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Julius Mintz Family Portrait

Date: 07 11 1953
Description: Group portrait of the Julius Mintz family. The father and mother are sitting on the couch, the son is sitting on the far left on the arm of the couch, and ...
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Photo Enactors from the Dane County Association for Mental Health

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Staged scenario of a lonely and isolated elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair by a fireplace and spinning wheel. "Aunt Jennie" is portrayed by Margueri...
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State Capitol Christmas Tree

Date: 12 20 1957
Description: A view from above of the tall decorated 34-foot balsam tree in the Capitol Building rotunda. The tree was grown in Marquette County and purchased from the ...
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Homeowner Redecorates with Contemporary Styling

Date: 12 27 1957
Description: The tri-level home of I. Franklin and Arline Houseman, 821 Lakewood Boulevard in Maple Bluff, was redecorated with her choosing the color scheme. The "stri...
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Homeowner Redecorates with Contemporary Styling

Date: 12 27 1957
Description: The tri-level home of I. Franklin and Arline Houseman, 821 Lakewood Boulevard in Maple Bluff, was redecorated with her choosing the color scheme. The livin...
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Homeowner Redecorates with Contemporary Styling

Date: 12 27 1957
Description: The tri-level home of I. Franklin and Arline Houseman, 821 Lakewood Boulevard in Maple Bluff, was redecorated with her choosing the color scheme. The kitch...
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Homeowner Redecorates with Contemporary Styling

Date: 12 27 1957
Description: The tri-level home of I. Franklin and Arline Houseman, 821 Lakewood Boulevard in Maple Bluff, was redecorated with her choosing the color scheme. A star-sh...
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Serving Tea, a Gracious Custom

Date: 02 18 1958
Description: Sitting in front of the fireplace in the family home at 535 Wisconsin Avenue are Mrs. Lucien (Mary) Hanks, her daughter and two friends. They are (left to ...
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Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Helen Thompson (wife of Governor Vernon Thompson) is shown pouring punch for her Madison and Winnipeg Y-Teen guests. Left to right are the Thompson's daugh...
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Wolman Family Home

Date: 05 08 1958
Description: New home, located at 4121 Chippewa Drive, designed by owners Martin and Ann Wolman to meet the needs of their large family of five children. Shown is Ann W...
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Senior Citizens and Their Heirlooms

Date: 05 13 1958
Description: Susan Groves posing with her watch stand that originally belonged to her grandfather, a native of Great Britain.
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Home Decorated with Articles from India

Date: 06 17 1958
Description: Agatha Fowlkes, wearing a sari, sits in her den which is furnished completely with articles from India. The leopard rug was made from the skin of an animal...
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Labor Woman's Auxiliary Officers

Date: 08 27 1958
Description: Eleanor McEvilly, president of the auxiliary to the Gas Workers' union, Local 20620. Her husband, Stanley McEvilly, is employed at Madison Gas and Electric...
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University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 21 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin president Conrad A. Elvehjem's wife, with the pet dog, reading a magazine in the sun-filled porch of Olin House, the official resid...
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Portrait of Governor-Elect Gaylord Nelson with Family

Date: 11 05 1958
Description: Portrait of Governor-Elect Gaylord Nelson with wife Carrie Lee Nelson, and children Cynthia (Tia) (3) and Gaylord, Jr. (Happy) (5) taken at the family home...
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Madison Residents Look Forward to 1959

Date: 12 09 1958
Description: Current First Lady of Wisconsin and wife of Governor Vernon W. Thomson, (right). gives a tour of the Governor's Mansion, 101 Cambridge Road, Maple Bluff, t...
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Wives of Soil Scientists

Date: 08 16 1960
Description: Wives of soil scientists attending a get-acquainted tea at the home of UW President & Mrs. Conrad Elvehjem. Left to right: Mrs. Hans Winterkorn, Princeton,...
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Arthur O. Schroeder Home on Token Creek

Date: 10 04 1960
Description: Mrs. Velma "Pem" Wheaton, Milwaukee, who designed the interior of the Arthur O. Schroeder home, sits beneath a picture grouping that carries out the room's...
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Attic Angels Benefit Sale

Date: 08 30 1960
Description: Alpha Harper and Margaret Seward, members of Attic Angels who will assist at the antique and flower sale, are admiring a Wedgwood biscuit barrel, one of ma...
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Dream House Built from Plans in Newspaper

Date: 11 29 1960
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Harold F. (Schim) Elliott and son Michael in the living room of their house built as their "dream home" from plans in the Wisconsin State J...

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