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Cake Cutting at the Wisconsin Garden Club Jubilee

Date: 10 01 1952
Description: Margaret E. Garnett (Mrs. A.C.), of Madison, program chair of the convention, and Mrs. Linus Boehm of West Salem, president of the state federation, cuttin...
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Child in Coffin at Funeral Home

Date: 07 26 1945
Description: William E. Crossen, eighteen-months-old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Crossen, shown in a coffin at Joyce Funeral Home.
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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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Men at Community Union Dinner

Date: 01 23 1948
Description: Madison Community Union annual dinner meeting at the Park Hotel. Attending are: left to right, Chief Justice Marvin Rosenberry, Lowell Frautschi, Dr. H.C. ...
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Madison Hadassah Chapter Members

Date: 04 14 1948
Description: Three members of the Madison chapter of Hadassah at the first annual donor luncheon at the Hotel Loraine. Pictured from left to right are: Mrs. Sam (Ida) L...
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Edgewater Hotel Lobby

Date: 03 26 1948
Description: Edgewater Hotel lake shore lobby decorated by Lowell Frautschi of Frautschi's Inc., 219 King Street, where warm colors and bold lines create an air of eleg...
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Edgewater Hotel Opening

Date: 04 26 1948
Description: Emerald-walled living room in a guest suite in the new Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue. The hotel has sixty-six suites made up of 150 rooms; each roo...
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Testimonial Banquet for Thomas E. Jones, UW Track Coach

Date: 05 27 1948
Description: Testimonial banquet, in Crystal Ballroom of the Loraine Hotel, sponsored by the Rotary Club, for Thomas E. Jones, U.W. track coach, who will be retiring af...
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Soroptimist Club Charter

Date: 10 30 1948
Description: The Soroptimist club received its charter at a formal dinner at the Hotel Loraine. Officers of the club, an organization of business and professional women...
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National VFW Testimonial Dinner

Date: 11 23 1948
Description: At a VFW banquet, Lyall T. Beggs, national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, was honored by the VFW and Madison citizens at the Hotel Loraine in t...
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Wirka Takes Postmaster Oath

Date: 12 31 1948
Description: Joseph J. Wirka, former superintendent of mails, on the left, is shown receiving the keys to the post office from Walter J. Hyland, on the right, retiring ...
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Walter J. Hyland

Date: 12 31 1948
Description: Portrait of Walter J. Hyland, retiring Madison postmaster, taken in his office behind a bouquet of roses presented to him by the postal clerks and supervis...
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Banquet for Fire Captain Roy B. Herrling

Date: 01 11 1949
Description: Guests at the head table at a banquet for Fire Captain Roy B. Herrling held at the No. 4 station. From left are, Chief Edward J. Page, Captain Herrling, As...
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Credit Bureau of Madison Banquet

Date: 01 26 1949
Description: The 33rd anniversary banquet of the Credit Bureau of Madison held at the Hotel Loraine. Shown are, left to right: H.R. Heberlein, past president; K.W. Haag...
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Mrs. Gerald (Cora) Fries Funeral

Date: 02 14 1949
Description: Funeral service of Mrs. Gerald (Cora) Fries, wife of Blooming Grove Constable "Jerry" Fries, showing the open casket in the Gunderson funeral home, 936 Win...
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Constitution Day Luncheon

Date: 09 20 1949
Description: Guests sitting at the head table at the Madison Lions Club Constitution Day Luncheon at the Park Hotel. Left to right are Rev. Charles R. Bell, Jr., pastor...
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Red Cross Annual Dinner

Date: 11 18 1949
Description: Shown are the honored guests at the Red Cross Annual Dinner in the Hotel Loraine. They are (left to right) City Manager Howell, Mrs. Lohra S. Davies, exec...
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Edgewater Hotel Dedication

Date: 05 21 1950
Description: Edgewater Hotel dedicated to Madison contractor and civic leader John H. Findorff, builder of the hotel. Dedication is marked with a bronze plaque hanging...
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Four Mental Health Doctors

Date: 09 11 1950
Description: Four doctors gather in the Madison Club to arrange final details for the the third statewide Mental Health Conferance. They are left to right: Drs. Ester d...
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Madison Knights of Columbus 50th Anniversary Banquet

Date: 11 12 1950
Description: Ten men sitting at a table at the Madison Knights of Columbus 50th Anniversary Banquet at Hotel Loraine. Left to right: Anton L. Nussbaum, past grand knigh...

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