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Milwaukee Road Service Club

Date: 01 26 1946
Description: Milwaukee Road Service Club officers group, dinner party at the Park Hotel.
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League of Women Voters Garden Party

Date: 07 24 1944
Description: Governor Walter Goodland is holding two of ten puppies during the League of Women Voters garden party at the Governor's Residence. Shown with the Governor ...
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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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Art Association Tea

Date: 10 01 1950
Description: Members of the Madison Art Association celebrate the organization's 50th year with a tea and exhibition preview. Left to right, around the tea table are: M...
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Kennedy-Mansfield Dairy Quarter Century Club

Date: 11 21 1950
Description: Group portrait of the members of the Quarter Century Club of the Kennedy-Mansfield division of Borden's. They were honored at the company's party at the Ho...
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Edgewood College Freshman Prom

Date: 05 09 1952
Description: King Bob Machoths, Monroe, crowns queen Judy O'Boyle, Sioux Falls, SD, as little sailor Johnny Hunt looks on.
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Stag Party

Date: 1913
Description: Forest Middleton, far right, poses with a group of men in high spirits. One man, second from left, holds a jug. The room is furnished with a makeshift tabl...
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Birthday Party Group Portrait

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Description: An outdoor group portrait of a birthday party. A cake with many candles and a lace tablecloth sits on a table in front. Most of the party are dressed up. N...
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Golden Agers

Date: 01 08 1957
Description: Mamie Epstein, Rose Winer and Jacob Miller (left to right) were honored for January birthdays during the monthly afternoon party put on by the Council of J...
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Homecoming, Quinney, Wisconsin

Date: 07 01 1917
Description: View of a large group of people gathered for a Homecoming celebration. A young woman in the foreground is identified as Daisy Helen Hicken.
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Military Order of the World Wars Chapter Meeting

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: Two former armed services officers and their wives at the Madison Chapter Military Order of the World Wars cocktail and dinner party. Left to right: Lt. Ma...
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Journalism Society Gathering

Date: 05 31 1957
Description: Two women and a man attend a gathering of the journalism society.
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Madison String Sinfonia

Date: 05 11 1957
Description: Attending a surprise party to honor conductor Marie Endres during the observance of the 20th anniversary of the group are present and former concertmasters...
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Madison String Sinfonia

Date: 03 11 1957
Description: Attending a surprise party to honor conductor Marie Endres during a 20th anniversary celebration of the Madison String Sinfonia group are five Sinfonia mem...
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Nakoma New Year's Eve Party

Date: 01 02 1958
Description: Attendees at the Nakoma Golf Club's New Year's Eve "Sno-Ball" wear New Year's Eve hats. They include, from left: George Lange, Mrs. Fred Chamberlin, Marion...
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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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Rotary Club Honors Foreign Students

Date: 01 21 1959
Description: The Madison Rotary Club members honor 150 foreign students attending the University of Wisconsin at a fiesta at the University of Wisconsin Stock Pavilion....
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 116-123

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Description: Well-scrubbed proprieties, in no danger
except the possible over-minding of their own manners
or being out-voted by Activists
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 461-472

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Description: Something less than the half of everything
is the better, the partner, the woman waiting

What counselor, over his shoulder, can count the ways

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