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White House Cake

Date: 01 28 1934
Description: One man is standing behind a cake shaped like the White House, showing the rear view of the White House, baked by the Strand Baking Company, 2007 Atwood Av...
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its...
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Mrs. Olivia Douglass SeCheverell

Date: 07 24 1945
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Olivia Douglass SeCheverell celebrating her 95th birthday. Mrs. SeCheverell worked fifty-four years as a seamstress, retiring when she was...
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Wisconsin State Council of Churches Annual Dinner

Date: 01 21 1947
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Ellis H. Dana sitting at a table with another couple at the annual dinner of the Wisconsin State Council of Churches.
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Cheng-Yang Wedding

Date: 12 23 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin graduate students from China, bride Shu-Teh Cheng, Nanking, China, and bridegroom Shu-Chin Yang, Faku, China, cutting their wedding...
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East Side Women's Club Banquet

Date: 06 02 1948
Description: Attendees at the East Side Women's Club banquet, left to right: Mrs. Olaf (Anna) Olson, 313 N. Seventh Street, and Mrs. Harold (Olive) Pettersen, 217 Buell...
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Lutheran Men's Club "Sweetheart's Dinner"

Date: 02 17 1949
Description: Harold Lautz, sergeant-at-arms for the annual Lutheran Men's Club "Sweetheart's Dinner" held in the Lutheran Memorial Church, 1021 University Avenue. Mr. L...
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Floyd Ferrill

Date: 11 10 1949
Description: Portrait of Floyd Ferrill, baseball coach at Madison East High School and co-chair of Madison's 11th Annual Shrine All-City Football Banquet.
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Cosmos Dance Club 30th Anniversary

Date: 05 22 1953
Description: Frederic E. and Elizabeth W. Risser sit at the dinner table during the Cosmos Dance Club 30th Anniversary dinner dance.
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Dairy Foods Festival

Date: 05 14 1954
Description: Alice in Dairyland (left) sits at a table with a group of men during a luncheon for Madison's Dairy Foods Festival.
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Louise Brown

Date: 08 03 1954
Description: Louise Brown, who created a table setting in the French style, is pictured in an article about table decorations.
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Table Settings

Date: 08 03 1954
Description: Martha Hart is the creator of a table setting on a formal summer theme.
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Madison Council of Jewish Women Dinner Dance

Date: 01 27 1956
Description: Mrs. Maurice ((Janet) Pasch of 4114 Manitou Way is president of the Madison Council of Jewish Women. They are planning a dinner dance at the East Side Busi...
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Mother-Daughter Dinner

Date: 05 17 1956
Description: Seated at the speakers' table for the mother-daughter dinner at St. Bernard's Catholic Church are Mrs. Alfred E. (Mathida) Rathert, who gave the mother's t...
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Career Girls Entertain

Date: 02 15 1957
Description: Pat Pidcoe, medical secretary, setting the table for a dinner party.
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Honoring Union Members

Date: 12 05 1957
Description: Truman Swann (left) and Joe Lowenberg attend a dinner to honor union members at the Hotel Loraine.
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Edward Hein Retires from the Wisconsin Conservation Department

Date: 06 29 1959
Description: Edward Hein, age 66, retires from the Wisconsin Conservation Department after 24 years of service as the publications supervisor. Hein was honored at a ret...
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Six O'Clock Club Dinner Menu

Date: 12 17 1900
Description: Front cover and interior of the menu for a Six O'Clock Club dinner on the topic of municipal ownership of Madison utilities. On the cover are two embossed ...
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Six O'Clock Club Dinner Menu/Announcement

Date: 11 04 1901
Description: Front cover of the announcement for the twelfth dinner of the Six O'Clock Club, with circular head and shoulders portraits of Presidents William McKinley J...
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Winners of Bike Safety Week Slogan Contest

Date: 06 18 1961
Description: The Bike Safety Week dinner held at the Cuba Club Supper Club honors the king and queen of Bike Safety Week. Bike slogan winners shown are John Troia, son ...

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