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Republican Centennial Birthday Party and Vintage Fashion Show

Date: 05 20 1954
Description: Women attending the Republican Centennial Birthday party. Because the party fell on the same date as Mrs. Paul Irwin's (left) 75th birthday, she was presen...
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Backyard Bloom of Pink Day Lilies

Date: 06 25 1954
Description: Matt Berschens shows off blooming day lilies at their peak in his back yard at 17 North Mills Street. The lilies are planted in pedestal container pots and...
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YWCA World Fellowship Committee

Date: 06 1955
Description: Four women sitting around a bench in a garden by Lake Mendota. They are discussing plans for the Annual World Fellowship Benefit Garden Tea sponsored by th...
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Guests of Russell W. Fowler

Date: 08 1955
Description: Relatives visiting at the home of Professor Russell Fowler and his wife, Fern. Sitting in the backyard, they are (left to right): Mrs. R.C. Gannon of Roche...
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Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce Aids Neighborhood Center

Date: 06 08 1957
Description: Marie Lipka, a director of the Atwood Community House, receives a check from the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce. Looking on, while doing yard work and ...
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Christ Presbyterian Church Women's Society Mission Tea

Date: 07 09 1957
Description: Helen Rader, who is vice-president of the Women's Society of Christ Presbyterian Church, enjoys the view of Lake Mendota with Mrs. Milton Nichols of Reedsb...
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Picking a Homegrown Peach

Date: 08 10 1957
Description: Edward H. Unger at 4606 Wallace Avenue on the East Side picks a peach from a tree in his backyard that he planted as a peach stone four years ago. His harv...
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Judy Schroeder at State Medical Society of Wisconsin Pharmaceutical Garden

Date: 10 02 1958
Description: Judy Schroeder, 919 Spaight Street, is shown at the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, 330 E. Lakeside Street, pharmaceutical garden. Schroeder, a society...
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Hanks Garden Walk

Date: 08 03 1960
Description: Dr. Jane Hanks, Bennington, Vt. and Sybil Hanks are shown standing in the garden at the Lucien M. and Mary Esther "Mollie" Vilas Hanks house at 525 Wiscons...
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Hanks Garden Walk

Date: 08 03 1960
Description: A garden path leading under two trellises in the Hanks Garden at the Lucien M. and Mary Esther "Mollie" Vilas Hanks house, 525 Wisconsin Avenue at Langdon ...
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Hanks Garden Walk

Date: 08 03 1960
Description: Nicholas Hanks, family grandson, in the garden at the residence of Lucien M. and Mary Esther "Mollie" Vilas Hanks, 525 Wisconsin Avenue at Langdon Street ...
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Katharine A. Church

Date: 08 15 1960
Description: Katharine A. Church is shown seated outside in her backyard, paintbrush in hand, in front of an easel with a painting depicting flowers. A flower garden is...

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