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| 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: | 02 05 1957 |
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| Description: | Kenneth Zeismer of Fall River holding his son Jimmy during the annual University of Wisconsin's Farm and Home Week. |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype. Waist-up portrait of Elsey Ormsbee Bristol. Elsey was born May 27, 1783; married August 1, 1804 at Warwick, Massachusetts to Cha... |
| Date: | 12 05 1957 |
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| Description: | Truman Swann (left) and Joe Lowenberg attend a dinner to honor union members at the Hotel Loraine. |
| Date: | 01 03 1958 |
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| Description: | Plans are being completed for the organization of a Women's Auxiliary to the Dane County Bar Association. Wives of the lawyers will make up the membership.... |
| Date: | 02 22 1958 |
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| Description: | Members of the Philharmonic Chorus hold a rehearsal reception in Esther Hall of the YWCA. Two prominent Madison musicians pictured are, left to right, Vera... |
| Date: | 03 14 1958 |
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| Description: | At every Madison fire station, a man takes over in the kitchen and has the title of cook. Pictured is Phil Behrend, the cook at the Central Fire Station. |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | A five year old boy is sitting on the hood of a truck eating an ice cream cone. The boy is Joel Keith Strickland, and he is wearing denim bib overalls and ... |
| Date: | 04 28 1958 |
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| Description: | John Eustice poses with a display of his china patterns. A graduate of University of Wisconsin and New York State College of Ceramics, John specializes in ... |
| Date: | 05 15 1958 |
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| Description: | Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. Luella Mortenson, women's director for bot... |
| Date: | 05 15 1958 |
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| Description: | Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. A husband and wife team, Bea and Carson Gu... |
| Date: | 08 18 1943 |
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| Description: | A young indigenous woman wearing a flower in her hair poses with an older woman who is balancing a basket on her head on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea... |
| Date: | 10 27 1958 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin State Journal has a new cookbook classification for teenagers. Diane Meyer, a senior at Stoughton High School, is the second place win... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Esther Elmer, 20, poses with jars of fruits and vegetables which she has canned. A fancy carpet is hanging behind her as a backdrop. She wrote on the rever... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elda Strahm, 13, poses outside her home with many prize ribbons which she won at the Green County and Wisconsin State Fairs. Another girl stands on the lef... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Edna Leonard, a student at Northey School, posing in front of shrubs near a building. On the reverse of the photograph is written: "Belongs to a local 4-H ... |
| Date: | 07 1955 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 15 1959 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Mary Pratt of Madison was the second grand prize winner in the Wisconsin State Journal's |
| Date: | 11 07 1959 |
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| Description: | Winners of the Wisconsin "Make It Yourself with Wool" contest are shown with their work. At left is Kay Lyon, junior winner (ages 14 - 17); on the right is... |
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| Description: | A gag photo postcard of a man, seated on the edge of a bed, with his arm around a life-sized paperboard cut out of a beautiful, seated woman. He is holding... |
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