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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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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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City Hall Outing

Date: 07 14 1954
Description: Police Chief Bruce Weatherly assists his wife, Inez, in the serving line at the city officials and staff picnic hosted at Alderwoman Ethel Brown's summer h...
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Elizabeth Woods holding the cup while Judith Stein is pouring coffee at the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital. The women's division of th...
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WSJ Recipe Contest

Date: 08 21 1957
Description: Looking through hundreds of entries received for the Wisconsin State Journal's cookbook recipe contest are Jo Ann Beier (left), WSJ women's editor, ...
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Homeowner Redecorates with Contemporary Styling

Date: 12 27 1957
Description: The tri-level home of I. Franklin and Arline Houseman, 821 Lakewood Boulevard in Maple Bluff, was redecorated with her choosing the color scheme. A star-sh...
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Serving Tea, a Gracious Custom

Date: 02 18 1958
Description: Sitting in front of the fireplace in the family home at 535 Wisconsin Avenue are Mrs. Lucien (Mary) Hanks, her daughter and two friends. They are (left to ...
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Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Helen Thompson (wife of Governor Vernon Thompson) is shown pouring punch for her Madison and Winnipeg Y-Teen guests. Left to right are the Thompson's daugh...
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A Day 'With a County Home Agent"

Date: 04 24 1958
Description: Kathleen Russell, Iowa County home agent, left, meeting with Mrs. Milton Leix, Cobb, president of the county homemakers organization.
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University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 21 1958
Description: Mrs. Elvehjem holds two of her dinner plates to add to the supply of china, crystal, and pottery that has been accumulated from the wives of former Univers...
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University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 21 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin president Conrad A. Elvehjem's daughter, Peggy, a home economist with General Mills in Minneapolis, standing in the kitchen of Olin...
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Granny Cowdin

Date: 11 19 1958
Description: Mary B. Cowdin (Granny), Mary C. Metz and Ralph W. Metz financed and built a house at 4725 Lafayette Drive with a full apartment for Granny and the rest of...
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Local Homemakers Making Holiday Preparations

Date: 12 02 1958
Description: Group of grandmothers from a clothing class at Madison Vocational and Adult School that make clothing for their grandchildren. Genevieve Sorenson (left) ad...
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University of Wisconsin Fraternity Housemothers

Date: 01 19 1959
Description: Mrs. Eugene S. Sullivan, housemother for the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, enjoys visiting with some of the students during a lunch. Students include: Robert M...
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Wives of Soil Scientists

Date: 08 16 1960
Description: Wives of soil scientists attended a get-acquainted tea at the home of UW President & Mrs. Conrad Elvehjem. Carrie Nelson, left, wife of Wisconsin's governo...

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