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Juliette Blackman Breese (Mrs. Cecil Bennett) with William and Zona Gale Breese

Date: 1930
Description: A portrait of the bride, Juliette, seated, with her father, William Llewellyn Breese, and step-mother Zona Gale Breese, standing behind her. There is an ar...
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Speaker at Elks Lodge

Date: 1940
Description: A stocky man in a white suit stands at a lectern and microphone in front of the Elks Lodge (Al. Ringling home). Other men and women sit on the platform. A ...
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Jean Frances Sabin and James Pearce Married at Saint Andrew's Church

Date: 02 16 1952
Description: Jean Frances Sabin marries James Anders Pearce, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anders F. Pearce of Waukesha, in a ceremony performed by the bride's father, Rev. Edwar...
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Easter Seal Tea

Date: 02 16 1952
Description: Four ladies are admiring the centerpiece at the tea held at the Memorial Union in honor of the members of the University League who volunteered to address ...
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Coranto Alumnae Tea

Date: 02 23 1952
Description: Members of the alumnae organization of Coranto Journalism Sorority entertained at a tea at the Memorial Union to honor University of Wisconsin journalism f...
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Holy Family Academy May Crowning

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Description: View of a young girl presenting a crown of flowers to a woman who will place it on the statue of Mary at Holy Family Academy, built in 1909. A pew is in th...
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May Crowning at the Crucifiction Shrine

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Description: View of a May Crowning ceremony at the Crucifiction Shrine, led by the Sisters of Charity, founded in Pennsylvania in 1870. Women carry a long cloth and ca...
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Dangers of Electrical Fan

Date: 08 1927
Description: A woman moves a curtain out of the way of an electrical fan sitting on a desk. Near the fan are some books, a floral arrangement, and a notepad. Outdoors, ...
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Sarnoff of NBC

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Description: Robert Sarnoff (center), president of NBC, at a social gathering in Tokyo with Cecil Brown, the head of NBC's bureau in Tokyo, and Martha Brown.
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West Side Garden Club Garden Show

Date: 05 27 1952
Description: Garden show and tea at which the West Side Garden club entertained other garden clubs of the Madison area. June D. (Mrs. Robert) McLean, left, and Helen M....
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Women's Auxiliary Tea

Date: 05 27 1952
Description: Representatives of three organizations belonging to the Women's Auxiliary of Madison General Hospital are shown at the tea table with their hostess at the ...
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West Side Garden Club Garden Show

Date: 05 27 1952
Description: Garden show and tea at which the West Side Garden Club entertained other garden clubs of the Madison area. Mrs. Fred D. Chamberlin, left, and Mrs. F.H. Da...
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West Side Garden Club Garden Show

Date: 05 27 1952
Description: Garden show and tea at which the West Side Garden Club entertained other garden clubs of the Madison area. Mrs. George Harbort, left, and Frances T. (Mrs. ...
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Meadowside Hotel

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Description: View across lobby area towards a woman sitting in an upholstered chair near a fireplace in the Meadowside Hotel. A mounted moose head hangs above the mantl...
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Wisconsin Verterinary Medical Association Auxiliary

Date: 07 23 1952
Description: Six members of the Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association Auxiliary are standing in front of a table prepared for a reception during a conference of the ...
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Mendota Flower Show

Date: 08 06 1952
Description: Three women are standing at a table decorated with floral arrangements at the Mendota Gardeners garden show. Left to right: Ellen Antoine; Marie Connor, pr...
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Warriors in a Sea of Memories

Date: 05 26 2003
Description: A woman walking in Oak Grove Cemetery on Memorial Day. American flags stand at each headstone of past soldiers.
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Zeta Phi Eta National Convention

Date: 08 12 1952
Description: Helen D. Engel, left, and Meta A. Anderson, right, co-chairwomen of the national convention of Zeta Phi Eta, national speech fraternity for women, to be he...
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Cosmos Dance Club 30th Anniversary

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Ethel H. Martin, left, secretary of the Cosmos Dance Club, and Hazel M. Hofsteen, right, wife of the club treasurer, consult over the arrangement of place ...
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Cosmos Dance Club 30th Anniversary

Date: 05 22 1953
Description: Frederic E. and Elizabeth W. Risser sit at the dinner table during the Cosmos Dance Club 30th Anniversary dinner dance.

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