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Beer and Sweet Corn

Date: 08 24 1968
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kress, dressed in lederhosen, enjoy beer and sweet corn at the Mid-summer Festival.
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Presentation of Portrait of Edward Kremers

Date: 1932
Description: View of a ceremony in which an oil portrait of University of Wisconsin pharmacist Edward Kremers was unveiled. Pictured are (right to left): Nellie Wakeman...
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Hungarian Wheat Festival

Date: 08 09 1942
Description: Two couples in Hungarian costumes, one man holding a scythe (kasza), admiring a sheaf of wheat in a wheat field. The twig tied to the scythe in a triangle ...
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Prom Court

Date: 07 1965
Description: Curtis and his friend Pete Sandberg escort Queen of the prom, Marcy Smith and her friend (? Cole), alternate queen.
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Passport to Happiness

Date: 10 20 1954
Description: Portrait of Fricis Brakmanis, age 41, and his bride-to-be Maija Smeils, 40, holding their wedding license. Both had spent time in Latvian forced-labor camp...
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Madison Centennial Week

Date: 10 18 1956
Description: Nancy and Jesse Hyman Jr. dress in costume to promote Centennial Week, October 22 - 27, in observation of the city of Madison's 100th year.
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Gardner Baking Co. Employees' 25-Year Club

Date: 11 29 1957
Description: Janet Pond (left) and Teresa Dexter stand beside their husbands, James Dexter and Gill Pond. They are possibly members from Colvin Baking Co., a firm asscc...
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Gardner Baking Co. Employees' 25- Year Club

Date: 11 29 1957
Description: Gardner Baking Co. foreman Julius Stark stands beside his wife, Clara Stark.
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University of Wisconsin Summer Session Pre-Prom Dinner

Date: 08 1958
Description: William and Eula Hiltz and Florence and Chester Gill chat during the University of Wisconsin Summer Session pre-prom dinner.
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Syttende Mai Observance

Date: 05 15 1959
Description: Two couples visit at the observance of Norway's Syttende Mai Independence Day, sponsored by the Ygdrasil Literary Society at the Wisconsin Center. Left to ...
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Syttende Mai Observance

Date: 05 15 1959
Description: Two couples attend the observance of Norway's Syttende Mai Independence Day, sponsored by the Ygdrasil Literary Society at the Wisconsin Center. Left to ri...
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Hotel Loraine New Year's Day Menu

Date: 01 01 1929
Description: Front cover and menu page of the New Year's Day menu at the Loraine Hotel, part of the Schroeder Hotels, with a man and a woman dressed in sweaters and win...
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Dinner Menu with Photograph of Couple

Date: 09 24 1929
Description: Menu in the form of a greeting card with the event date embossed on the front cover, beneath an oval photograph of a man and a woman lying prone in a grass...
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Women's Architectural League Christmas Dance

Date: 12 19 1960
Description: The Madison chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Women's Architectural League jointly sponsored a Christmas dinner dance. Among t...
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Postal Clerks Local 241 January Christmas Party

Date: 01 08 1961
Description: Richard and Dorothy Trameri and Marguerite and Wesley Burke talk on the edge of the dance floor.
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Madison Civic Symphony Pops Concert

Date: 04 29 1961
Description: A group of guests attends the Civic Symphony Pops Concert in the Crystal ballroom of the Hotel Loraine. They include, left to right: John and Mary Murphy ...
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Madison Civic Symphony Pops Concert

Date: 04 29 1961
Description: A group of guests attends the Civic Symphony Pops Concert in the Crystal Ballroom of the Hotel Loraine They include (seated), from left to right: Archie Ki...

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