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Amanda Maisch

Date: 01 11 1934
Description: Amanda Maisch being honored for her 20th anniversary as Janitress at Madison Central High School. Sitting L to R: Elsie Kind, mathematics; Amanda Maisch; E...
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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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Cake Cutting at the Wisconsin Garden Club Jubilee

Date: 10 01 1952
Description: Margaret E. Garnett (Mrs. A.C.), of Madison, program chair of the convention, and Mrs. Linus Boehm of West Salem, president of the state federation, cuttin...
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Who's New Club

Date: 01 24 1947
Description: Four members of the Who's New Club, in Civil War costumes. One woman is seated at a piano, one sitting near a spinning wheel, and two standing. They are pa...
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YMCA Anniversary Dinner

Date: 03 03 1948
Description: YMCA twenty-ninth anniversary dinner meeting. Seated at the head table are: left to right, Mrs. A.F. (Madelyn) Trebilcock; Arthur Trebilcock, president of ...
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Blessed Martin House

Date: 04 22 1948
Description: Four women sewing a 'sleeping garment' at the Blessed Martin House, 746 West Washington Avenue, an interracial and interfaith center sponsored by Madison C...
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University League

Date: 10 14 1948
Description: The University League committee members, wives of University of Wisconsin faculty, make table decorations for the Centennial luncheon at the Memorial Union...
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Who's New Club 14th Anniversary Tea

Date: 01 21 1949
Description: At the tea table are officers of the Who's New Club who are celebrating the 14th anniversary of the organization. Left to right: Mrs. Fred (Beulah) Reeth, ...
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Frank and Helen Meyer Golden Wedding Anniversart

Date: 08 13 1950
Description: Portrait of Frank M. and Helen Meyer of 132 Franklin Avenue standing by their dining room table during an open house celebrating their golden wedding anniv...
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The "Guardian's" 40th Anniversary

Date: 10 23 1978
Description: Staff of the "Guardian," the Marxist-Leninist weekly newspaper, taken on the 40th anniversary of the paper's establishment. The cake is decorated with a ha...
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Winkie, Vilas Zoo Elephant

Date: 06 28 1952
Description: A zoo keeper is standing beside Winkie, the Vilas Zoo elephant, as she is eating her "birthday cake" to celebrate her birthday and second anniversary at th...
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Unitarian Anniversary

Date: 05 19 1954
Description: The head table at a dinner marking the 75th anniversary of the First Unitarian Society of Madison. Seated at the table are Frank Lloyd Wright and, next to ...
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Unitarian Dinner

Date: 12 10 1954
Description: Rev. Max Gaebler, standing at the lower right, addressing a gathering at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House. This view, looking toward the rear of t...
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Happy Birthday Medicare

Date: 07 29 1995
Description: At a celebration for the 30th anniversary of Medicare, Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey and guests blow out the candles on a cake.
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Who's Who Club

Date: 01 15 1959
Description: Ferne Shelby, left, a former club president, pours tea at the Who's Who Club anniversary tea at the YWCA, 122 State Street. Others are, left to right: Anna...
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Gulley's 25th Anniversary Party

Date: 07 1955
Description: Beatrice (Bea) and Carson Gulley posing together at their 25th wedding anniversary party in their new home at 5701 Cedar Place. The home was located in the...
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Sherwin and Emma Gillett's 50th Wedding Anniversary

Date: 1956
Description: Guests gathered for Sherwin and Emma Gillett's 50 Wedding Anniversary banquet.
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We Saw You at Who's New Anniversary Tea

Date: 01 15 1960
Description: Four leaders of the Who's New Club attend their 25th anniversary tea. Left to right: Lois Wegener (sitting at tea table); Dorothy Uehling, Dorothy Smith, ...
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We Saw You at Who's New Anniversary Tea

Date: 01 15 1960
Description: Members of the Who's New Anniversary club admire a four-tiered cake at their 25th anniversary tea. Left to right: Bonnie Tennant, Mary Waddell, Beatrice Th...
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Altmeyer and Cohen at the 35th Anniversary of Social Security

Date: 1970
Description: Wilbur Cohen, center, and Arthur Altmeyer right, at a table during the celebration of the 35th anniversary of Social Security enactment. On the left is an ...

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