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Betty Livesey at the Capitol

Date: 10 08 1928
Description: Five-year-old Betty Livesey pauses for a picture after the "Declaration of Chivalry" ceremony conducted at the 81st annual Capitol Grand Encampment of the ...
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Reverend Even Johnson Homme and Wife Ingeborg

Date: 1877
Description: Mrs. Ingeborg Swenholt Homme sits at the left and her husband the Reverend Even Johnson Homme sits at the right, with their children, around a table in fro...
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May Queen Crowning, Holy Redeemer Catholic Church

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: Interior of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 128 West Johnson Street, May Queen (Virgin Mary) crowning ceremony. Shows the coronation Queen accompanied by th...
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May Queen Crowning, Holy Redeemer Church

Date: 05 26 1947
Description: Interior of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 128 West Johnson Street, May Queen (Virgin Mary) crowning ceremony. Shows the coronation Queen accompanied by th...
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Hadley - Whitman Wedding

Date: 06 1946
Description: Women assembled for the bride's bouquet toss at the Helen Louise Hadley-Dr. John Farrell Whitman wedding reception at the Alpha Xi Delta sorority house, 12...
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Jane Morris: S.M. Wood Wedding Party

Date: 06 07 1947
Description: The wedding procession of Jane Morris including the bride, flower girl, maid of honor, two bridesmaids, and two junior bridesmaids at St. Andrew's Episcopa...
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Fraternal Order of the Eagles Auxillaries State Meeting

Date: 05 02 1948
Description: Two hundred fifty delegates attend the state meeting of the Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxilliaries. Installation of new state officers was presided over by...
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Delta Delta Delta Sorority Event

Date: 05 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison sorority Delta Delta Delta (Tri-Delt) honor engaged sorority students with a "Pansy Breakfast". Stepping through the pansy ...
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Newly selected Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, receiving an orchid from Virginia Palan, legionnaire and WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency ...
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Wallestad-Stolle Wedding

Date: 01 15 1949
Description: The Wallestad-Stolle wedding party, left to right: Fred Woolsey, best man; Phillip Weston Wallestad, groom; Ursula Stolle, bride; and Mrs. John Wallestad, ...
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Historical Pageant

Date: 1925
Description: Two girls in costume sitting at the feet of Mary Turner Carriel, who is sitting on a raised dais in a chair dressed in a fur-trimmed cape, crowned Mother Q...
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Memorial Cross

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Description: Funeral memorial card with a floral cross and bouquets.
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Inauguration of Secretary of State

Date: 01 03 1955
Description: Glenn M. Wise (Mrs. John E. Wise) raises her hand while taking her oath of office before a robed judge. An audience looks on from the background. The origi...
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Holy Cross Hospital

Date: 05 1974
Description: Dedication of an addition to the Holy Cross Hospital. The Catholic order opened Holy Cross Hospital in 1926 and completed this addition in 1974. The hospit...
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Genevieve Milward

Date: 06 1921
Description: Full-length studio graduation portrait of Genevieve Milward (later McVicar), (1902-1987) of Madison, Wisconsin, standing in front of a painted backdrop. Sh...
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Maid of Honor's Dress

Date: 08 16 1975
Description: Maid of Honor before the wedding.
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Walking to the Altar

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length group portrait of a bride and her mother and father walking towards the center aisle of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House as the ceremo...
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Portrait Before the Ceremony

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length portrait of the bride and her matron of honor taken before the ceremony at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House.
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Bride and Her Mother

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length portrait of a bride and her mother before the ceremony at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House.
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Bride at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length portrait of a bride at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House after the ceremony.

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