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Basket Making at Neighborhood House

Date: 1950
Description: Group of girls making baskets, as an older girl or woman demonstrates a technique. Neighborhood House sponsored many groups and activities, such as basketr...
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Carson Gulley with Pies

Date: 05 14 1953
Description: Chef Carson Gulley holding two pies and standing in front of a rack of fudge bottom pies. He is posing for a WMTV ad for his cooking show to be broadcast ...
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National Office Management Association Meeting

Date: 11 11 1953
Description: During the one meeting of the year when the Madison Chapter of the association invites commercial teachers to exchange ideas, Leonard Szudy, Mazomanie high...
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Town and Country House

Date: 11 17 1953
Description: Furniture display of a sofa and lamp at the Town and Country House furniture store.
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Raggedy Ann Grape Jelly

Date: 12 01 1953
Description: Jar of Raggedy Ann Pure Grape Jelly, sealed with a vapor-vacuum sealed lid. These jars were meant to be used as drinking glasses after the jelly had been c...
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Martini Glasses

Date: 09 1955
Description: Two full Martini glasses with olives are sitting on a kitchen counter.
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Activities of Firemen at the Central Fire Station

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Harold Hansen (left) and Fred Manthe making chili for the firemen's dinner. Hansen is standing next to the stove stirring a deep pot with one hand, and is ...
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Cuba City Hospital and Clinic

Date: 02 02 1954
Description: Cook Hazel Gourlie in the kitchen of the Cuba City Hospital and Clinic.
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Methodist Hospital Service League

Date: 02 04 1954
Description: Members of the Methodist Hospital Service League during their monthly day of service sewing linens to be used in the hospital. Standing left to right are: ...
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East Side Women's Club Banquet

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: Helen Curry and her daughters, Sandra and Judy, sitting at a table at the East Side Women's club banquet at St. John's Lutheran church.
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East Side Women's Club Banquet

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: Mothers and daughters looking over a menu at the East Side Women's club banquet at St. John's Lutheran church. Seated at the table are: Geraldine Morrison ...
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Appliance Show in Darlington, WI

Date: 03 06 1954
Description: Youngstown Kitchens appliance show sponsored by the Darlington Furniture Store held in the Darlington High School auditorium. A woman is demonstrating new ...
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Sewing Class at Blessed Martin House

Date: 05 11 1954
Description: Beatrice Braton straightening the dress she made for a doll at a sewing class at Blessed Martin House. The dolls will be sent to an orphanage overseas in J...
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Sewing Class at Blessed Martin House

Date: 05 21 1954
Description: Margaret Rogers and Patricia Ann Johnson are chatting while working on doll dresses during a sewing class at Blessed Martin House.
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Sewing Class at Blessed Martin House

Date: 05 11 1954
Description: Bonita Gill, Marcia Gulrud, Jeanette Braxton, and Ann Gulrud admiring the dolls they made dresses for during a sewing class at Blessed Martin House. The do...
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Sewing Class at Blessed Martin House

Date: 05 11 1954
Description: Maria Johnson and Patty Poppa are looking on as Donna Harris is adjusting a sewing machine at Blessed Martin House. The girls in the sewing class made dres...
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New Pines Restaurant

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Interior of the New Pines restaurant at 2413 Parmenter Street.
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New Pines Restaurant

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Two African American cooks standing by a stone hearth in the kitchen at the New Pines restaurant located at 2413 Parmenter Street. One of the cooks might ...
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We Saw You . . . at the Optimist Meeting

Date: 08 23 1954
Description: Three past presidents of Madison Optimist clubs are shown at a dining table. Left to right are: Walter Blair, B.R. L'Hommedieu, and Jerry Coulter. Coulter ...
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We Saw You . . . at the Optimist Meeting

Date: 08 23 1954
Description: Three Optimists chatting over coffee (left to right): W.C. Matthews, Wesley West, and Joseph Melli.

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