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Jean Meunier Keith

Date: 05 24 1955
Description: Jean Meunier Keith (Mrs. Jack Keith), who was presented with a book as an honorable mention prize in the annual Hugh A. Smith award for excellence in Frenc...
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American Association of University Women Tea

Date: 01 19 1948
Description: Shown at the American Association of University Women (AAUW) tea from the left are: Mrs. Merritt Y. (Grace) Hughes; Mrs. William A. Werrell; Miss Tasanee I...
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University of Wisconsin Junior Prom Court and Badger Beauties

Date: 01 27 1948
Description: The king and queen of the University of Wisconsin-Madison junior prom with the six co-eds named as "Badger Beauties". Left to right are: Marilyn Henry, Wa...
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Centennial Ball Court of Honor

Date: 10 09 1948
Description: Portrait of seven University of Wisconsin co-eds dressed in formals. They composed the court of honor for the Wisconsin State Centennial Ball held at the M...
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University of Wisconsin Junior Prom

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: King Clayton Hahn, Milwaukee, and Queen Violet Norrman, Williams Bay, at the head table of the dinner for the Junior Prom at the Great Hall of the Memorial...
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Spring Fashions

Date: 02 21 1949
Description: Joan Davis, a Manitowoc coed who reigned on the previous weekend as queen of the 30th Little International Livestock Show sponsored by the College of Agric...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball Court

Date: 03 21 1949
Description: Lenora Lien, University of Wisconsin senior in home economics, is pictured balancing a budget. Ms. Lien, who resides in Madison at 3126 Lakeland Avenue, ha...
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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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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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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: Roy Burks, member of the advanced ROTC transportation corps, and Norma Cross, King and Queen of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's 36th Military Ball.
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Tri Delta Pansy Breakfast

Date: 05 18 1952
Description: Four women at the Tri Delta "Pansy Breakfast," during which the sorority honors engaged and "pinned" women. At left Trudy Vornberger, Wauwatosa, is showing...
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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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University of Wisconsin Athletic Families

Date: 12 01 1954
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin swimming team member and army veteran John H. Middel, with his wife, Harriett, and their children, 3-year old Suz...
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Going Away to School

Date: 08 21 1956
Description: Five West High School graduates sitting in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus. They will be attending colleges away from Madison. L...
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National Council of Jewish Women Award U.W. Scholarship

Date: 05 17 1960
Description: The Madison section of the National Council of Jewish Women awards a $200 scholarship to an outstanding Jewish high school senior girl from Madison who wil...
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Beta Sigma Phi Convention

Date: 06 10 1960
Description: Among the registrants at the Beta Sigma Phi convention were Jean Burgess, Kansas City, Missouri, and Trude Skat (standing left), Milwaukee. They are receiv...
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Beta Sigma Phi Convention

Date: 06 10 1960
Description: Two sorority members from Minneapolis, Diane Braasch and Shelby Thundstrom, admire the elaborately set table for the Beta Sigma Phi convention reception.
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University of Wisconsin Annual Mock Senate Event

Date: 03 18 1961
Description: Ann Garfinkle sits at a desk in the Wisconsin Assembly chamber as she plays the role of a United States Senator during the annual mock senate event sponsor...
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Edgewood Students

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: Five Edgewood students studying around a table in the library.

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