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Crochet Club

Date: 1900
Description: Group of fifteen women gathered around three tables behind a home, probably the DMC Club, an exclusive social and sewing society named for an imported bran...
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Tea Party

Date: 05 05 1963
Description: Mother pouring tea for her twins at the mother and daughter tea, sponsored by the Brookfield Woman's Club.
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WWII Red Cross Worker

Date: 03 1945
Description: Betty Sullivan, a Red Cross worker, serves coffee in the interrogation room at Kobler Field, Saipan, for a B-29 flight crew that had just returned from a b...
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Crocheting Doilies

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: A Girl Scout crocheting doilies at a senior citizens' care center with her "adoptive grandmother."
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Milwaukee Road Service Club Party

Date: 12 02 1945
Description: Milwaukee Road Service Club family party at E.R.A. Hall, with seven male officers in line being served food by three women, with a small boy looking on.
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Mueller and Helminiak Wedding

Date: 02 05 1944
Description: Group portrait of twelve people sitting around the table at the Jeanne Mueller and Leonard Helminiak wedding dinner at the Madison Club.
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Alpha Epsilon Phi Senior Breakfast

Date: 05 31 1936
Description: Group portrait of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority members standing around banquet tables at senior breakfast, 22 Langdon Street.
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Governor Schmedeman and Christmas Basket

Date: 12 20 1933
Description: Governor Schmedeman presenting Christmas basket provided by the Volunteers of America to Mrs. Catherine Schwartz and daughter, Frances. Captain George Lawt...
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Thanksgiving Baskets

Date: 11 29 1933
Description: A table and chairs are laden with rows of Thanksgiving baskets prepared by the Volunteers of America for distribution to needy families.
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Volunteers of America Giving Out a Thanksgiving Basket

Date: 11 29 1933
Description: Volunteers of America volunteer handing out a Thanksgiving food basket.
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Alpha Epsilon Phi Dinner Party

Date: 05 28 1933
Description: Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority women, seated at tables decorated with a marine theme, for an informal senior group finishing dinner at 135 Langdon Street.
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Chi Psi Fraternity Pre Prom Dinner

Date: 02 03 1933
Description: Chi Psi fraternity pre prom dinner at Chi Psi house, 105 Iota Court, with Prom King and Queen.
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Red Cross Sewing Circle

Date: 12 07 1932
Description: Seven women from the Social Service Department of the Woman's Club sewing for the Red Cross in the lounge of the Woman's Club, 240 W. Gilman Street.
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Red Cross Sewing Circle

Date: 12 06 1932
Description: Eight women, members of Section 1 of the First Congregational Church, sewing for the Red Cross in the home of Joseph and Augusta C. Steinbach, 509 S. Randa...
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Red Cross Sewing Circle

Date: 12 08 1932
Description: Large group of women sewing for the Red Cross at St. John's Lutheran Church, 322 East Washington Avenue. Shows a woman sitting behind a sewing machine on t...
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Red Cross Sewing Circle

Date: 12 08 1932
Description: Large group of women sewing for the Red Cross in the home of James and Mary McManamy, 2005 Jefferson.
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Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority Dinner

Date: 09 21 1931
Description: Epsilon Sigma Alpha, national educational sorority, business women's dinner. Group portrait of thirteen women standing behind a dinner table. The event wa...
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Midstate Grocer's Association Dinner

Date: 04 24 1950
Description: View from stage towards people sitting at long tables for the Midstate Grocer's Association dinner at Turner Hall. On display on the stage in the foregroun...
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Community Center Young Adult Club

Date: 03 05 1947
Description: Francis Beecher and Dorothy Rawlings indulge in a drink and conversation celebrating the 1st Anniversary of the Community Center's Young Adult Club.
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East Side Women's Club Hobby Show

Date: 11 13 1956
Description: Marie Ellis knitting ski sweaters at the East Side Women's Hobby Show.

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