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A Star Is Born

Date: 05 18 1937
Description: Evelyn Canfield, in Madison General Hospital bed, looks to her newborn baby, David, who won the Orpheum Theatre's fourth anniversary "A Star Is Born" conte...
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Denton Family

Date: 12 28 1941
Description: Group portrait of Denton family showing parents, five daughters, two dolls, a Christmas tree and a dog.
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Philip John Dumbleton

Date: 07 25 1944
Description: Philip John Dumbleton, his mother Mrs. Ruth Dumbleton, and client Bernadyne Hogan photographed in one of two beauty shops he owns. Mr. Dumbleton who is bl...
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East Side Women's Club Mother-Son Banquet

Date: 03 08 1949
Description: Pictured from left to right are: Opal Morrell, co-chair of the East Side Women's Club annual mother-son banquet; James Allen Morrell; and Lois Brandes, co-...
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East Side Women's Club Mother-Son Banquet

Date: 03 08 1949
Description: Pictured at the East Side Women's Club annual mother-son banquet from left to right are: Mrs. Olaf (Beret) Strand, Reidar Strand, and Reidar Olaf Strand.
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East Side Women's Club Mother-Son Banquet

Date: 03 08 1949
Description: Group portrait of the Meier family at the East Side Women's Club annual mother-son banquet. Seated on a sofa from the left are: John W. Meier, Mrs. Jack M...
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East Side Women's Club Mother-Son Banquet

Date: 03 08 1949
Description: Mrs. Al (Arlette) Reque, hostess of the evening in charge of decorations, and her son Al Reque, Jr., at the East Side Women's Club annual mother-son banque...
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Reverend John H. Keene Family

Date: 03 27 1950
Description: The family of the Reverend John H. Keene arrived with Reverend Keene as he took up his duties as Rector of Grace Episcopal Church. Pictured are Mrs. Kather...
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Parents and Infant

Date: 12 19 1950
Description: Durwed T. and Barbara Hefty Cook of Tucson, Arizona, posing with their 4 month old daughter, Madeline.
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Polio Victims

Date: 08 02 1951
Description: Bonnie Wainscott (left), age 16, and her mother Mrs. Grace Wainscott are greeted by Francis M. Higgins, President of Wisconsin Central Airlines. The Wainsc...
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Red Cross Social Welfare Aids

Date: 03 11 1952
Description: Mrs. Doris Grove is shown handing a Red Cross information card to her son, LT. James Grove. Mrs. Grove is one of twelve graduates of the first class of so...
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Middleton Family

Date: 1898
Description: William and Clara Case Middleton sit on chairs alongside a building; their son Forest stands between them.
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Family at Home

Date: 1905
Description: A carefully posed scene of a man, woman, and girl at home. The girl sits with a cat on her lap. The man, in a wicker rocker, reads the "Editorial Section" ...
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Elizabeth Miller Modeling Suit

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller models a French-style suit she made. The photograph was taken to accompany an article about Elizabeth's seamstress work f...
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Jeffrey Family

Date: 04 17 1954
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. John Jefferey seated with her two children, Jill, age 11 and John, age 18.
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 04 11 1956
Description: Cherokee Heights School principal Emery Bainbridge stands beside student Robert Kurtenacker and his mother, Elizabeth, who needed blood donations during he...
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Walking to the Altar

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length group portrait of a bride and her mother and father walking towards the center aisle of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House as the ceremo...
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Family Poses for Group Portrait

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Group portrait of some of the family of the bride at a wedding that took place at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House.
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Mothers' March on Polio

Date: 01 07 1958
Description: Eugene Rankin, director of the Dane March of Dimes, shows the movie "Survival Is Not Enough" during a ward captains meeting to plan the Mothers' March on P...
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Eagle Scout Award

Date: 04 01 1958
Description: Robert Whipple pins a miniature badge on his mother, Myrtle Whipple, after receiving an Eagle Scout Badge at Luther Memorial Church. Left to right: Rev. Fr...

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