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Edna Krieger and Daughter

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Edna Krieger and daughter Nancy, posing on the steps of 2404 Kendall Avenue.
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Getting Ready for Christmas

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: Making an attractive Christmas picture, Janet Woodman holds her baby son, Douglas Shaw, in the center of a huge pine wreath hanging in a doorway.
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Eve Bloodgood

Date: 08 21 1948
Description: Eve Bloodgood, standing outside the front door of her parents house at 1102 Lincoln Street, soon to leave for her senior year at Kemper Hall, Kenosha, wher...
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Westye Bakke House Fireplace

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Fireplace in the Westye Bakke house at 4818 Odana Road (now 4817 Sherwood Road). There is a mirror over the fireplace, and two chairs are arranged in front...
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Ruth B. Glassow House Interior

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Interior view of the house of Professor Ruth B. Glassow at 1635 Norman Way showing a door and a countertop. The house had been a barn on the estate of John...
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H.D. Brainard Home at Lone Rock

Date: 03 10 1950
Description: View looking towards the front door in the room-sized entry hall in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.D. Brainard. The home was the former 1878 "old Don Johnson f...
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Girl Scout Cookie Sale

Date: 02 27 1952
Description: Girl Scouts Janet and Jane Brandenburg promote a Girl Scout cookie sale to Dorothy Freck.
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University of Wisconsin Sorority Pledges

Date: 11 17 1953
Description: Portrait of two University of Wisconsin co-eds recently pledged to Alpha Chi Omega sorority. Standing in the arched doorway of the sorority house at 152 La...
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Christmas Customs

Date: 12 14 1953
Description: Maybelle Otterson demonstrates a Christmas custom as she hangs a front door decoration on her home at 209 North Blackhawk Avenue in Shorewood.
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Delta Delta Delta Pansy Breakfast

Date: 05 16 1954
Description: Phyllis Robertson, chapter president, greets guests as they arrive at the annual Delta Delta Delta Pansy Breakfast. Guests include, left to right: Norma Tr...
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Nakoma PTA Blood Drive

Date: 01 04 1954
Description: Girl Scout Betsy Paddock, age eleven, talks to Lawrence and Arneita Halle in an effort to recruit donors for an upcoming Red Cross blood drive at Nakoma Sc...
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Parade of Homes in Meadowood

Date: 06 12 1956
Description: Steps made from railroad ties are a feature at one of the homes in the Parade of Homes.
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Babysitting the Charlton Children

Date: 08 07 1956
Description: Henry Charlton escorts babysitter Linda Taylor home after she completed her babysitting job with the Charlton children.
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Don Halverson's Cat, Effie

Date: 01 17 1957
Description: Portrait of Don Halverson's cat, Effie, who runs his retired household at 5022 Milward Drive.
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Career Girls Entertain

Date: 02 15 1957
Description: Anne Pidcoe, teacher, enters an apartment building with an armload of groceries in preparation for a dinner party.
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Career Girls Entertain

Date: 02 15 1957
Description: Anne Pidcoe, teacher, welcomes guest Bill Meuer to a dinner party at 122 East Gilman Street, Apartment 205.

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