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Progressive Convention

Date: 05 19 1934
Description: Crowd of delegates and guests at the Progressive Convention in the armory, held to launch a new Progressive Party.
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Group at USO Service Club

Date: 12 20 1945
Description: Group of 15 women and six men attending a meeting at USO Service Club. The group is predominantly African Americans. Probably taken in First Unitarian Soc...
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Red Cross War Fund Drive Leaders

Date: 02 19 1944
Description: Red Cross War Fund Drive leaders sitting at a table discussing plans for war fund drive. Left to Right: James R. Law, June B. Wheeler, Louis Hirsig, Alden ...
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Citizens at East Side Hearing

Date: 1949
Description: Thirty citizens, men dressed in suits, two women wearing hats, sit in attendance at a city council hearing proposing an east side emergency hospital.
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Lincoln Day Planning Committee

Date: 01 12 1950
Description: Dane County Republican committee members plan for the Lincoln Day dinner. Seated from left to right are: Mrs. Philip M. (Nettie) Fairchild, Mrs. Warren S. ...
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Wisconsin Council of Catholic Women Founder

Date: 05 17 1950
Description: One of the founders of the Madison Catholic Women's Club and of the state council, Mrs. E.T. Baille (right) is shown chatting with Mrs. N.J. Luke Mergen, M...
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YWCA Dinner

Date: 05 25 1950
Description: Men and women sitting at the speaker's table during the YMCA's 31st Annual Meeting. Pictured, left to right, are: the Rev. Alfred B. Swan, pastor of the Fi...
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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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We Saw You . . . at Lutheran Conference

Date: 01 28 1959
Description: Thousands of Lutherans arrive in Madison for the National Lutheran Evangelism Conference held at the Dane County Fairgrounds. Some of the persons who came ...
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 05 05 1955
Description: Four delegates from different areas of the diocese chatting during the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women convention. From left: Mrs. William Goke,...
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Final Meeting of the Suffragette Council

Date: 04 23 1925
Description: Group portrait of the Suffragette Council at the Washington Hotel. The women are gathered on a large patio lined with street lamps. Jessie Jack Hooper is i...
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Madison Diocesan Convention

Date: 06 08 1965
Description: Three women confering at the convention of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at Edgewood College. In this portrait are Mrs. Fred Segebrecht, B...
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Vel Phillips in Classroom

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Description: View from side of classroom towards Vel Phillips who is standing behind a teacher's desk. There are a group of unidentified adults sitting in the classroom...
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Vel Phillips Speaking in Classroom

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Description: View from back of classroom towards Vel Phillips standing behind a desk. The chalkboard behind her reads: "Protective" and "Public Works." There is a map o...
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Vel at Meeting with Women

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Description: Vel Phillips, wearing a striped dress, is sitting at a table with a group of unidentified women. There is a chalkboard in the background.
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Short Course

Date: 02 14 1916
Description: Elevated view of a group of men attending an Agricultural short course in Madison, Wisconsin. There are samples of ears of corn on the tables. Two men stan...
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Gisholt Management Club

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Description: Sid Boyum wearing a hat with a sign for Gisholt attached to the front. Sid is standing and speaking at a Gisholt management club meeting. Men are sitting a...
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Eleanor Roosevelt at Meeting

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Description: Eleanor Roosevelt, smiling and holding eyeglasses in her hands, is sitting at a table with several men during a press conference.
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Madison Stamp Club Meeting

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Milton Geier, smoking a cigarette, is examining a stamp with a magnifier, while W.L. Millar is looking on, at the Madison Stamp Club meeting at the City YM...
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Madison Stamp Club Meeting

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Arthur Schwebs, with his daughter, Karen, and son, Roger, are looking at a philatelic exhibit in an album at the Madison Stamp Club meeting at the City YMC...

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