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Mrs. Groth and Daughter

Date: 07 08 1953
Description: Indoor portrait of Mrs. Groth sitting and smiling at her daughter, with her daughter's doll on her lap.
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Wisconsin Lutheran Student Foundation Open House

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Pictured left to right: Rolf Giere, Galesville; the Rev. Carl A. Becker, Madison, pastoral adviser for the foundation; Evelyn Christenson, Madison, student...
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New Truax Field Officers Club

Date: 12 05 1953
Description: Guests at the Truax Field Officers Club formal "debt party" and dance celebrating the opening of the new clubhouse. Darlene Simmons is shown providing a "l...
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New Truax Field Officers Club

Date: 12 05 1953
Description: Guests at the Truax Field Officers Club formal "debt party" and dance celebrating the opening of the new clubhouse. Col. E.P. Archibald, commandant of the ...
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New Truax Field Officers Club

Date: 12 05 1953
Description: Guests at the Truax Field Officers Club formal "debt party" and dance celebrating the opening of the new clubhouse. Major William I. Ryrom, director of ma...
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Albert A. Hanson Trial

Date: 12 04 1953
Description: The Albert Hanson trial is serious business for jurors as they hear Attorney William J. Coyne (standing) defend Hanson.
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East Side Women's Club Banquet

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: Mothers and daughters looking over a menu at the East Side Women's club banquet at St. John's Lutheran church. Seated at the table are: Geraldine Morrison ...
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Isabel La Follette and Deborah Sherman

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Isabel La Follette (right) and probably Deborah Sherman, are discussing the Woman's Service Exchange, which Mrs. La Follette started at the Madison Vocatio...
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Betsy

Date: 02 19 1954
Description: Portrait of Betsy (friend of Ed Stein?).
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Madison Police Department Civilian Staff

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Civilian employees in the Madison police department records center. Staff are sitting at their desks in an open office space with different filing cabinets...
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Mother with Daughter to be Baptized

Date: 05 21 1954
Description: Cathryn Montgomery with her daughter, Cathryn Suzanne, who is to be baptized at First Methodist church. The maternal grandparents in Madison are Mr. and Mr...
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Early Settlers' Picnic

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: Paul Gottschalk and Alice Brussow (wife of William Brussow) are sitting at the Sun Prairie Early Settlers' picnic, sharing reminiscences. A person (face ou...
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Nellie Jones Attending a Circus

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Attending the Ringling Brother-Barnum and Bailey Circus is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Economics Extension leader at t...
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Women's Western Open Golf Championship

Date: 06 24 1955
Description: A group of men and women watching the golf match at the 26th Annual Women's Western Open golf championship at the Maple Bluff Country Club. A few people ar...
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Staff Meeting, Mendota State Hospital

Date: 08 1955
Description: Nursing staff meeting at Mendota State Hospital.
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Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Staged scenario of a lonely and isolated elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair by a fireplace and spinning wheel. "Aunt Jennie" is portrayed by Margueri...
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Fostering Homeless Infants and Children

Date: 05 02 1957
Description: Edith and Lawrence Anderson have two foster children who are living with their family temporarily. Pictured are the Lawrence family with their two foster c...
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Democratic Party State Convention

Date: 10 11 1957
Description: An unidentified delegate in support of Philleo Nash taking a catnap during the Democratic Party State Convention at Hotel Loraine.
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Youth Group Plan Dance

Date: 12 27 1957
Description: Working on plans for the upcoming "Jingle Bell Rock" dance for youth are sitting (left to right): Kathy Seifert and Karen Strand, and (standing) are Karen ...
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Serving Tea, a Gracious Custom

Date: 02 18 1958
Description: Sitting in front of the fireplace in the family home at 535 Wisconsin Avenue are Mrs. Lucien (Mary) Hanks, her daughter and two friends. They are (left to ...

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