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| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A young woman dressed in a bathing suit and wading boots poses for a promotional photograph for the Wisconsin cranberry industry at Thunder Lake Marsh. Tw... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Margaret McGuire, the 1948 Alice in Dairyland, stands next to a Wisconsin Central Airlines airplane with Governor Oscar Rennebohm and another man. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | An artist sculpts a bust from photographs of Margaret McGuire, the first Alice in Dairyland, most likely to be displayed at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposi... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, and Elsie the Cow and her calf Beauregard, stand on a parade float with two men in downtown Milwaukee, while a male o... |
| Date: | 06 07 1948 |
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| Description: | Governor Rennebohm placing a wreath of red roses on the head of Highland's Margaret McGuire, who was selected as Wisconsin's first Alice in Dairyland. Marg... |
| Date: | 06 07 1948 |
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| Description: | Newly selected Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, receiving an orchid from Virginia Palan, legionnaire and WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency ... |
| Date: | 12 02 1948 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of Iva Kearney of Ithaca, Wisconsin, holding a glass of milk in her hand. |
| Date: | 04 02 1949 |
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| Description: | Miss America of 1948, BeBe Shopp, second from left, rides in the back seat of a convertible with Jaenne Faber, Suzaanne Wheeler, and Anne Barber. BeBe Shop... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Original caption states: "Alpha Bungum, 17, of Kasson, Minn., receives congratulations from A.S. Knudsen, northwest regional manager, general line sales, ... |
| Date: | 08 16 1949 |
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| Description: | Luanne Unbehaun of Richland Center is shown modeling the new clothes she selected at Baron's Department Store, 14-18 West Mifflin Street, as her gift for b... |
| Date: | 11 29 1949 |
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| Description: | Sigma Chi Sweetheart candidates from left to right: Audrey Connell, Waukesha, Delta Gamma pledge; Sally Schaefer, Appleton, Kappa Kappa Gamma; Sharon Scoft... |
| Date: | 04 1948 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Caroline Meyer, 88, being crowned as queen of the day at the centennial program of the Town Mesne Farm Bureau. Mrs. Meyer was honored as the oldest mo... |
| Date: | 05 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length portrait of Margaret McGuire at the Schraeder Hotel in Milwaukee on the night of the Alice in Dairyland contest. |
| Date: | 05 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Margaret McGuire, winner of the Alice in Dairyland contest at the Schraeder Hotel. She is wearing a light-colored, floor length, strapless dress with dark ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, sitting on the porch floor behind her Grandmother, Mrs. Christine McGuire, who is sitting in a rocking chair. In the ... |
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