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West Side Garden Club Flower Show

Date: 05 24 1948
Description: West Side Garden Club junior hostesses, left to right: Carol Ann Watson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Watson, 721 Seneca Place; Virginia Pochmann, daug...
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Central International Gladiolus Show

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: Professor James H. Torrie, 37-D, University Houses, is pictured spraying his gladioli garden in preparation for the Central International Gladiolus Society...
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Badger State Dahlia Society

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: Four members of the Badger State Dahlia Society are shown left to right: Mrs. Loder, Mrs. Ira Fuller, Mr. Everett Loder and Mr. Ira Fuller. They are in the...
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Dahlia Garden

Date: 09 14 1950
Description: Edwin and Genevieve Larsen standing in their dahlia garden at 1245 East Dayton Street. Ed is holding a Miss Madison variety that he developed himself.
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Mrs. H.S. (Elsie) Bostock

Date: 09 20 1950
Description: Mrs. Elsie Bostock was honored by being named Wisconsin's first nationally accredited judge for flower shows. The appointment was made by the National Coun...
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Attic Angel Home and Garden Tour

Date: 06 28 1954
Description: Vera Ford standing in her formal garden at her residence at 500 Farwell Drive in Maple Bluff. The garden is included in the Attic Angel Garden Tour, an ann...
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Attic Angels Home and Garden Tour Committee

Date: 07 11 1957
Description: Some of the committee chairmen for the annual Attic Angels Home and Garden Tour preview box lunches to be served on the tour. Sitting at an outdoor table, ...
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We Saw You at the Rose Show

Date: 06 05 1959
Description: Dr. Henry Suckle (left), one of the Madison Rose Society's many physician rose enthusiasts, admiring flowers in Olbrich Park with James Marshall, city park...
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We Saw You . . . Planning Flower Show

Date: 08 06 1959
Description: Four members of the Little Garden Club are shown in the gardens at the E.R. Welch home at 3620 Lake Mendota Drive. They include, from left, Helen Samuelson...
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We Saw You . . . Planning Flower Show

Date: 08 06 1959
Description: Members of the Little Garden Club plan a flower show. They include, from left, Alice Hutchins, Rachel Landphier, Barbara Barrett, and Lydia Shafer.
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We Saw You . . . Planning Flower Show

Date: 08 06 1959
Description: Members of the Little Garden Club admire some experimental arrangements for their flower show. Members include, from left, Verna Custer, Ann Collentine, St...
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We Saw You . . . Planning Flower Show

Date: 08 06 1959
Description: Little Garden Club members involved in the planning of a flower show include, from left to right: Elizabeth Reif, Edith Drives, Ruby Pearson, Mrs. C.E. Wei...
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We Saw You at YWCA Garden Tea

Date: 05 14 1960
Description: Two newly elected Madison YWCA board members talk with three Madison ministers. Left to right: Rev. Robert Towner, Blanche Hart, Rev. Howard Orians, Violet...
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We Saw You . . . at Tea for Foreign Women

Date: 07 09 1960
Description: The Madison Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom entertains foreign women living in Madison at a garden tea, honoring the cente...

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