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| Date: | 08 10 1931 |
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| Description: | Eight barbers (S.R. Ashby, E.A. Sorenson, Louis H. Topp, Melvin Byom, Earl G. Carver, Melvin H. Randall, Joseph Fedele, and Claude E. Dyer) cutting hair of... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A female factory worker standing with her arms upraised, holding a miniature airplane in one hand and a bombshell in the other. In the background is the YW... |
| Date: | 11 19 1948 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Who's New Club at a barn dance at the YWCA gymnasium. Three women wearing bonnets pose next to a statue of Borden's "Elsie the Cow."... |
| Date: | 11 28 1951 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Edmund Hart, Miss Peggy Elvehjem, and Mrs. Harold Kubly serve as chairmen for the University of Wisconsin YWCA Christmas Bazaar to be held in the lobb... |
| Date: | 04 14 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the committee responsible for planning a Y-Teen dance, part of a World's Fair staged by the Y-Teens of Madison. From left are: Virginia D... |
| Date: | 10 29 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of four of the six members of a Madison group named to be part of the National YWCA Citizens' committee for observance of the YWCA centennia... |
| Date: | 03 28 1960 |
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| Description: | Three women, one wearing Scandinavian folk clothing, are examining a globe while making plans for the U.W. YWCA's benefit smorgasbord. The event will help ... |
| Date: | 04 21 1961 |
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| Description: | Irene Thomas wears a Norwegian costume while looking forward to the annual smorgasbord of the University YWCA in the John Muir room of the YMCA. |
| Date: | 05 31 1961 |
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| Description: | Peggy Moore is shown with the new sign which will mark the entrance to the YWCA's Camp Maria Olbrich on Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 10 1961 |
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| Description: | The University YWCA is one of the 29 United Givers agencies. It assists university students and foreign students in adjusting to university life and the Am... |
| Date: | 10 1961 |
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| Description: | Madison YWCA is supported by funds from the United Givers. The YWCA provides group activities as pictured here for teens and young women. One popular activ... |
| Date: | 05 09 1992 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips speaking at a podium. She is wearing a light blue suit. The sign on the podium reads: "YWCA of Greater Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | World War I poster featuring a woman in a navy blue uniform working at a switchboard that has the symbol of the Y.W.C.A abpve it. Outside the window behind... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | World War I poster featuring women glass blowers working in a factory with large tongs. Two men are standing by the window in the background, one dressed i... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster depicting a young woman wearing a YMCA uniform putting up a poster on a wall while looking over her shoulder at the viewer. A hazy reflection of the... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster with an illustration of a young woman wearing a white shirt and black skirt carrying a large flowing U.S. flag behind her back. There is an upside ... |
| Date: | 1973 |
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| Description: | View across North Pinckney Street, where it intersects with East Mifflin and North Hamilton Streets, towards The YWCA, historically the Belmont Hotel, and ... |
| Date: | 06 28 1960 |
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| Description: | Donald Franklin, left, presenting a check for $400 to Mona Manson, as the club's contribution toward improving Camp Maria Olbrich, the YWCA day camp on Lak... |
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