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Zor Shrine Circus

Date: 05 23 1936
Description: Zor Shrine Circus group posing in front of the Masonic Temple.
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George Forrester at Ringling Circus

Date: 1953
Description: Madison Mayor, George Forrester, seated in the front row of the audience at the Ringling Brothers Circus. Clowns entertain the children seated near Forrest...
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Mrs. Robert (Dorothy L.) Sirney

Date: 10 13 1948
Description: Mrs. Robert (Dorothy L.) Sirney, standing in front of a curtain and wearing a Norwegian costume. She is holding a wooden platter she has decorated with ros...
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Wisconsin Centennial Tea

Date: 10 06 1948
Description: Three women in historic costumes posed at Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs Wisconsin Centennial Tea Party held at the Woman's Building. They are let t...
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Naval Officers and Wives Club

Date: 11 16 1948
Description: Hula dancer, Mrs. Ralph (Helen) Metcalf, 3116 Crestwood Drive, in Hawaiian costume, practicing her dance routine for the Naval Officers and Wives Club Chri...
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Who's New Club - Barn Dance

Date: 11 19 1948
Description: Members of the Who's New Club at a barn dance in the gymnasium of the YWCA. Three "country maidens" at left are: Mrs. M.E. Rudd, 4393 Monona Drive; Mrs. Fr...
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Who's New Club - Barn Dance

Date: 11 19 1948
Description: Members of the Madison Who's New Club at a barn dance in the YWCA gymnasium. Mrs. Edgar S. (Kathleen) Schreiber, left, chairman for the party, and Mrs. Rob...
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Who's New Club - Barn Dance

Date: 11 19 1948
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."...
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Sorority Alumnae Play Cast

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Two alumnae members of the Madison chapter of Phi Beta, speech and music sorority, rehearsing for their part in the "Old English Revels" for members and th...
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Mrs. Celin Furu and Her Rosemaled Folkart

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Mrs. Celin Furu is shown in Norwegian costume displaying her rosemaled painted platters and sideboard cabinet. She was a wartime resident of Bergen, Norway...
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Mrs. Celin Furu and Her Oil Painting

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Mrs. Celin Furu is shown in Norwegian costume displaying her oil painting of Trolfjord, as well as Rosemaled furniture. She was a wartime resident of Berge...
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University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner

Date: 12 08 1948
Description: Dressed in Elizabethan costume during the University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner in Tripp Commons are: center, Richard Lewis, Eau Claire, president of ...
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University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner

Date: 11 08 1948
Description: Dressed in Elizabethan costume during the University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner in Tripp Commons are Felice Michaels, Chicago, Chairman of the Union n...
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University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner

Date: 12 08 1948
Description: Dressed in Elizabethan costume during the University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner in Tripp Commons are four members of the Wisconsin Union directorate. ...
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Bashford Methodist Church Party

Date: 12 15 1948
Description: Santa Claus distributing gifts to five youth in wheelchairs at a party at Bashford Methodist Church at 11 N. 7th Street.
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JCC "Can-Can" Line

Date: 12 20 1948
Description: Twelve members of the JCC auxiliary "Can-Can" line. They performed at the Junior Chamber of Commerce Christmas dinner dance.
Poster

The Hare Krishna Movement! Poster

Date: 01 1972
Description: Poster publicizing a Hare Krishna "Self-Awakening Program" sessions in Madison, Wisconsin, at the Radha Krishna Temple, at 313 N. Livingston Street. Includ...
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Madison Theater Guild's "The Hasty Heart"

Date: 02 01 1949
Description: Marilyn Eddy as Margaret, a nurse in a British hospital in Burma, in Madison Theater Guild's production of "The Hasty Heart". Also included is second negat...
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University of Wisconsin Winter Carnival Ice Show

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: Four University of Wisconsin students wearing figure skating costumes are shown posing in front of Lake Mendota where they performed a show on Memorial Uni...
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Phi Beta's "A Combine of Comedy"

Date: 02 07 1949
Description: Four women in costume, posing in a scene from "Lyristrata"; part of a comedy program, "A Combine of Comedy" produced by Phi Beta in the play circle of the ...

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