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| Date: | 11 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Members of the Volunteers of America Sunset Club eating a Thanksgiving dinner. |
| Date: | 12 17 1955 |
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| Description: | Order of Amaranth members packing food boxes for needy families. Shown, left to right: Bella Holly, Anna Hynum, Ruth Lieberman, and Myrtle Jessen. |
| Date: | 12 16 1947 |
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| Description: | Members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary preparing yule baskets for two families at the home of R.M. (Frances) Larson, 3914 Nakoma Road. Left t... |
| Date: | 02 15 1949 |
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| Description: | A group of women mending clothes for the Quakers' relief clothing project at one of their regular Tuesday morning sessions at the home of Mrs. Hilton E. (L... |
| Date: | 10 24 1949 |
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| Description: | Members of the Sunset Garden Club decorate a table in the guild hall at Grace Episcopal Church for the kick-off luncheon for the Madison Community Chest dr... |
| Date: | 03 15 1954 |
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| Description: | Elsie Smavy (right), bedridden in her seventh year of polio and with limited movement in her lower arms, creates embroidery. Her children, Molly, 7, and Ni... |
| Date: | 07 30 1954 |
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| Description: | Cub Scouts roasting marshmallows with Aleen Plater, United Givers' Division head. Left to right: Mrs. Plater, Steve Plater, Joey MacDonald, Larry Frohmade... |
| Date: | 03 14 1955 |
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| Description: | The family of David Lindl, the 1956 "Easter Seal Boy", eating breakfast. They include, from left: father Frank C. Lindl; Dennis, age 17 months; mother Marg... |
| Date: | 06 05 1956 |
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| Description: | United Givers district chairman Jeanette Erickson serves coffee to other district or division chairmen. Standing, left to right, are: Lucille Nedrebo, Mood... |
| Date: | 06 05 1956 |
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| Description: | Three division chairmen for the Women's Division United Givers. Left to right are: Kathleen Dubielzig, Margaret Straughn, and Mrs. John Rothney of Monona. |
| Date: | 06 05 1956 |
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| Description: | Three leaders of the Women's Division of United Givers confer. Left to right are: Mary Gill, Francis Bell, and Alice Pahl. |
| Date: | 07 02 1956 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Nic J. Schmitz sits in the living room of the new pink brick New England Colonial home where she and her husband live at 607 Farwell Drive. The home i... |
| Date: | 07 07 1956 |
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| Description: | The featured kitchen utility room area at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nic J. Schmitz at 607 Farwell Drive is on the third annual benefit tour of the Attic Ang... |
| Date: | 07 07 1956 |
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| Description: | The utility room at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nic J. Schmitz, 607 Farwell Drive, is connected to the kitchen by a small hallway. It features a washer-dryer,... |
| Date: | 01 23 1957 |
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| Description: | Harriet Langsdorf and Nellie Westmont of the Antioch temple, Daughters of the Nile, admire some of the sewing which members have made for the Shrine Hospit... |
| Date: | 12 13 1957 |
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| Description: | Mary Gillin is sitting behind a table with a display of 21 pairs of mittens of various sizes with wrist stripes that she knitted to donate to The Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 10 01 1957 |
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| Description: | Members of the De Porres Guild make preparations for the upcoming bazaar. Proceeds will benefit the Blessed Martin Guild which conducts social, recreationa... |
| Date: | 06 25 1955 |
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| Description: | Jessie Briese, sitting, is pouring tea for (left to right) Lillian Dean, Mrs. John Westmont, and Agnes Dreher. The tea and jelly mart was held at the home ... |
| Date: | 02 09 1956 |
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| Description: | Three women prepare "materials used in the making of cancer dressings." The women include Eleanor Britt, Florence Anderson, and Marcia Udelhofen. The orig... |
| Date: | 02 09 1956 |
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| Description: | Four women are sitting together behind a low table containing small bundles of cloth and a scissors while making slippers for the children staying at a Mad... |
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