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Carson Gulley Standing Behind Buffet Table

Date: 01 30 1945
Description: Elevated view of chef Carson Gulley, standing behind a buffet table.
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Abraham Lincoln School, Summer Institute

Date: 08 08 1945
Description: Students attending a lecture. The Abraham Lincoln School for Social Science, Chicago, Illinois, sponsored a Summer Institute in Madison for several summers...
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Blessed Martin House

Date: 04 22 1948
Description: Four women sewing a 'sleeping garment' at the Blessed Martin House, 746 West Washington Avenue, an interracial and interfaith center sponsored by Madison C...
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Governor Rennebohm Signing Anti-Segregation Law

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm, seated at his desk in the foreground, signs a bill into law ending segregation in the Wisconsin National Guard because of race, c...
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Mrs. Willie Lou Harris

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: Mrs. Willie Lou Harris of 405 Bram Street sits at left with part of her family. Standing left to right are Mrs. James (Georgia Harris) Elvord, Mr. and Mrs....
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Boy with Rescuer

Date: 05 23 1950
Description: Charles Hargrove, age 12, sitting at the bedside of Robert Byrnes, age 9, after Charles pulled Robert from Murphy Creek on Madison's south side. The boys h...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 11 1950
Description: Nurse Sadie Zum Brunnen tends to a patient, seven-year-old Bonita Gill, at Madison General Hospital. Sadie is a member of the Madison Business and Professi...
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Foster Parent Zelma Stevenson

Date: 03 27 1951
Description: Zelma Stevenson spoon-feeding Jane, a 19-month-old foster child residing at the Stevenson home at 718 West Main Street. Mrs. Stevenson is a member of the f...
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Carson Gulley

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: Carson Gulley, chef for UW dormitories, sitting at a table in front of a WIBA microphone. He is wearing a chef's hat and white uniform.
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Madison YWCA Y-Teens

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Beverly Hill, left, and Carol Sterling make posters for the Y-Teen open house and style show at the YWCA. Mary Ellen Kruger, standing, the Y-Teen adviser, ...
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Alpha Omega Phi Committee

Date: 06 22 1953
Description: Six committee members of the Alpha Omega Phi women's organization dedicated to community social service plan an upcoming party. Seated in front, left to ri...
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Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's Party

Date: 07 22 1953
Description: Portraying Diamond Jim Brady and Diamond Lil at the Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's party are Robert and Harriet Narowetz. They are being served a drink by...
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Royalettes and Royalites

Date: 02 13 1955
Description: Comparing notes on the activities of the Royalettes and Royalites are Mrs. Pearl Cobb, Chicago; Mrs. Mary Cooper (Grimes), President of the Madison group; ...
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Inter-Faith Tea

Date: 03 21 1956
Description: Group portrait of four of the 200 women who attended the Inter-Faith Tea sponsored by the Madison Council of United Church Women. They include, from left: ...
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Madison Central High School PTA Athletic Banquet

Date: 03 26 1957
Description: Group portrait of four athletes and three coaches. Shown left to right, they are: (front) Al Smith, football captain; Russ Allen, basketball captain; and K...
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Northwest Convocation of Episcopal Women

Date: 09 17 1957
Description: Mrs. A.O. Sanders, Milwaukee; Mrs. Ray Buege, Oconomowoc; Mrs. M.C. Hunt, Racine; and Mrs. A.P. Sandschneider, Ft. Atkinson, standing, are some of the out-...
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Opus Dei Fun-O-Rama

Date: 01 31 1958
Description: Chef Carson Gulley (left), Helen Fagan and Angela Esser planning a roast beef dinner that will be held during the upcoming Fun-o-rama. The Fun-o-rama is a ...
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Blessed Martin House Nursery School

Date: 10 19 1960
Description: Students from Edgewood College assist Donna Jones, director of the Blessed Martin House nursery school, which will benefit from the annual bazaar of the De...
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Neighborhood House

Date: 02 08 1956
Description: Among those attending a meeting at Neighborhood House, 768 West Washington Avenue, are Ina Doss, left, and Mrs. Armand Gardiner. The gathering was for neig...

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