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Crochet Club

Date: 1900
Description: Group of fifteen women gathered around three tables behind a home, probably the DMC Club, an exclusive social and sewing society named for an imported bran...
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Woman's Club Past Presidents

Date: 06 25 1934
Description: Past Presidents of the Woman's Club posing outdoors of the H.L. French home, 500 Farwell Drive, Maple Bluff. Mrs. Jenks, Mrs. Richards, Mrs. Ritter, Mrs. L...
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Phi Sigma Delta Chapter House

Date: 10 19 1933
Description: View across street towards the Phi Sigma Delta chapter house, 131 Langdon Street.
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Garden Bridge Party

Date: 07 22 1932
Description: A.A.U.W. women play bridge in the garden of Mrs. Carl A. Johnson's house, Fuller's Woods.
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Wisconsin Dames Club

Date: 06 02 1932
Description: University of Wisconsin Dames Club (wives of graduate students) garden party held at 1718 Summit Avenue, University Heights at the conclusion of the academ...
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Mothers and Children of the Neighborhood

Date: 08 27 1931
Description: Group portrait of mothers and children in front of a house at 434 Virginia Terrace.
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Kilowatt Clubhouse

Date: 10 17 1928
Description: Two men are standing with shovels outside the Kilowatt Clubhouse, 5311 Tonyawatha Trail, on Lake Monona. It became the home of Fred Rasmussen.
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Delta Gamma Sorority House

Date: 04 04 1927
Description: View across intersection towards the Delta Gamma Sorority house, 102 Langdon Street.
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Alpha Omega Pi House

Date: 07 20 1927
Description: View from street towards the Alpha Omega Pi House, with a convertible automobile parked in front of house at 626 North Henry Street.
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Aerial View of Williamson / Jenifer Streets

Date: 1953
Description: Aerial view looking southeast over Madison's near east side. The Eagles Club at 1236 Jenifer Street / 1221 Williamson Street is under construction in the ...
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Jarvis-Ward-Atwood House

Date: 1923
Description: The Jarvis-Ward-Atwood octagon house, 121 West Wilson Street, built for Mr. Jarvis from red brick made at a kiln, owned by W.A.P. Morris, at the turn of La...
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Who's New Club Picnic

Date: 06 22 1945
Description: Picnickers at a Who's New Club Picnic opening their box lunches: Lieut. and Mrs. Ivor Callaway; Chaplain and Mrs. Edwin B. Nylen; Mrs. Ralph Ebert and her ...
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Robert Burkhalter and his Telescope

Date: 07 20 1945
Description: Robert Burkhalter, a life Boy Scout member of Troop 5, standing next to the telescope he built and mounted in his backyard, 105 Cambridge Road, Shorewood H...
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Levi Vilas House

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Description: An external view of the Levi Vilas house, located at the corner of Henry and Langdon Streets. The house later became a fraternity house, first used by Phi ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Jimmy Christiansen is shown posing with the body of his derby car while three friends observe. Left to right: Florence Brown, John Brown, Gary Sachs, and J...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Soap Box Derby racer Bobby Holmes seated in car outdoors on grass.
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East Side Business Men's Association Plants Trees

Date: 04 16 1951
Description: A group of East Siders are watching as another of the thousands of trees which have been planted under the sponsorship of the East Side Business Men's Asso...
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Nakoma Welfare League Spring Breakfast

Date: 05 23 1951
Description: Elevated view of women of the Nakoma Welfare League gathered in the yard of the home of Mrs. E.J. (Hazel) Kallevang, 4130 Iroquois Drive, for the annual sp...
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One Room Schoolhouse in Matteson

Date: 1919
Description: Exterior view of the front of a one-room schoolhouse. There is a Red Cross poster hanging in the school entryway, and a smaller outbuilding behind the scho...
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Girls' Friendly Society Holiday House

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Description: A group of girls and women sit on the porch of the Holiday House of the Girls' Friendly Society while others sit inside an automobile at right to pose for ...

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