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Interior Decorating in Homes

Date: 04 10 1958
Description: Lilac wallpaper sets the theme for colors in the master bedroom of the house of Dr. and Mrs. H.L. Greene at 201 Del Mar Drive. Draperies and bedspreads are...
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Interior Decorating in Homes

Date: 04 10 1958
Description: Off-white carpeting sets the mood in the living room of Dr. and Mrs. H.L. Greene's home at 201 Del Mar Drive. Walls and draperies are off-white and woodwor...
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Interior Decorating in Homes

Date: 03 10 1958
Description: The dining room of the E.R. Welch house at 3620 Lake Mendota Drive, has four different walls. One is a window expanse. The second wall is papered and the t...
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Phi Chi Theta Convention

Date: 07 14 1957
Description: Committee members in charge of Phi Chi Theta national convention arrangements are, from left to right: Vivian Nissley; Mrs. Norman Olson, Cottage Grove; Ga...
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Rural Teacher of the Year

Date: 11 03 1958
Description: Constance Elvehjem, McFarland, left, honored as the Rural Teacher of the Year, is shown with, left to right: her brother-in-law, University of Wisconsin Pr...
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Firemen's Auxiliary Officers

Date: 11 07 1958
Description: Group portrait of officers and executive board member of the new women's auxiliary for Firefights' Local 311. Seated, left to right: Mary Lippolt, June Sul...
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Nakoma's Twelfth Night Party

Date: 01 06 1959
Description: Nakoma's Twelfth Night Party featured the historical pageantry of the Twelfth Night tradition. Dr. James Griffin, billed as "Madison's most interesting boa...
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Nakoma's Twelfth Night Party

Date: 01 06 1959
Description: Nakoma's Twelfth Night Party features the historical pageantry of the Twelfth Night tradition. Dr. Gordon Davenport, master of revels for the party, and Ro...
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Nakoma's Twelfth Night Party

Date: 01 06 1959
Description: Nakoma's Twelfth Night Party features the historical pageantry of the Twelfth Night tradition. Royal trumpeters who heralded the evening's festivities at t...
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Nakoma's Twelfth Night Party

Date: 01 06 1959
Description: Nakoma's Twelfth Night Party features the historical pageantry of the Twelfth Night tradition. Admiring a giant-sized "plum pudding" were Marjorie Davenpor...
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YW Teen-Canteen

Date: 01 22 1959
Description: Activities at the Teen-Canteen at the YWCA, located at 122 State Street, are sponsored by the Junior High Y-Teen clubs in Madison. Here four of the teens p...
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YW Teen-Canteen

Date: 01 22 1959
Description: Activities at the Teen-Canteen at the YWCA, 122 State Street, are sponsored by the Junior High Y-Teen clubs in Madison. Reading the East High School paper ...
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Matrix Banquet of Theta Sigma Phi

Date: 03 10 1959
Description: Jane J. Neuheisel, alumna adviser to Beta chapter of Theta Sigma Phi; Irene Masing, Stockholm, Sweden, a special student in journalism at the university an...
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Madison League of Women Voters Convention

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Two candidates for Dane County judgeship attend the dinner meeting during the Madison League of Women Voters convention at the Unitarian Meeting House. Mrs...
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Ygdrasil Literary Society

Date: 05 15 1959
Description: A Syttende Mai celebration in honor of Norway's Independence Day was held by the Ygdrasil Literary Society. Participating in the program were, left to rig...
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Syttende Mai Observance

Date: 05 15 1959
Description: Four men visit at the observance of Norway's Syttende Mai Independence Day, sponsored by the Ygdrasil Literary Society at the Wisconsin Center. From left a...
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Syttende Mai Observance

Date: 05 15 1959
Description: Two couples visit at the observance of Norway's Syttende Mai Independence Day, sponsored by the Ygdrasil Literary Society at the Wisconsin Center. Left to ...
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Syttende Mai Observance

Date: 05 15 1959
Description: Two couples attend the observance of Norway's Syttende Mai Independence Day, sponsored by the Ygdrasil Literary Society at the Wisconsin Center. Left to ri...
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Wisconsin High School Reunion

Date: 07 02 1959
Description: Five local graduates of Wisconsin High School visit at the class of 1942 reunion at the Cuba Club in Madison. From left are Robert C. Pooley, Jean Hoard, L...
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Dr. Lester McGary; Pathologist Honored

Date: 08 29 1959
Description: Four members of the present class (1959) attend a dinner given to honor Dr. Lester McGary; they include, from left: Carol Warner, Karen Larson, Carol Gleas...

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