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Rocky Roost

Date: 1905
Description: Rocky Roost, the Lamp family cottage, located west of Governor's Island in Lake Mendota, decorated for a party. Shown from the left are Matilda Lamp Lueder...
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League of Women Voters Garden Party

Date: 06 24 1944
Description: League of Women Voters garden party at the gubernatorial mansion. The following guests are standing the garden, left to right: Mrs. John E. Martin (Mary Ma...
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Tuesday Club Party

Date: 10 1939
Description: A group of women dressed festively and comically for a party. From left to right in the back row are Evaline Bennett, Blanche Foster, Edith Whitney, Rena P...
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Governor Walter S. Goodland's Inaugural Reception

Date: 01 06 1947
Description: Shown at the governor's inaugural reception at the Executive Residence are, from the right: Governor Walter S. Goodland, Mrs. Walter S. Goodland, Mary Jane...
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Sunset Village Garden Club Exhibit

Date: 09 20 1947
Description: Three women in formal wear at the Hotel Loraine viewing floral arrangements set in a background of crocheted tablecloths, quilts, and embroidered cloths wh...
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Republican Women's Tea

Date: 02 24 1948
Description: Republican Women of Dane County entertained at a tea for Mrs. Joseph R. Farrington, Washington D.C., wife of the Hawaiian delegate to Congress. Left to rig...
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Madison Art Association Tea

Date: 02 06 1949
Description: Shown at the Madison Art Association tea, at the Madison Free Library, are from left to right: Mrs. Raymond (Dorothy) Koltes, Mrs. James (Margaret) Watrous...
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Good Old Days

Date: 12 20 1949
Description: Betsy Bordman and Richard Snodgress are dressed in formal attire, ready to attend holiday parties.
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Group at Lawn Party

Date: 08 09 1902
Description: Group portrait of lawn party. Syl sits on the ground holding a sword in front of four women who are seated and one woman who is standing. The men, all wear...
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NAACP Reception

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Description: A group of people attending the NAACP reception for actor Canada Lee.
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Peggy Cafferty in Prom Dress

Date: 02 12 1954
Description: Portrait of Peggy Cafferty, University of Wisconsin Junior Prom queen finalist, wears a "ruffled white net strapless formal" with a full length skirt. She ...
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Delta Gamma Models

Date: 03 13 1954
Description: Three Delta Gamma sorority members model formal long dresses in preparation for the alumnae group's annual bridge party and style show. From left, they are...
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Royalettes and Royalites

Date: 02 13 1955
Description: Mrs. Masttie Anderson of Chicago, with Mrs. Sonny Garner, sponsor of the Chicago Royalites, at a cocktail and supper party in the Gold Room of the Playdium...
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Alpha Phi Style Show

Date: 03 03 1956
Description: Four women chat at the spring benefit style show and dessert bridge party, sponsored by the Alpha Phi sorority and alumnae. They include, from left: models...
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Shorewood Hills 30th Anniversary Costume Luncheon

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: "Blase beyond words were these three Shorewood women who came to the party in the abbreviated, waist-less, low-necked frocks characteristic of the 1920s." ...
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Navy Ball at University of Wisconsin

Date: 11 08 1957
Description: Two couples dance at the Navy Ball held for the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen at the Memorial Union's Great Hall. They are Sue S...
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Navy Ball at University of Wisconsin

Date: 11 08 1957
Description: Two midshipmen and their dates attend the Navy Ball held for the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) midshipmen at the Memorial Union's Great Hal...
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Interns and Residents Wives' Club Dance

Date: 12 07 1957
Description: Group portrait of Dr. and Mrs. Harry Groth (left) and Dr. and Mrs. Robert Douglas. Mrs. Douglas was president of the Interns and Residents Wives' Club. A C...
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Jean Emily Dyer Reese

Date: 1944
Description: Outdoor full-length portrait of Jean Emily Dyer (Reese) in her prom dress with a corsage. She is posed on stone steps with the train of her gown spread out...
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Westmorland Women Plan Card Party & Show

Date: 04 26 1961
Description: Group portrait of the planning committee for the annual Westmorland neighborhood card party and style show entitled "A Night in New Orleans." The show is t...

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