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Norwegian Community Picnic

Date: 1873
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large, multi-generational Norwegian family and friends gathered for a picnic celebration. In the foreground are picnic baskets ...
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Picnic Tea Party

Date: 1890
Description: A woman pours tea for her friends seated outdoors at a table.
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Tea at the Governor's Residence

Date: 10 01 1944
Description: Officers of the Wisconsin Business and Professional Women's Club attending a tea at the Governor's Residence, 130 E. Gilman Street. Left to right around th...
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American Association of University Women Tea

Date: 01 19 1948
Description: Shown at the American Association of University Women tea and dinner, from the left: Dr. Althea Kratz Hottel, national president and dean of women at the U...
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American Association of University Women Tea

Date: 01 19 1948
Description: Shown at the American Association of University Women (AAUW) tea from the left are: Mrs. Merritt Y. (Grace) Hughes; Mrs. William A. Werrell; Miss Tasanee I...
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American Association of University Women Tea

Date: 01 19 1948
Description: Shown at the American Association of University Women tea from the left: Mrs. Ralph A. (Jessie) McCanse; Mrs. Hans H. (Theresa) Reese; and Miss Ruth Campbe...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: Elizabeth Davies (left), Baraboo, president of the Wisconsin Home Agents' association, talking to Mary Baldwin, wife of the Dean of the University of Wisco...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: Mrs. Raymond Sayre, Ackworth, Iowa, president of the Associated Country Women of the World, chatting with Miss Eva Belle (left), and Mrs. Walter Pierce, Ba...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: From left to right: Mrs. Charles Dernbach, Almond; Mrs. Walter Kuhrt, Almond; and Mrs. W.M. Erdenberger, Prairie du Chien, at a tea at the executive reside...
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League of Women Voters Annual Fall Tea

Date: 09 20 1948
Description: Seven members of the Madison chapter of the League of Women Voters at their annual fall tea at the home of Mrs. Stanley (Myrtle) O'Shea. Pictured from lef...
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Women in the Hops Field

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Description: A group of women posing amidst the hops plants in a field. Most of the women are wearing hats, aprons, and dresses. Some have picnic baskets and many are e...
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Portrait of Robert Bloch: Eating in Fraternity Garb

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Description: Bloch indulging himself while dressed in humorous garb as a fraternity brother. Taken as an illustration for a fraternity article in Smiles magazine...
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Outdoor Dinner Party

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Description: View down table of people at a large, outdoor dinner party. They are dining near the Blue Mound Church.
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American Red Cross Blood Center

Date: 07 07 1950
Description: Volunteer worker Mrs. Charles (Elnora) Wirth stands at the counter in the American Red Cross Blood Center canteen, while nurses' aide Mrs. Gordon (Mabel) N...
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Registering at the Health Center

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Description: Women, who are accompanied by their children, register at the Health Center. On the walls are displayed posters on health and food.
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Lunch Pails at Sedan Prairie School

Date: 1919
Description: Lunch pails, newspaper-wrapped packages, and hats are stacked on a bench inside Sedan Prairie School. The paper hanging on the wall above the bench reads: ...
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Capping Tin Cans

Date: 05 1915
Description: Mae Gribbon uses a soldering tool to seal tin cans in a home canning operation.
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Woman Baking

Date: 1920
Description: A woman wearing a uniform and cloth hat is siftting flour into a bowl in a kitchen. Her dress has buttoned-on cuffs on the sleeves. The table in front of h...
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Woman Baking Bread

Date: 1920
Description: A woman wearing a uniform and cloth hat is kneading bread dough on a board on a wooden table. Her dress has buttoned-on cuffs on the sleeves. A flour sifte...
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Madison General Hospital Blood Drive

Date: 11 22 1953
Description: Myrna Brindley offers doughnuts to Madison General Hospital employees and staff blood donors Jane Watson and Richard Zellinski. The American Red Cross bloo...

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