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Caroline Peterson Arranging Flowers

Date: 04 03 1950
Description: Caroline Peterson, noted flower arrangement artist from Hawaii, stands beside a floral arrangement on a wooden buffet. The photograph was probably taken a...
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Madison Veterans of Foreign Wars Mortgage Burning

Date: 04 11 1950
Description: Mrs. Frieda Abrahams, president of the VFW woman's auxiliary, holds a candle to the mortgage held by C.L. Skinner, post commander. The ceremony was for the...
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Cornerstone Laying for Trinity Lutheran Church

Date: 05 07 1950
Description: Speakers stand near the front of the partially finished new building during the cornerstone laying ceremony at Trinity Lutheran Church, 1904 Winnebago Stre...
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President Harry S. Truman Visit

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: President Harry S. Truman is shown speaking at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. He was in Madison to be present at the laying of the corner...
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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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Twin Caskets of Glenn Frank and Glenn, Jr. in the State Capitol

Date: 09 18 1940
Description: Elevated view of the twin caskets of University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and Glenn, Jr. in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda at the state funer...
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Moose Women Officers

Date: 06 25 1950
Description: New officers of the Women of the Moose Lodge pose for a portrait at their installation rites. Seated, from left, are: Mrs. Jack Meier, Jr., graduate regent...
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American Red Cross Blood Center

Date: 07 07 1950
Description: Volunteer worker Mrs. Charles (Elnora) Wirth stands at the counter in the American Red Cross Blood Center canteen, while nurses' aide Mrs. Gordon (Mabel) N...
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American Red Cross Blood Center

Date: 07 07 1950
Description: Three Garden Club members arrange flowers at the American Red Cross Blood Center. Left to right: Mrs. T.H. Davies, president of the Madison District of the...
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Trucks in Show Room at Manhattan Branch

Date: 04 06 1937
Description: Three trucks parked in the showroom of International Harvester's Manhattan truck branch. Large show windows are in the background which look out on a stree...
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Madison Gladiolus Society Annual Show

Date: 07 30 1950
Description: Tiny Jean Lucey of Mazomanie standing next to a basket of gladiolus in the lobby of the First National Bank during the annual show of the Madison Gladiolus...
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Central International Gladiolus Show

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: Wisconsin's First Lady, Mrs. Oscar (Mary) Rennebohm, makes a special arrangement of gladioli for the Central International Gladiolus Society show being hel...
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Zion Lutheran Church 50th Anniversary

Date: 07 30 1950
Description: The five surviving charter members of Zion Lutheran Church, 247 Division Street, stand in front of a banner at the picnic celebrating the church's 50th ann...
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Central International Gladiolus Show

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: Four members of the Madison Gladiolus society are pictured inspecting a variety of containers suitable for gladioli arrangements prior to the Central Inter...
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Gladiola Display

Date: 08 08 1950
Description: A large gladiola flower arrangement by Noweta Gardens standing on a table at the Central International Gladiolus Show at the University of Wisconsin-Madiso...
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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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St. Mary's Hospital Volunteers

Date: 09 19 1950
Description: Mrs. E.M.(Mary) Lynch, volunteer, arranging flowers and visiting with W.K. Loughborough in a patient room at St. Mary's Hospital. Flower delivery is one of...
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Art Association Tea

Date: 10 01 1950
Description: Members of the Madison Art Association celebrate the organization's 50th year with a tea and exhibition preview. Left to right, around the tea table are: M...
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Scandinavian American Fraternity

Date: 11 03 1950
Description: Seated at the speakers table are members of the Nansen Branch No. 43, of the Scandinavian American Fraternity. The banquet was held at the Park Hotel, 22 S...
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Dining Room Table at Winnebago County Asylum

Date: 1930
Description: Dining room table illuminated by sunlight from a nearby window, located at the Winnebago County Asylum.

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