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Attic Angels Ball — Receiving Line

Date: 04 06 1934
Description: Five women in ball gowns standing in the Attic Angels Ball receiving line in the Loraine Hotel, l to r: Mrs. Erwin Schmidt; Mrs. Wallace W. Chickering, Soc...
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: William Thorp and Hattie Reed bow their heads in prayer before Thanksgiving dinner is served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its Sunset Club.
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West Side Garden Club Judges

Date: 05 06 1947
Description: Mrs. A.L. (Louise) Thurston,left, and Mrs. R.V. (Bessie) Fox, who judged some of the flower arrangements at the West Side Garden Club flower show.
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Six Members of the East Side Women's Club

Date: 12 14 1948
Description: Six members of the East Side Women's Club with a dollhouse to be given to the chi:ldren at the Morningside sanatorium. Seated in front, left to right, are ...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball Court

Date: 03 21 1949
Description: Marilyn Henry, Waukegan, Illinois, marking the days on a calender to her marriage on June 25 to L.T. Young, a Psi Upsilon, from Highland Park, Illinois. Ms...
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Zor Shrive Wive's Tea

Date: 11 22 1949
Description: Mrs. Nathan Nelson of Montfort, left, visits with one of the hostesses, Mrs. Earle S. (Bertha) Lewis, at the tea for Shriners' wives at the governor's resi...
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Who's New Club 15th Anniversary Tea

Date: 01 20 1950
Description: Four members of the Who's New Club gather around a table at the fifteenth anniversary tea at the YWCA. The social organization was established to provide a...
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YWCA Activities, Physical Exam for YWCA Residents

Date: 09 12 1950
Description: Dr. Margaret Prouty, 26 Breese Terrace, takes the blood pressure of Patsy Dorow, formerly of Reedsburg, who resides at the YWCA. Seated at the left is Mrs....
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March of Dimes Campaign

Date: 12 31 1951
Description: Ann E. Boberschmidt, Edgewood College sophomore, is shown wearing a necklace and sweater. She was stricken with polio in November of 1945, paralysing her l...
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PTA Council Officers

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Charlotte Madding, left, the new president of the Madison Council of Parents and Teachers, and right, Virginia Gieselman, the immediate past president of t...
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Mendota Flower Show

Date: 08 06 1952
Description: Three women are standing at a table decorated with floral arrangements at the Mendota Gardeners garden show. Left to right: Ellen Antoine; Marie Connor, pr...
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Zeta Phi Eta National Convention

Date: 08 10 1952
Description: The three founders of Omicron chapter of Zeta Phi Eta speech fraternity at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which was founded in May of 1932. From left...
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Red Cross Gray Lady Leaders

Date: 10 23 1953
Description: Charlotte Kohler, chairman of Red Cross service groups, welcomes a new Gray Lady chairman, Locine O'Keefe (third from left). Iona Hein, second from left, i...
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Orchard Ridge Community Club

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zagorski ducking through the arch made by Wallace and Helen Wilson during a square dance at the Orchard Ridge Community Club.
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Delta Delta Delta Pansy Breakfast

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Jeanette Beelen (left), Helen Macke, and Carolee Hobbs chat at the annual Delta Delta Delta Pansy Breakfast.
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Delta Delta Delta Pansy Breakfast

Date: 05 16 1954
Description: Glee Moses, left, and May Burnham admire June Cannon's engagement ring during the annual Delta Delta Delta Pansy Breakfast. Engaged University of Wisconsin...
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American Legion Auxiliary

Date: 06 25 1954
Description: Group portrait of 14 women making plans for the state convention of the American Legion Auxiliary.
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Wisconsin Women's Golf Association State Tournament

Date: 07 13 1954
Description: Portrait of Virginia Sprague, chairman of the rules committee, and Beatrice Cartwright, member of the rules committee for the 42nd annual state tournament ...
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Royalettes and Royalites

Date: 02 13 1955
Description: Mrs. Masttie Anderson of Chicago, with Mrs. Sonny Garner, sponsor of the Chicago Royalites, at a cocktail and supper party in the Gold Room of the Playdium...
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Matrix Banquet

Date: 03 20 1956
Description: Attending the annual Matrix Banquet are Helen Worden Erskine (left), guest speaker, and Jane Johannsen, president of the U.W. Chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, t...

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