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Keppel - Fritz Wedding

Date: 08 30 1934
Description: Valeria M. Keppel and Roland Fritz on their wedding day, with Virgina Keppel and Ernest Kloetzli, at the home of bride's parents, 825 South Shore Drive.
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Masonic Commonwealth Lodge No. 325

Date: 06 24 1947
Description: Masonic Commonwealth Lodge No. 325 twenty-fifth anniversary dinner showing masons and their wives sitting at tables, and floral decorations on the speakers...
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Blackhawk Country Club Costume Party

Date: 07 23 1955
Description: Dr. and Mrs. L. Riley McCormick in costume, 2117 Monroe Street, playing the guitar and singing at the Blackhawk Country Club 1920s costume party.
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Sigurd Olson and Elizabeth Olson

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Description: Sigurd F. Olson (April 4, 1899 - January 13, 1982) was an American author, environmentalist, and advocate for the protection of wilderness. Sigurd and his ...
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Queen Elizabeth

Date: 01 1956
Description: As a feature writer for the Associated Press based in London during the 1950s, Alvin Steinkopf often reported on the Royal family. This is a close-up he to...
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University of Wisconsin Dormsylvania Ball

Date: 08 02 1954
Description: Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Reinfeldt of Milwaukee who reigned as Duke and Duchess of the annual University of Wisconsin summer session "Dormsylvania ...
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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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West Side Kiwanis Dance

Date: 01 22 1960
Description: Two officers and their wives chat during the dance held by the newly organized West Side Kiwanis Club. From left to right are: the Rev. Robert Towner, pres...
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In a 1917 Chevrolet

Date: 1919
Description: Edgar Krueger sitting in the drivers seat of a 1917 Chevrolet while Jennie Krueger Bruetzman and Ernst Bruetzman are sitting together in the back seat. All...
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Aslak Olsen Lie and His Family

Date: 1878
Description: Seated in front, from left to right are Ole Granum, Marit Lie (wife of Aslak), Aslak Lie, and Ingrid Lie Granum. In the second row, from left to right, are...
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Anniversary Portrait

Date: 1918
Description: Full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of an elderly couple for their 50th anniversary. The woman is sitting, and the man is standing. ...
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Karl and Mildred Fauerbach

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Description: Karl H. Fauerbach and his wife Mildred Fauerbach are seated at a table in a restaurant during a trip to Cuba.
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New Truax Field Officers Club

Date: 12 05 1953
Description: Guests at the Truax Field Officers Club formal "debt party" and dance celebrating the opening of the new clubhouse. Left to right: Lt. Col. Robert J. and L...
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Rennebohm Annual Christmas Party

Date: 12 28 1953
Description: Ralph and Ruth Woods with Doris Frank dining in holiday finery at the Rennebohm Drug Store annual Christmas party at the Catholic Community Center. Candles...
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Madison Art Association Exhibition

Date: 10 15 1953
Description: Dr. Paul and Alice Clark amidst paintings at the preview of the Madison Art Association art exhibit in Scanlan Hall at the Madison Vocational School.
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Madison Art Association Exhibit

Date: 10 15 1953
Description: George and Elizabeth Schlotthauer assisted at the preview reception for the Madison Art Association art exhibit in Scanlan Hall at the Vocational School. D...
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Madison Art Association Exhibit

Date: 10 15 1953
Description: Interested viewers at the preview for the Madison Art Association art exhibit in Scanlan Hall at the Vocational School were Lt. and Mrs. Olnar Olsen of Mil...
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Chitwood-Billings Wedding

Date: 06 12 1954
Description: Marion Chitwood and Leroy Billings exiting St. James Church after their wedding. The couple is met with guests throwing rice in the air.
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Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: Staged visit to a divorce attorney in his office by a married couple. The husband is acted by Francis Fay, and posing as the wife, Miriam Leifer, vice-pres...
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Madison West High School Reunion — Class of '42

Date: 08 10 1957
Description: Two members of the Class of 1942 that came long distances for their Madison West High School reunion. Pictured are Mr. and Mrs. T.G. Budd of South Bend, In...

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