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Bridge Tea at Glenn Frank House

Date: 11 16 1932
Description: University League benefit bridge tea at University of Wisconsin Pres. Glenn Frank's home, 130 N. Prospect Avenue, junior division in the President's librar...
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Madison Exchange Club Christmas Fund Raising

Date: 12 20 1952
Description: A Madison Exchange Club member giving an Elsie comic book to three girls after they put money in an old bathtub as a Christmas donation to the Salvation Ar...
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Alleged killers after confessing to the murder of two people. Seated are Buford Sennett, Richland Center, and Robert Winslow, Owen, standing behind them i...
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Book Week

Date: 1948
Description: Four Madison authors are shown together holding books they have written. Seated are Francis F. Bowman and Prof. William Hesseltine. Standing are Miss Emil...
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Book Fair

Date: 11 09 1948
Description: Four parents are shown admiring twelve books. They are celebrating National Book Week which is co-sponsored by their group, the Madison Council of Parents ...
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Community Chest (Red Feather) Campaign

Date: 10 17 1949
Description: Charles Brown, student chairman of the Legal Aid Society, a Red Feather agency, describing the work of the society to three Community Chest women workers. ...
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Madison Public Library

Date: 1913
Description: Interior view of the Madison Public Library, circulation desk. Cardboard backing reads: "1913, Main Loan Desk." A large group of women in winter coats and ...
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Girl Scout Leader Presentation

Date: 06 01 1950
Description: A book on Girl Souting by a Wisconsin author is presented to Mary Rennebohm, wife of Governor Oscar Rennebohm, for her Wisconsin library. Pictured during t...
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Reverend Wayne Dillabaugh and Jack McManus

Date: 06 27 1978
Description: Wayne Dillabaugh, left, poses with Jack McManus.
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Candy Cane

Date: 1909
Description: William Elwell Middleton stands beside the giant candy cane which he won on Christmas Day, 1909. There is a bookcase in the background.
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Clara Middleton at Home

Date: 1905
Description: A portrait, possibly a self-portrait, of Clara Middleton seated in her home. She wears a large hat; her gloves rest in her lap. There is a jardiniere with ...
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Madison Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Children and young adults read in the public library. The boy facing the camera is barefoot. Bookshelves line the walls; prints and photographs are also on...
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Forest Middleton at Desk

Date: 1910
Description: Forest Middleton, wearing a visor and moccassins, sits at a roll top desk. He holds an open book and is smoking a pipe. There are two oil lamps on the desk...
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Dane County Medical Society Women's Auxiliary

Date: 04 06 1954
Description: Three members of the Dane County Medical Society Women's Auxiliary show a Nursing Career Book to Carolyn Mitchell, who will be entering nursing school. The...
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Pi Lambda Theta Officers

Date: 11 29 1954
Description: Seven local officers of Pi Lambda Theta, a national honorary and professional association for women in education, meet with Miss Dorothy Dakin, their guest...
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Wisconsin State Journal's Club Clinic

Date: 09 25 1956
Description: Katherine Maurer, president of the Catholic Woman's club of Madison, poses as the far-too-frequent club president during the Club Clinic, a program for wom...
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Autographing Tea

Date: 09 21 1957
Description: Three women are attending an autographing tea at Graham's Book and Stationary Store, 3238 University Avenue. They are, left to right: Helen Fairchild, Hele...
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La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman Law Office

Date: 1899
Description: Two views of the interior of the La Follette, Harper, Roe & Zimmerman law office. Mr. Zimmerman is sitting in his inner office; the lady in the foreground ...
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Wisconsin High School 50th Anniversary

Date: 05 25 1961
Description: Two early graduates of Wisconsin High school admiring the 1961 school yearbook at a reception marking the school's 50th anniversary. They are Ruth Noland, ...
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Four Women in Front of a Building

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Description: Four women standing in front of a building. Above them is a railing. One of the women is holding a couple of books in her hands and under her arm.

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