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Women Golfers at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 05 17 1950
Description: Marie Adele Fish, left, chairman of the women's organization at Maple Bluff Country Club, is joined by Dorothy Guild outside of a building (possibly the cl...
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Women Golfers at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 05 17 1950
Description: Women golfers at Maple Bluff Country Club. Virginia Sprague (right), chairman of the women's Maple Bluff rules committee, and Esther Hermsen prepare to put...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Patty Ann Geaney, 21-month-old daughter of Captain and Mrs. Edward J. Geaney, residents of Eagle Heights, University of Wisconsin Houses, watches older chi...
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Maypole Dancers

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Description: A group of women in white skirts and wearing caps are dancing around a tall maypole. A crowd is watching in the background, and a dog is running in front o...
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Badger State Dahlia Society

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: Four members of the Badger State Dahlia Society are shown left to right: Mrs. Loder, Mrs. Ira Fuller, Mr. Everett Loder and Mr. Ira Fuller. They are in the...
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Carol Sisk Patterson and Daughter

Date: 09 29 1950
Description: Mrs. Oliver M. (Carol Sisk) Patterson, of Fox Lake, Illinois sitting near a fireplace with her daughter, Alison, during a visit with her parents Mr. and Mr...
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Sorority Pledges

Date: 10 03 1950
Description: Madison pledges of the Pi Beta Phi sorority pose for a group portrait. Seated are: Jean De Young and Mary Louise Woodford. In back, left to right, are: JoA...
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Sorority Pledges

Date: 10 03 1950
Description: Madison pledges of the Alpha Phi sorority pose for a group portrait while seated in front of a fireplace. In the front row are Susan Batiste, Joan Fagan, a...
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Sorority Pledges

Date: 10 03 1950
Description: Four Madison pledges of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority play bridge on a card table. From left are Margaret Mortens, Patricia Clardy, Mary Ann Pohle, and Ma...
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Joyce Krosemann, "Miss Twirp"

Date: 10 31 1950
Description: Portrait of East High School senior Joyce Krosemann, selected to be "Miss Twirp." "Twirp" season enables the girls to ask the boys to go to the party, alth...
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16th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art

Date: 11 06 1950
Description: The Madison Art Association's 16th Annual Wisconsin Salon of Art opened at the Memorial Union with a traditional preview reception. Shown unpacking some of...
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University of Wisconsin YWCA

Date: 11 13 1950
Description: Professor Lowell E. Noland chats with members of the University YMCA and YWCA at a program of fireside chats. Seated are (left to right): Wanda Bertelman, ...
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West High Cross Country Banquet

Date: 11 22 1950
Description: Group portrait of adult organizers and speakers for the banquet to honor West High School cross country runners. Front row, left to right: Mrs. Harry (Fred...
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club

Date: 11 29 1950
Description: Five members of the Dames Club posing with sports equipment that depict activities the club will be involved in during the upcoming year. The Dames Club is...
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Stepping Stones

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men and women standing on stepping stones laid across a river. The stones are painted to read "STEPPING STONES" and the river is surrounded by w...
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Daughters of the American Revolution Officers

Date: 02 22 1951
Description: State and national officers of the Daughters of the American Revolution organization. Left to right: Lola Pierstorff, state chair of joint education; Mrs. ...
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Wisconsin Civilian Defense Nurses Enrollment Day

Date: 02 20 1951
Description: Mrs. Myrtle Cadwell, a retired nurse, butters a piece of bread as two of her three children, Kristi and Carlton, look on. As a graduate nurse she could be ...
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Square Dance Association Jamboree Co-Chairmen

Date: 03 19 1951
Description: Two couples, co-chairmen of the upcoming state-wide jamboree of the Square Dance Association of Wisconsin, demonstrate a square dance step. They are, from ...
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Loading a U.S. Ship

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Description: Women loading cargo onto a U.S. ship at St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands by way of baskets balanced on the tops of their heads.
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Madison Teachers - Education Week

Date: 11 06 1951
Description: Portrait of Dudgeon School fifth grade teacher Mable Day with one of her pupils reviewing a globe of the world.

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