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Who's New Club Board Members

Date: 09 13 1955
Description: Three board members of the Who's New Club lunching at Blackhawk Country Club, Shorewood Hills. Left to right: Virginia Mansfield, Lois Cardinal, and Shirle...
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Portrait of Julia Maddock Wearing Ho-Chunk Dress

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Description: Studio portrait of a European American girl posing sitting in front of a painted backdrop, holding a Ho-Chunk cradle board with a china-headed doll. She is...
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Woman Showing Quilt

Date: 1935
Description: Woman holding up a quilt, showing it at the Iron County Fair.
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Senior Center Tour

Date: 01 1979
Description: Congressman David Obey (right) enjoys lunch at a senior center in his northern Wisconsin congressional district.
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University of Wisconsin Football Pregame Party

Date: 10 26 1956
Description: Fern Thompson stands in her kitchen while preparing food for a University of Wisconsin football pregame party. She will be serving a chicken casserole, rol...
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Bringing Food to the Table

Date: 08 14 1956
Description: Virginia Hall displays her angel food cake. Part of photo spread for the Wisconsin State Journal Centennial Cookbook Contest.
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Picnic by a River

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Description: Four men and seven women are posing sitting and standing around a picnic on the edge of a river, with a man standing on a bridge in the background. The fir...
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Neighborhood House Activities Scrapbook: Play School

Date: 1946
Description: Image from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with three girls standing and sitting at a table with a play telephone, a kitchen beater, and play dishe...
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Who's New Club Luncheon

Date: 09 12 1958
Description: Members of the Who's New Club, an organization for all new women residents of Madison, open the fall season with a "get acquainted" luncheon at the Cuba Cl...
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Checking Dane County Fair Entries

Date: 07 15 1959
Description: Mrs. Alvin Derr (left), Marshall, and Mrs. Edner Norland, Belleville, check in 2,098 clothing entries at the Dane County Junior Fair.
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Little Girl Enjoying Corn

Date: 09 1987
Description: Laura Rivera celebrates Appreciation Day with an ear of corn.
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Picnicking with Friends and Relative

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of 19 women picnicking in Will's woods. The women are friends, neighbors, and relatives of the Krueger family. Sarah Krueger stands in the b...
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Mrs. Alice Ferguson and Miss Loreen Jacobson Will Judge Recipes for the 9th Annual Wisconsin State Journal Cook Book

Date: 06 30 1964
Description: Two well-known Wisconsin cooking experts, Mrs. Alice Ferguson (sitting) and Miss Loreen Jacobson (standing), will be the judges for the 9th annual Wisconsi...
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Second Place Winner of the Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 09 01 1957
Description: Portrait of Henrietta Markham, who won second place for her recipe for apricot bisque in the Wisconsin State Journal cookbook contest.
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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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