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Superintendents of State Welfare Institutions

Date: 10 23 1944
Description: Group portrait of 13 superintendents of state welfare institutions with A.W. Bayley (extreme right, standing), director of the Wisconsin Deptartment of Pub...
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Ambassador Lord and Lady Halifax

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Ambassador Lord (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood) and Lady Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, at the train station. Left to right: Lady Halifa...
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Suffragists Handing out Literature

Date: 1910
Description: Milwaukee Suffragists are holding small flags and handing out literature on a downtown street corner. A woman and a man are both wearing pin-back buttons t...
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Christmas Seals

Date: 11 26 1949
Description: Gov. Oscar Rennebohm presenting a check for his contribution to the 1949 Madison Christmas Seal sale to Esther Hermsen of the Madison Tuberculosis Associat...
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Dane County Republican Women's Club

Date: 05 04 1950
Description: Members of the Dane County Republican Women's Club chat with Mrs. Oscar (Mary) Rennebohm, wife of Wisconsin's governor, (also a member) at their monthly lu...
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Madison Democratic Women

Date: 04 10 1952
Description: Some of the members of the Madison Democratic Women who are making plans for their conference and spring tea. Sitting, left to right, are: Mrs. E. William ...
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Better Radio and Television Institute

Date: 09 27 1953
Description: Eleanor Merkel is shown taking advance registrations for the Better Radio and Television Institute meeting in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union under th...
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Women's Republican Club Meeting

Date: 12 11 1953
Description: Milo K. Swanton, a member of the president's Agricultural Advisory Committee, speaks with members of the Women's Republican Club. With him, left to right, ...
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Dane County Democratic Women's Club

Date: 06 11 1954
Description: Katie Louchheim, right, director of women's activities for the Democratic National Committee, is shown with Eleanore Roessler (left), Madison, Mrs. Ervin B...
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Christmas Tree from Wisconsin

Date: 1983
Description: Congressman David R. Obey (standing below the C) greets a delegation from Wisconsin that accompanied the official Capitol Christmas Tree cut in the Chequam...
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Delta Delta Delta Sorority State Day Meeting

Date: 05 02 1955
Description: Barbara Boesel pins an orchid on national director Mrs. H.J. Potts of Waukesha during a Delta Delta Delta Sorority State Day meeting. Looking on is Mrs. W....
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 04 10 1956
Description: Two women chat during the noon luncheon at the second annual convention of the Madison Diocesan of Catholic Women held at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic ...
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Earl for Senate

Date: 1988
Description: Former Wisconsin Governor Anthony Earl stands outdoors near an airplane with a group of supporters. He made an unsuccessful run for the United States Senat...
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Frame 64: The Three Women Set Off to Washington

Date: 1964
Description: Annie Devine, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Victoria Gray, fellow MFDP candidates. All three women are wearing hats and carrying handbags. A crowd of people are be...
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Foster Parents

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Dr. Hertha Tarrasch, center, psychiatrist, spoke to the foster parents, telling them about emotional problems of children. Dr. Tarrasch, who is consulting ...
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Hear Inc. Dinner & Program

Date: 04 26 1957
Description: Members of the Zonta Club sponsored a community-wide dinner and educational program for Hear, Inc. at the Park Hotel. Left to right: Dr. H. Kent Tenney, pa...
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Opti-Mrs. Luncheon

Date: 07 11 1957
Description: Ruth Klose, Margaret Heberlein, Hilda Gay, Grace McDonald, and Eunice Eikel attending a luncheon meeting of the Opti-Mrs. Club at Kennedy Manor.
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Northwest Convocation of Episcopal Women

Date: 09 17 1957
Description: Eleanor Nerdrum, Madison, chairman, greets early arrivals at the Northwest Convocation of Episcopal Women held at Grace Church. Shown with her are the Reve...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 10 16 1957
Description: The Madison Visiting Nurse Service held its annual meeting at Blackhawk Country Club. The Visiting Nurse Service, a Red Feather agency, is the only service...
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Young Women with Bicycles

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of eight young women, each standing and holding a bicycle. Three of the women also hold brownie cameras.

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