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High School Graduation in Opera House

Date: 1897
Description: Two young men and ten young women in white dresses sitting in a semi circle on the stage of the Black River Falls Opera House. The stage is decorated with ...
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Man Standing at Podium

Date: 1941
Description: A man stands at a podium speaking into a microphone. There is a cake with the number 10 on it, and letters on the curtain behind him spell out "...gratulat...
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Who's New Club Members

Date: 06 02 1964
Description: Among the guests at the Who's New club luncheon were L to R: Mrs. James Turner, Oregon; Mrs. John MacLean, Middleton; Barbara Bodart; Lynn Frommuer; and Cl...
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Stagette Day at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 07 18 1956
Description: Four women pose behind a table filled with prizes and flowers which will be awarded to golfers at the Stagette Day women's golf contest. They include, from...
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Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Banquet

Date: 02 13 1958
Description: Commissioner Melvin Larson presents honorary certificates for service to Catherine Griffith (five years) and Malitta Siebel (21 years).
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University of Wisconsin Summer Session Pre-Prom Dinner

Date: 08 1958
Description: Five guests, posed at the Memorial Union, are: Frances Kerrigan, Nancy Roberts, Arlene Burr, Mimi Griffin, and Susan Smykla.
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University of Wisconsin Summer Session Pre-Prom Dinner

Date: 08 1958
Description: William and Eula Hiltz and Florence and Chester Gill chat during the University of Wisconsin Summer Session pre-prom dinner.
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 178-186

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Description: The fife and drum are not so innocent
the vulture's eye is on the dance
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 640-647

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Description: You who were spared I talked with night but last
about the velvet years
I remember from the window
The one that is blown is the one gone wild
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 784-792

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Description: Although they remembered everything that could not be tolerated,
their better natures,
surfacing through waves of church-worn care,
prevailed over...
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Christmas Decorations

Date: 1910
Description: Residential dining room with Christmas decorations and circular table with turkey, set for two places.
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Wedding Decorations

Date: 09 02 1897
Description: Interior of the John A. Landfair home, showing floral decorations for the wedding of Kate Landfair and Marvin B. Rosenberry, later Chief Justice of the Sup...
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Women of Westmorland Planning Party

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Five Women of Westmorland posing as they plan their annual dessert style show and card party to be held in the auditorium of Our Lady Queen of Peace Cathol...
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Mark Weber's Tenth Birthday

Date: 01 12 1961
Description: Mark Weber, dressed in a boy scout uniform, winks with one eye while pointing to number 13 on the calendar. He was born on a Friday the thirteenth and his ...
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Republican Centennial Birthday Party and Vintage Fashion Show

Date: 05 20 1954
Description: Four Republican club women are shown having punch at the Republican Centennial Birthday Party and membership tea held by the Dane County Women's Republican...
Painting

Student's Earth Day Art

Date: 1970
Description: Young student's crayon and watercolor art inspired by Earth Day, consisting of a sun with a smiling face surrounded by a field of blue filled with birds an...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Two nursery employees, Florance Dohm and Angeline Magnasco, examining a blooming plant among the tables full of blooming lilies ready for delivery inside a...
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Honoring Librarian Katharine Middleton

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: Wearing an orchid corsage (far right) is Katherine Middleton at a tea in her honor at a private home. She retired on January 1st after almost 32 years of s...
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Laura Foster in Prom Dress

Date: 05 1959
Description: Laura Foster (b. 1941) standing in the foyer of her house dressed for her senior prom at Rockford East High School. The sleeveless, knee-length dress is wh...

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