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Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority Dinner

Date: 09 21 1931
Description: Epsilon Sigma Alpha, national educational sorority, business women's dinner. Group portrait of thirteen women standing behind a dinner table. The event wa...
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Presentation of the Moose Prize Car

Date: 08 04 1930
Description: Mr. Larson presenting the Moose Whippet prize car to the winner at Whippet Knight Sales Company, 437 W. Gilman Street.
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Independent Order of Odd Fellows 111th Anniversary

Date: 04 25 1930
Description: Men and women are seated in a "Mock Trial" as part of the I.O.O.F. 111th anniversary program at the Independent Order of Odd Fellows hall. The hall is deco...
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Betty Livesey at the Capitol

Date: 10 08 1928
Description: Five-year-old Betty Livesey pauses for a picture after the "Declaration of Chivalry" ceremony conducted at the 81st annual Capitol Grand Encampment of the ...
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Masonic Commonwealth Lodge No. 325

Date: 06 24 1947
Description: Masonic Commonwealth Lodge No. 325 twenty-fifth anniversary dinner showing masons and their wives sitting at tables, and floral decorations on the speakers...
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Patronesses of Sigma Alpha Iota

Date: 02 1955
Description: Patronesses of the University of Wisconsin chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota serve as hostesses at the benefit musicale sponsored by the Madison alumnae group. P...
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D.M. Osborne World's Fair Souvenir

Date: 1893
Description: Front and back of an advertising folder produced by the D.M. Osborne Company, manufacturers of agricultural machinery. Features illustrations of a young gi...
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Governor Goodland's Funeral

Date: 03 15 1947
Description: Pallbearers carrying the casket of Governor Walter Goodland from the Madison Masonic Temple.
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Zor Shrine Potentate's Ball

Date: 11 21 1949
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Rufus F. Wells pose for a portrait as guests of honor at the Zor Shrine Potentates' Ball held at the Hotel Loraine. Mr. Wells is head of the Z...
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Zor Shrine Potentate's Ball

Date: 11 21 1949
Description: Some of the top Shrine officials who attended the Zor Shrine Potentate's Ball pose for a portrait at the Loraine Hotel. The men, left to right, are: Dr. M....
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Zor Shrive Wive's Tea

Date: 11 22 1949
Description: Mrs. Nathan Nelson of Montfort, left, visits with one of the hostesses, Mrs. Earle S. (Bertha) Lewis, at the tea for Shriners' wives at the governor's resi...
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Women of the Moose Christmas Party

Date: 10 01 1953
Description: An annual Christmas party in October sponsored by the Women of the Moose was held at the Moose House to show members the gifts to be shipped to Mooseheart ...
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American Association of University Women Honors Teachers

Date: 10 30 1953
Description: The American Association of University Women (AAUW) honors teachers at a dessert party at the College Club. Pictured from left to right are three of the te...
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Second Annual Convention of The International Brotherhood of Magicians

Date: 06 09 1927
Description: The Second Annual convention, referred to as "The Greatest Gathering of Magicians in the History of the World," of the International Brotherhood of Magicia...
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Zor Shrine Coffee Hour

Date: 05 29 1954
Description: Wives of Zor Shrine members are entertained at a coffee hour. They include Zor Shrine Potentate Laurien Caldwell of Janesville (center), Dorothea Heart of ...
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Camels' Day at Vilas Zoo

Date: 07 11 1954
Description: Zor Shrine Potentate Laurien J. Caldwell of Janesville christens a new camel named Najme during the annual Camels' Day at Henry Vilas Zoo. A four-foot tall...
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Wives of Zor Shriners

Date: 12 01 1956
Description: Group portrait of some of the wives of Zor Shriners at a party in their honor. Left to right: Mrs. Dean Strommen of Oconomowoc; Mrs. Roy Richardson of Jan...
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Zor Shrine Potentate's Ball

Date: 02 08 1958
Description: Zor Shrine members at the Potentate's Ball posing for a group portrait while wearing Shriner's hats. Left to right: Hal Metzen, James Geisler, Walter Hendr...
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Zor Shrine Potentate's Ball

Date: 02 08 1958
Description: Among the Zor Shriners and wives attending the Potentate's Ball are: (seated left to right) Lucy Haspell, Ruth Mansfield, and Alethea Andrews. Standing are...
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Shrine Club Meeting

Date: 06 16 1958
Description: Dinnertime conversation at a Shrine Club meeting. Left to right: Harvey Ott (New Glarus), Ralph Swiggum (Madison), and Olin Flisram (Monroe).

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