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National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers

Date: 05 19 1887
Description: External view of the National Soldiers' Home with a cannon on the lawn in the foreground.
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 12 12 1950
Description: Mrs. Leslie (Luella) Morris and Allen Zoeller check for children's names in the "Holiday Exchange," a filing system which serves as a clearing house for th...
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Mrs. Jack Schwartz

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: Mrs. Jack Schwartz of Roxbury holding a 3-month-old baby girl on her lap. The child is one of the nearly 60 foster children that Mrs. Schwartz has cared fo...
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First Governor's Conference on Aging Population

Date: 05 28 1956
Description: The First University Methodist Church has a friendly visitor plan where volunteers visit shut-ins of the church regularly. Leisure time activities are one ...
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Altrusa Club Spring Garden Festival

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: A volunteer discussing seed catalogs with two nursing home residents as they are sitting outside on lawn chairs. They are at Monona Drive Rest Home at 4202...
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Altrusa Club Spring Garden Festival

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: Altrusa Club member Emma Rice, in a dress and on her knees, planting a flower garden at Agehaven Nursing Home on Bridge Road, as residents Louise Cook and ...
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Foster Parents

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: The original caption states: "Foster parents from Dane County met for a get-together sponsored by the foster home committee of the Community Welfare Counci...
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One of Madison's Prominent Ladies

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: Ida Kittleson in her Spaight Street home. She has been active in several organizations, including the Humane Society, Anti-Tuberculosis Association, Kiddie...
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Jewish Welfare Meeting

Date: 05 08 1957
Description: Three of the eight women who attended the Initial Gifts luncheon to launch a Madison Jewish Welfare Fund drive. From the left are Frances Weinstein, Virgin...
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Jewish Welfare Meeting

Date: 05 08 1957
Description: Mrs. N.J. Sudow (right) has annually served as hostess for the Initial Gifts luncheon to launch a Madison Jewish Welfare Fund drive. In the photo she visit...
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Jewish Welfare Meeting

Date: 05 08 1957
Description: Three ladies attending the Initial Gifts luncheon to launch a Madison Jewish Welfare Fund drive. From left are Dorothy Sinykin, Evelyn Minkoff, and Helene ...
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Mayor at Second Report Luncheon

Date: 10 25 1957
Description: Several United Givers' Fund officials are shown discussing this year's campaign during the second report luncheon at Hotel Loraine. Left to right are: John...

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