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Madison Art Association Collectors' Show

Date: 12 04 1953
Description: William and Louise Hussey compare their program with one of the exhibited framed paintings at Madison Art Association Collectors' Show in Scanlan Hall at t...
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Polio Kickoff Banquet

Date: 12 09 1953
Description: Co-chairmen for the Sun Prairie campaign confer at the kickoff banquet for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. They are Mrs. John McGonigle an...
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Christmas Windows

Date: 12 18 1953
Description: Woldenberg's Christmas window at 26-28 East Mifflin Street, featuring a winter scene with female mannequins wearing the latest fashion in coats, hats, glov...
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Katherine Quilliam (left), chief operator of unit No. 1 at the Madison office of the Wisconsin Telephone Company, interviews Mrs. Viola Cook for a position...
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East Side Women's Club Banquet

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: Sadie Munson visiting with Margaret Rockney and her daughter, Karen, at the East Side Women's club banquet.
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United Commercial Travelers Banquet

Date: 02 06 1954
Description: Members of the Capital City Chapter of the United Commercial Travelers Association attending a banquet at the Park Hotel. Left to right are: the guest of h...
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Ad Club Women's Night

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: "Ads and Fads," Madison Advertising Club Women's Night, held at the Hoffman House. Members are wearing fashions from the first half of the twentieth centur...
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Ad Club Women's Night

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: "Ads and Fads," Madison Advertising Club Women's Night, was held at the Hoffman House. Members are wearing fashions from the first half of the twentieth ce...
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Ad Club Women's Night

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: "Ads and Fads," Madison Advertising Club Women's Night, was held at the Hoffman House. Members are wearing fashions from the first half of the twentieth ce...
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Panhellenic Ball

Date: 02 26 1954
Description: Chatting at the Panhellenic Ball in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union are sorority housemothers. Seated are Mrs. Ruth Gauchat, Mrs. Nyla Lowell, Mrs. Ke...
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We Saw You . . . at Opti-mrs Meeting

Date: 04 01 1954
Description: Wives of members of the Downtown Optimist Club organized an auxiliary club called the Opti-mrs. The group's first luncheon is held at Kennedy Manor on Lang...
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Republican Centennial Birthday Party and Vintage Fashion Show

Date: 05 20 1954
Description: Four Republican club women are shown having punch at the Republican Centennial Birthday Party and membership tea held by the Dane County Women's Republican...
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Madison Restaurant Association Meeting

Date: 04 28 1954
Description: Chatting after dinner are three family members associated with Tiedeman's drugstore: sitting (left to right) are Margaret Tiedeman and Evelyn Tiedeman; and...
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We Saw You . . . at Correspondents' Conference

Date: 05 11 1957
Description: Annual Wisconsin State Journal correspondents' conference held at the Nob Hill Supper Club. Shown are some of the long-time area correspondents. Seated lef...
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Lunchtime for Two Female Office Workers

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: What do typical Madison female office workers do on their lunch break? After lunch Doris Ardelt cashes in a book of saving stamps at a downtown department ...
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Lunchtime for Two Female Office Workers

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: What do typical Madison female office workers do on their lunch break? Tempted by a display of hats, Doris Ardelt (reflected in the mirror) and Joal Fenn l...
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Manchester's Advertising Department Views Printing Press

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Five women wearing folded newspaper hats while viewing a large printing press on a tour at Madison Newspapers Inc. The five women from the advertising depa...
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Christ Presbyterian Church Women's Society Mission Tea

Date: 07 09 1957
Description: Minnie Hastings enjoying a cup of punch and some cookies at the annual missionary tea sponsored by the Women's Society of Christ Presbyterian Church. It wa...
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Red Cross Blood Donor

Date: 08 01 1957
Description: Mrs. J. Leonard Brook, from Shepley, England, is shown having her blood pressure checked by Joan Dufresne, a Red Cross nurse. Mrs. Brook's hostess (and di...
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Democratic Party State Convention

Date: 10 11 1957
Description: An unidentified delegate in support of Philleo Nash taking a catnap during the Democratic Party State Convention at Hotel Loraine.

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