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Henry Lardy Residence

Date: 10 02 1956
Description: Annrita Lardy sitting in the living room of her and her husband Dr. Henry A. Lardy's new home, designed by Herb Fritz, 1829 Thorstrand Road.
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Henry Lardy Residence

Date: 10 02 1956
Description: Annrita Lardy sitting in the living room of her and her husband Dr. Henry A. Lardy's new house, designed by Herb Fritz, 1829 Thorstrand Road. Fritz was a s...
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Sture and Geneva Johnson Residence

Date: 06 28 1955
Description: Geneva Johnson sits in the sunroom of her contemporary home at 313 New Castle Way in Maple Bluff. Her home will be featured on a July 14 Tour of Homes spon...
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O. Clarke & Leslie Gillett Residence

Date: 06 28 1955
Description: Leslie Gillett is sitting in her traditional antique-filled living room at 3443 Edgehill Parkway in Shorewood Hills. The home will be featured in the Attic...
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Kappa Kappa Gamma Graduates

Date: 05 25 1944
Description: Three Kappa Kappa Gamma graduates are preparing to return home following commencement, left to right: Georgia Ann Trebilcock, Madison, Charlene Brown, High...
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Woman with Man in Middle-Eastern Attire

Date: 10 04 1945
Description: Overhead view of a woman in western attire sitting on a cushion on a floor next to a man in Middle-Eastern attire who is sitting cross-legged on the floor ...
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Twins Cecelia and Alma Moore

Date: 01 15 1948
Description: Widely known twin sisters in southern Wisconsin, Cecelia (left) and Alma Moore, now Mrs. Walter M. (Cecelia) Mass, Jr., and Mrs. Robert O. (Alma) Bauch. Th...
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Twins in Formal Dresses

Date: 01 15 1948
Description: Twin sisters Patricia (left) and Nancy Coughlin in matching formal dresses. They are posing indoors and are wearing matching chokers around their necks and...
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Family Service Agency

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Mrs. Margaret Mentzner, a fulltime employee of the Family Service Agency, is shown hearing the bedtime prayers of a small boy whose mother is sick and abse...
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Living Room of Robert Jewson Residence

Date: 08 30 1949
Description: Mrs. Mary Jewson sitting on a couch next to the fireplace inside the living room of her new residence at 7 Hiawatha Circle. The house is owned by herself a...
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Burch House

Date: 09 19 1949
Description: The living room of the Byron and Mary Burch home, 205 South Owen Drive. Mary Burch is shown seated in a chair.
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Rennebohms Moving to New Governor's Residence

Date: 12 13 1949
Description: Sixteen employees of the Rennebohm Drug Company carry miscellaneous furnishings from the old executive residence to the new one in Maple Bluff. The "moving...
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Rennebohms Moving to New Governor's Residence

Date: 12 13 1949
Description: Wisconsin's First Lady, Mrs. Rennebohm, standing in the midst of furnishings that sixteen Rennebohm employees moved to the new executive residence at 101 C...
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New Candelabras at New Governors Mansion

Date: 02 02 1950
Description: Mrs. Oscar Rennebohm (left), Mrs. Oscar Toebaas, Mrs. H. Lewis Greene, and Mrs. Foster Blackburn admire the twin silver candelabras which the Dane County W...
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New Housing Designs On Shore Acres Road

Date: 03 23 1950
Description: A woman decorates a modern dining-room. At right is a large movable wardrobe that the home owner may use as an adjustable room divider as the family needs ...
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Wisconsin Dames

Date: 04 10 1952
Description: Two members of the Wisconsin Dames are Mrs. James Head, left, who is the chairman of the center and Mrs. Kendall King. The Dames maintain a permanent servi...
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Japanese Home Furnishings

Date: 09 14 1953
Description: The W.H. Wikoff residence, 34C University Houses, contains many Japanese furnishings. Mrs. Catherine (William H.) Wikoff is shown with a Japanese dish and ...
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Easter Seals Beneficiaries

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Margaret Fliegel holds a book while sitting on her bed in front of an anatomy chart. She was a senior physical therapy student and a Easter Seal grant rec...
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League of Women Voters House Tour

Date: 09 21 1954
Description: Virginia Dymond and Frances Hurst sitting in the home of Virginia and Russell Dymond at 2805 Ridge Road, one of the houses on the League of Women Voters' b...
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Residential Family Rooms

Date: 05 11 1956
Description: Mrs. Arthur (Bette) Sonneland, with her 19-month-old daughter Kristl, sits on the hearth of the fireplace in the family room of their home at 35 Paget Road...

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