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Lord and Lady Halifax Visit

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Lord and Lady Halifax with Madison's mayor, F. Halsey Kraege.
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UW Military and ROTC Officers and Wives

Date: 10 02 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin Military and Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) commanding officers and their wives at a fall social party held in their h...
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Queen Elizabeth

Date: 01 1956
Description: As a feature writer for the Associated Press based in London during the 1950s, Alvin Steinkopf often reported on the Royal family. This is a close-up he to...
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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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Tea to Honor Helen Fairchild

Date: 10 09 1957
Description: Attending a tea in honor of Helen E., wife of Edward T. Fairchild, former chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court are, left to right, Gladys, wife of ...
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Forest Products Society Wives Luncheon

Date: 06 23 1958
Description: Many social events were planned for the wives who accompanied their husbands to a meeting at the Forest Products Research Society. Shown at a luncheon at t...
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Forest Products Society Wives Luncheon

Date: 06 23 1958
Description: Many social events were planned for the wives who accompanied their husbands to a meeting at the Forest Products Research Society. Among the guests were Mr...
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Forest Products Society Wives Luncheon

Date: 06 23 1958
Description: Many social events were planned for the wives who accompanied their husbands to a meeting at the Forest Products Research Society. Two active members of th...
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Forest Products Society Wives Luncheon

Date: 06 23 1958
Description: Many social events were planned for the wives who accompanied their husbands to a meeting at the Forest Products Research Society. Shown at the luncheon ar...
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Postal Auxiliary Meeting

Date: 06 24 1958
Description: A convention of the state auxiliary of the National Association of Postal Supervisors met in Madison at the Simon House. Pictured at center is Edith Cooper...
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Postal Auxiliary Meeting

Date: 06 24 1958
Description: A convention of the state auxiliary of the National Association of Postal Supervisors met in Madison at the Simon House. Children and wives of postal super...
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Rose Sussman

Date: 02 05 1959
Description: Rose Sussman, a former ballet dancer and teacher, shopping for a dress in a Madison store. The former Rose Goloff was born in the southern Ukraine section ...
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Bryce Canyon National Park

Date: 05 2005
Description: Joan Obey, Ranger Brent McGinn and Congressman David Obey at Bryce Canyon National Park. Canyon walls are in the far background.
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Annual Lincoln Day Dinner

Date: 02 12 1956
Description: United States Senator Alexander Wiley and his wife attend the annual Lincoln Day dinner at the Dane County Fairgrounds.
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Mr. and Mrs. Schmedeman Showing Off Their Catch

Date: 09 27 1933
Description: Albert and Katherine Schmedeman are standing outdoors, both holding a small stringer with a large fish hanging from it. Both Albert and Katherine are holdi...
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Bill Casper with Tommy Thompson

Date: 1998
Description: Group portrait of Bill Casper (right) and his wife, Kathy, with Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson at the 1998 Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National...
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Madison Theatre Guild's Tenth Anniversary

Date: 08 1955
Description: Fern and Charles Thompson, chairmen of the ticket campaign for the Madison Theatre Guild, are presenting the first two season tickets to Mayor George Forst...
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Tea for Lawyers' Wives

Date: 10 31 1958
Description: Officers of the State and Dane County Lawyers' Wives Association at a tea at the governor's mansion for members from area counties. In front are Helen Thom...

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