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Business and Professional Women Scholarship Party

Date: 02 02 1955
Description: Estah Cummings and Evelyn Milliff, members of the Ways and Means Committee of the Madison Business and Professional Women's Club, in the kitchen preparing ...
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Cribbage Game

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Four men playing cribbage as part of the Madison Board of Education Recreation Program.
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Madison Woman's Club Annual Benefit Party

Date: 10 24 1944
Description: Participating in the annual Woman's Club benefit party are Shorewood Hills League members, left to right: Mrs. Walter (Clare) Weissinger, 1241 Sweet Briar ...
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Edward S. Cooper

Date: 04 24 1945
Description: Edward S. Cooper, 1811 Jefferson Street, holding playing cards. Mr. Cooper, who is 90 years old, enjoys good health, gardening and playing skat with his fr...
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Madison Community Center 2nd Anniversary

Date: 01 29 1948
Description: Pictured are a group of Madisonians seated at tables in a large room playing cards at the Madison Community Center, West Doty Street. The center celebrate...
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Youth Journal Bridge Players

Date: 04 28 1948
Description: Practicing for bridge lessons at the Community Center are left to right: Janice Levenick, East High; Mickey Eye, Wisconsin High; Patricia Supernaw, West Hi...
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YWCA Activities

Date: 09 28 1948
Description: YWCA members playing bridge. Seated left to right: Lorraine Griswod, 348 Washington Avenue; Mrs. Frank (Della) Bernard; and Helen Guelzow, 401 Miller Avenu...
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Charles Goren

Date: 10 15 1948
Description: Charles Goren, nationally known bridge expert, attended one of the topnotch bridge clubs in Madison at the home of Mrs. John Guy (Agatha) Fowlkes. From lef...
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Railroad Women's Clubs Party

Date: 04 20 1949
Description: Four women who attended the dessert bridge party given by the Milwaukee Railroad Women's Club for the Northwestern Railroad Women's Club at Manchester's Ma...
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Shorewood Hills League Cabaret Party

Date: 10 21 1949
Description: One of the humorous skits at the Shorewood Hills League cabaret party depicting a masculine takeoff of a typical women's bridge foursome. Left to right: We...
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The Loft Community Center Anniversary Dance

Date: 01 30 1950
Description: Four youth play canasta at the anniversary dance at the Loft Community Center, 16 East Doty Street. From left are: Mary Rose Gallagher, Ruth Leuthner, Dick...
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League of Women Voters Skit Cast

Date: 09 14 1950
Description: Four League of Women Voters of Madison members who will perform a skit, "Bridge a la League" at a membership reception, are gathered around a card table. F...
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Sorority Pledges

Date: 10 03 1950
Description: Four Madison pledges of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority play bridge on a card table. From left are Margaret Mortens, Patricia Clardy, Mary Ann Pohle, and Ma...
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Social Afternoon Klub

Date: 01 18 1951
Description: A group of retired people play a game of canasta at the Social Afternoon Klub which is held weekly at the Madison Community Center. The Social Afternoon Kl...
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Older Adult Klub Activities

Date: 02 13 1951
Description: Members of the Older Adult Klub play canasta at the Madison Community Center. They are Mrs. Minnie Ewing, Mrs. Carrie Soule, Mrs. Margaret Durkee, and Mrs....
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Jeanette Kincaid Playing Card Collection

Date: 08 13 1952
Description: Mrs. Charles (Jeanette) Kincaid of 2122 Vilas Avenue is shown with a display of some of her playing card collection. Mrs. Kincaid has collected more than 4...
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Lake View Lutheran Lutefisk Dinner

Date: 11 10 1954
Description: Slightly elevated view of three women and two men playing cards while sitting on Mid-Century couches around a kidney shaped coffee table. On the coffee tab...
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Stagette Day at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 07 18 1956
Description: Women members of Maple Bluff Country club hold their first Stagette Day with golf prizes. Four of the organizers are shown at a table playing cards. They a...
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Student Nurse Week

Date: 10 07 1957
Description: Methodist hospital student nurses Karolyn McCauley (left) and Mary Bach (right) join in a card game with Robert Lloyd of Janesville and Jack Durham (in a w...
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Richard Marshall Jr.

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: Richard Marshall Jr. holds a cribbage board made from a walrus tusk, and has a pair of sealskin and fox fur moccasins his lap. Marshall served 18 months wi...

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