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Christmas Customs

Date: 12 14 1953
Description: Mrs. Ernest B. Steen of 2205 Lakeland Avenue, wife of new pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church, demonstrates a Christmas custom by displaying her bell collect...
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Gonstead Residence

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: Living room of the C.S. Gonstead home in Mt. Horeb, designed by Madison architect Herbert Fritz, built in 1951, and severely damaged by fire in 1991. The a...
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University of Wisconsin Football Pregame Party

Date: 10 26 1954
Description: Audrey Walsh arranges an heirloom crystal candelabra in preparation for a University of Wisconsin football pregame party. She plans to serve Swedish meatba...
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Men Who Cook

Date: 05 22 1956
Description: Mortimer Levitan is shown with his collection of herbs, spices and salts. He is also a cookbook collector.
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Shoe Collection

Date: 11 13 1956
Description: Garnet Baker stands beside part of the shoe collection she brought to the hobby show of the East Side Women's Club.
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Eunice Quinn Button Collection

Date: 11 06 1956
Description: Eunice Quinn poses with her button collection and trophies.
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Sue Carolyn Renk

Date: 06 18 1958
Description: Sue Carolyn Renk examines a piece of crystal glassware as her mother, Mrs. Wilbur Renk looks on. She is preparing for her wedding and her graduation.
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Doris Withrow Enters Dolls in National Event for Second Time

Date: 09 24 1958
Description: Doris Withrow bids farewell to the dolls which she has dressed for her entry in this year's National Doll Dressing Institute competition held in cooperatio...
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University Stamp Club Second Annual "All-State" Stamp Show and Banquet Menu

Date: 1925
Description: Front cover and menu page for the second annual stamp show and banquet for the University Stamp Club. Includes a 1/2 cent stamp picturing Nathan Hale cance...
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Ralph Callies' Political Button Collection

Date: 10 28 1964
Description: Ralph Callies pointing to one of the thousands of political buttons in his collection. He is a member of the American Political Items Collectors.
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Madison Stamp Club Meeting

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Two visitors are looking over a specimen pulled from the stamp collection album of T. Leslie Welch at the Madison Stamp Club meeting at the City YMCA. They...
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Madison Stamp Club Meeting

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Club treasurer, Charles P. Ingold, sitting among a crowd at the Madison Stamp Club meeting at the City YMCA. Behind him, Edgar Phillips is showing a philat...
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Madison Stamp Club Meeting

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Dick Thomas, sitting in the crowd of philatelic collectors and enthusiasts, scanning an exhibit at the Madison Stamp Club meeting at the City YMCA. The man...
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Madison Stamp Club Meeting

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Milton Geier, smoking a cigarette, is examining a stamp with a magnifier, while W.L. Millar is looking on, at the Madison Stamp Club meeting at the City YM...
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Madison Stamp Club Meeting

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Arthur Schwebs, with his daughter, Karen, and son, Roger, are looking at a philatelic exhibit in an album at the Madison Stamp Club meeting at the City YMC...
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Harold Myhre, Stamp Collector

Date: 03 13 1958
Description: Harold Myhre, a philatelist and head of the Madison Stamp Club, with a display of some of his valuable stamps that are framed.
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Senior Citizens and Their Heirlooms

Date: 05 13 1958
Description: Harvey C. Dollison, a coin collector, is shown holding a round container displaying California Gold Rush era privately minted 25 and 50-cent gold pieces th...
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Madison Stamp Club Exhibit

Date: 03 05 1959
Description: Members of the Madison Stamp Club shown examining a stamp. (Ned Lawrence on left, Fred Huebner on right). Displays of stamps on the wall behind them are pa...
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Attic Angels Benefit Sale

Date: 08 30 1960
Description: Nancy Taborsky and Doris Harper are Attic Angel members who are serving on the committee for the benefit sale. They are standing at the entrance to the liv...
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Madison Woman's Club Hobbies and Craft Show

Date: 01 26 1961
Description: Ella Carter photographs the exhibit of cut glass items brought to the hobbies and craft show of the Woman's club of Madison by Ida Kittleson, who is on the...

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