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Acacia Fraternity Bowery Party

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: Acacia fraternity "Bowery" party, with couples in costume. There are many commercial posters and advertising on the wall in the background.
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Rudy Vallee and SAE Group

Date: 02 07 1937
Description: Rudy Vallee with eleven members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity wearing hats and coats and posing in front of Chicago and Northwestern railroad passenger...
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Phi Beta Al Fresco Party

Date: 06 17 1947
Description: Officers of the alumnae group of Phi Beta sorority are shown at the Reid home. Left to right: Mrs. Stuart Reid, president, 724 Blackhawk Avenue; Mrs. W.S. ...
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Alpha Phi Sorority Garden Tea

Date: 05 16 1948
Description: Alpha Phi sorority, 28 Langdon Street, was the site of a garden party for all sorority women on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Left to right: ...
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Pi Lambda Theta Officers

Date: 05 26 1948
Description: New officers of Pi Lambda Theta, honorary fraternity for women in education. Left to right Margaret Hanlon, treasurer; Alice Rybak, corresponding secretary...
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Zeta Phi Eta Benefit Tea

Date: 06 01 1948
Description: Madison alumnae of Zeta Phi Eta honorary speech sorority, will entertain in a skit, "An Afternoon at Squire Pethrick's." Proceeds from the Centennial tea w...
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Pi Lambda Theta

Date: 03 05 1949
Description: Mrs. Lettie P. Trefz, national vice-president of Pi Lambda Theta, stands between Evelyn Simonson (left), vice-president of the Wisconsin chapter, and Doris...
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Sigma Kappa Sorority Prepares their Booth for Campus Carnival

Date: 10 19 1949
Description: Pledges of the University of Wisconsin chapter of Sigma Kappa sorority prepare their booth for the "Campus Carnival," part of the campus combined charity d...
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Group Picture: Frat Party

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Description: A fraternity party photographed for Smiles Magazine. Harold Gauer and Alice Bedard sit on a couch while Robert bloch pours a drink for Angie Vail.
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Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumni Style Show

Date: 04 03 1950
Description: Mrs. Stephen E. (Kathryn) Gavin of 2811 Monroe Street, chairman of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae benefit dessert bridge party and style show, sitting at ri...
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Sorority Marionette Show and Tea Party

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: Six sorority alumnae who were hostesses for the marionette party at the Edgewater Hotel pose for a portrait around a banquet table. Left to right are: Mrs....
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Delta Kappa Gamma Executive Board

Date: 04 03 1951
Description: Group portrait of the members of the Wisconsin Executive Board of the Delta Kappa Gamma Education Sorority, front row, left to right: Edythe Sanderman, Men...
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Hazel Murphy Sullivan

Date: 04 27 1952
Description: Hazel Murphy Sullivan (left), editor of the Sun Prairie Star-Countryman and Wisconsin State Journal correspondent, holds the Writer's cup she...
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Family Members at Alpha Chi Omega Luncheon

Date: 05 17 1952
Description: Family members of the Alpha Chi Omaga sorority at the state luncheon at the Memorial Union. Chosen as the guest of honor is Mrs. M.O. (Iola) Withey (seated...
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Tri Delta Pansy Breakfast

Date: 05 18 1952
Description: Three Tri Delta sorority sisters acting as style show models at their "Pansy Breakfast." Left to right: Charlotte Wagenknecht, Fort Atkinson; Marion Miller...
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Pi Beta Phi Sorority Founder's Day

Date: 04 11 1953
Description: Portrait of a group of University of Wisconsin Pi Beta Phi initiates taken at the Founder's Day banquet. The women are in costume dress related to a skit p...
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Alpha Phi Sorority Benefit Dessert Party

Date: 04 12 1954
Description: Alpha Phi Mother's Club sponsors an Alpha Phi sorority musical program as a benefit party. Seated in foreground: Arrietta Hastings, president of the Mother...
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Pi Lambda Theta Officers

Date: 11 29 1954
Description: Seven local officers of Pi Lambda Theta, a national honorary and professional association for women in education, meet with Miss Dorothy Dakin, their guest...
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Annual Matrix Banquet

Date: 03 12 1957
Description: Four women attend the annual banquet for members of Matrix, an organization for women journalists. They include, from left to right: banquet speaker, Esthe...
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Epsilon Sigma Alpha Founders' Day Banquet

Date: 04 1958
Description: Epsilon Sigma Alpha Founders' Day Banquet was held at Troia's Steak House. Helen Matheson, assistant managing editor of the Wisconsin State Journal ...

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