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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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Governor Goodland's Body in the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 03 14 1947
Description: Women executive office employees filing past the casket containing the body of Governor Walter Goodland in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Matrix Banquet

Date: 03 22 1949
Description: Sigrid Schultz, foreign correspondent and speaker at the annual Matrix banquet sponsored by the University of Wisconsin chapter of Theta Sigma Phi at the M...
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Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumni Style Show

Date: 04 03 1950
Description: Mrs. Stephen E. (Kathryn) Gavin of 2811 Monroe Street, chairman of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae benefit dessert bridge party and style show, sitting at ri...
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Women Protestors in a Judge's Office

Date: 11 12 1951
Description: Six irate women drivers sit in the office of superior court judge Roy H. Proctor's office to protest his dismissal of a traffic charge against a male drive...
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Pearce Roberts

Date: 01 14 1954
Description: Portrait of Pearce Roberts, Executive Secretary of the Madison Building Trades Council and past president of the Madison Federation of Labor.
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Madison Women's Service Club Presidents

Date: 02 16 1954
Description: Presidents of the three Madison service clubs for executive women confer on plans for the annual joint meeting of the three clubs. From left to right are: ...
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Jaycette Style Show Models

Date: 02 28 1956
Description: Betty Geisler, representing the Blackhawk Country Club Women's Organization, models fashion for the 'smart clubwomen.' The proceeds of the style shows were...
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Historical Society Founder's Day Banquet

Date: 02 1959
Description: Attending the State Historical Society Founder's Day banquet are, left to right, W.B. Hesseltine, University of Wisconsin history professor; Dr. Donald R. ...
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Dane County Red Cross Chapter 50th Anniversary

Date: 05 12 1959
Description: W. Earl Hall (right), editor of the Mason City, Iowa Globe-Gazette, is the main speaker at the 50th anniversary meeting of the Dane County chapter of the R...
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Women Modeling Furs

Date: 10 20 1960
Description: Mary Niglis, Elizabeth Maloof, and Marion Sweeney wearing furs they will model at a program for the wives of men attending the Fourth Degree Knights of Col...
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Panhellenic Council Style Show

Date: 04 12 1961
Description: Jane Montgomery and Mrs. Werner Wilking are two of the models that will participate in the annual spring fashion show of the Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Co...

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