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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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Madison Free Library Bookmobile

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: Alice Volker, a city librarian, boarding the library's bookmobile to start the day's rounds. The bookmobile is an outfitted bus.
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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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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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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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Republican Centennial Birthday Party and Vintage Fashion Show

Date: 05 20 1954
Description: Four women attending the Republican Centennial Birthday party are shown modeling in the historical fashion show. Pictured from left to right are: Mrs. Char...
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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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Clothing Fashions for High School & College Coeds

Date: 08 1955
Description: Clothing outfits available at Madison stores being modeled by young women: Walking on a sidewalk, Margaret McDowell is wearing a suit of a avocado green tw...
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We Saw You . . . as Catholic Schools Opened

Date: 09 1955
Description: Departing St. Bernard's Catholic School located at 2450 Atwood Avenue, after a morning class session are: on the left, Mrs. Ray Kowalsky (of 106 Cumberland...
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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? 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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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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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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Christmas Shoppers on the Capitol Square

Date: 11 29 1957
Description: Christmas shoppers crowd the Capitol Square on the day after Thanksgiving Day. Women shoppers are seen at the corner of State Street, Carroll Street and W....

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