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University of Wisconsin Students Prepare for Winter Carnival

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin students Bob Steinhagen, Milwaukee, Connie Prentice, West Bend, and John Williams, La Crosse, making some of the elaborate decorati...
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4-H Club Week

Date: 02 26 1949
Description: Gene Ryberg, member of Silver Badgers 4-H Club, using a saw while working on a handicraft project.
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Navy Officers & Wives Club

Date: 11 22 1949
Description: Mary Beach (left), social chairman; Mrs. George Kane, President; and Arabelle Murphy, chairman of the Christmas party making decorations for the annual for...
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Probably June D. McLean Arranging Flowers

Date: 04 03 1950
Description: A woman wearing a dress and hat, probably June D. McLean, arranges flowers in a wicker basket while seated on a couch.
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Nakoma Girl Scout Troop 107

Date: 04 20 1950
Description: Members of Nakoma Girl Scout Troop 107 displaying their needlework projects. Shown left to right are Katy Grimmer, 4018 Council Crest, holding the mittens ...
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Unknown Woman Near Memorial Library

Date: 1970
Description: Unidentified young woman holding a large candle near a display of candles next to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Library. Bikes are parked in...
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club

Date: 11 29 1950
Description: Six members of the Dames Club, a group for wives of University of Wisconsin students who are from foreign countries, gather to do what appears to be craft ...
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University League and Its Junior Division Activities

Date: 01 23 1951
Description: Two instructors at the Truax Field homecrafters' center and two members of the University League are pictured admiring some baked enamelware made by one of...
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Madison Catholic Women's Club Hobby Show

Date: 02 20 1951
Description: Portrait of two Catholic Women's Club members with their hobbies to be displayed at the Club's first hobby show. On the left is Mrs. Kathleen Huels who rai...
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Madison Catholic Women's Club Hobby Show

Date: 02 20 1951
Description: Mrs. Mary Cashel is sitting on a sofa with a crocheted bedspread she made. It will be displayed at the Madison Catholic Women's Club hobby show.
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Woodworkers at Neighborhood House

Date: 02 20 1951
Description: Four men complete woodworking tasks at Neighborhood House, the oldest community center in Madison. It was established in 1916.
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Girl Scout Week Activities

Date: 10 22 1951
Description: On Girl Scout Sunday, Dane County scouts and their leaders begin the seven service days of Girl Scout week, celebrated nationally to honor Julliette Low, f...
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Cub Scout Den Activities

Date: 01 07 1952
Description: Four Cub Scouts painting milk pods as table decorations as den mother Mrytle Arnold is looking on. Scouts are, left to right: Dick Quale, David Arnold, Mic...
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Cub Scout Den Activities

Date: 01 07 1952
Description: Cub Scout James Beckman, right, demonstrates tying knots to (from left): LaVern Wahlin, Bob Hilliard, John Streiff, and Billy Hoppe. Den mother Freda Hilli...
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Wisconsin Dames

Date: 04 10 1952
Description: Members of the Langonettes neighborhood group, who are affiliated with Wisconsin Dames, have made stuffed animals for the children in the pediatric ward at...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 06 11 1952
Description: Larry A. Jacobson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert R. (Alice) Jacobson, 572 Gately Terrace, is putting wheels onto his car for the Soap Box Derby.
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 06 11 1952
Description: Bobby Bing, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.H. (Mary) Bing, 4306 Tokay Blvd, works on his car for the Soap Box Derby. Watching him are his two younger sisters, Gay,...
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Catherine Corscot Antique Sale

Date: 08 04 1952
Description: Mrs. Frank Vaughn holding a cut work tablecloth at the sale of the late Miss Catherine Corscot's antique collection. It was held in the Guild Hall in Grace...
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Heritage Christmas Stockings

Date: 07 02 1953
Description: Mrs. Fred T. Cruse displays seven examples of her heavily decorated handmade velvet Christmas stockings, which she sells nation-wide and which retail for $...
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Forest Middleton and Leonore Judkins

Date: 1912
Description: Forest Middleton and his future wife, Leonore Judkins, look over a piece of beadwork on a frame.

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