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Flying Tea Party

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Description: A tea party on an airplane, a publicity stunt conceived by Harry Bruno to promote his Cleveland-area airline, Aeromarine Airlines. By taking local reporter...
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Ambassador Lord and Lady Halifax

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Ambassador Lord (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood) and Lady Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, at the train station. Left to right: Lady Halifa...
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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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Man in Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 1885
Description: Winter scene with a European American man with a beard and moustache sitting in a sleigh pulled by a single horse on snow-covered ground in front of the C....
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President Herbert Hoover Speaking at the University of Wisconsin Fieldhouse

Date: 11 05 1932
Description: President Herbert Hoover addressing a crowd of 12,000 at the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse. On the platform behind the president are, left to right: J...
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Clara Middleton

Date: 1900
Description: Clara Middleton poses seated in a chair, reading. She is wearing a narrow fur stole over her shoulder.
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Pioneer Pauline Frederick

Date: 03 1949
Description: Pauline Frederick (center in the fur coat), then the only woman news broadcaster at ABC, was one of many prominent women who addressed the Advertising Wome...
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Woman Posing with Dog

Date: 1888
Description: Woman in a long dress wearing a glove and holding a book [?] in her hand posing before a painted backdrop. There is a small white dog seated on a fur rug a...
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Wisconsin State Journal's Club Clinic

Date: 09 25 1956
Description: Katherine Maurer, president of the Catholic Woman's club of Madison, poses as the far-too-frequent club president during the Club Clinic, a program for wom...
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Wisconsin State Journal's Club Clinic

Date: 09 25 1956
Description: LeRoy Luberg, assistant to University of Wisconsin president E.B. Fred, and Jesse Briese of Madison take part in a skit during the Club Clinic, a program f...
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Logging Camp, Black River Falls, Wisconsin

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Description: Elevated view of men posed standing in a logging camp, displaying six teams of two oxen. One man is posed seated in a buggy pulled by a single horse, and a...
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Matrix Table

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Attendees at the annual Matrix Table, sponsored by Theta Sigma Phi journalism sorority include, from left to right, Mary Garner, Lynn Honeck, and Mary Renn...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service Annual Meeting

Date: 10 15 1958
Description: The annual meeting of the Madison Visiting Nurse Service at the Blackhawk Country Club. Pictured are board members and the guest speaker, from left to righ...
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Madison Visiting Nurse Service Annual Meeting

Date: 10 15 1958
Description: View of the annual meeting of the Madison Visiting Nurse Service at the Blackhawk Country Club. Pictured are members of the public relations committee, fro...
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Matrix Banquet of Theta Sigma Phi

Date: 03 10 1959
Description: Mabel Lewis and Helen John chat in the lobby of the Memorial Union before the Matrix banquet of Theta Sigma Phi journalism sorority.
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Mrs. Rahjes Holds Her Award

Date: 12 1981
Description: Mrs. William (Norma) Rahjes honored for her 50 years as an organist.
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Wisconsin Easter Seal Society Awards

Date: 10 20 1960
Description: Group portrait of four award winners at the annual meeting of the Wisconsin Easter Seal Society. In back are: Mrs. Frank Rehauer of Two Rivers and Ralph El...
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William and Alma at Portofino

Date: 02 22 1930
Description: William Conrad Seipp, Jr., left, and his daughter Melita, far right, pose with Alma Schmidt Petersen and her son Conrad at an overlook above Portofino Bay....
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Mrs. J.D. Hahlen

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: Mrs. J.D. Hahlen of Brodhead, Wisconsin attends an event for the University of Wisconsin Farm & Home Week on the Madison campus. She is wearing a fur coat ...
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Mrs. A.G. Zimmerman

Date: 1905
Description: Mrs. A.G. Zimmerman posing in a home on W. Washington Avenue. She is standing reading a document in a parlor with a piano.

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