland

Date: 08 23 1997
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Courtney Ott, wearing a crown and a sash, is sitting on the back of a motorcycle driven by Governor Tommy Thompson at the start of the ...
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Miss Madison Receives Prize Ride

Date: 08 11 1964
Description: Miss Madison, Abbie DeBuhr, stepping from a seaplane to the Memorial Union pier after a flight and cruise as guest of the Mohs Seaplane Corp. Burce Mohs, l...
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Miss America Visits Madison

Date: 10 22 1957
Description: Miss America, Marilyn Elaine van Derbur, being crowned "Madison's Miss 1957 United Givers' Fund Queen" at the charity's banquet during the Madison stop on ...

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