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West Side Garden Club Party

Date: 06 27 1944
Description: West Side Garden Club members are shown wearing hats made from plant materials. Standing in the rear are: Mrs. H.E. (Frieda) Consigny, Mrs. F.J. (Dagmar) V...
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West Side Garden Club Party

Date: 06 27 1944
Description: Two members of the West Side Garden Club wearing their hats created from vegetable material. From left: Mrs. Paul H. (Mary) Rehfeld, and Mrs. Thomas C. (Ve...
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West Side Garden Club Party

Date: 06 27 1944
Description: Two members of the West Side Garden Club wearing hats created from vegetable material. From left: Mrs. Henry A. Pochmann (Ruth) and Mrs. R.A. (Mary) Walker...
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League of Women Voters Garden Party

Date: 06 24 1944
Description: League of Women Voters garden party at the gubernatorial mansion. The following guests are standing the garden, left to right: Mrs. John E. Martin (Mary Ma...
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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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Who's New Club Picnic

Date: 06 22 1945
Description: At the Who's New Club picnic in the garden of Lieut. Governor Oscar Rennebohm. Mrs. Oscar (Mary) Rennebohm is shown with guests, Mr. and Mrs. William (Hele...
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John Bell DAR Chapter Members

Date: 06 12 1947
Description: Outdoor portrait of three members of the John Bell Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Chapter. They are (from left to right), Edna Pike and Mildred...
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Central International Gladiolus Show

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: Mr. and Mrs. John (Angeline) Magnaseo standing in their garden at 25 Hillside Terrace with their thirteen-year-old son, Peter, admiring "Cupid," one of the...
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Badger State Dahlia Society

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: Four members of the Badger State Dahlia Society are shown left to right: Mrs. Loder, Mrs. Ira Fuller, Mr. Everett Loder and Mr. Ira Fuller. They are in the...
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Mrs. H.S. (Elsie) Bostock

Date: 09 20 1950
Description: Mrs. Elsie Bostock was honored by being named Wisconsin's first nationally accredited judge for flower shows. The appointment was made by the National Coun...
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Attic Angel Association Spring Luncheon

Date: 05 23 1951
Description: Mrs. Harley Graf and her hard-of-hearing son, Bobby, have lunch with Mrs. George C. (Dorothy) Guild on the lawn of Mrs. S.L. Odegard's residence on Lake Me...
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YWCA Patio

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Description: Four African-American women read and enjoy the outdoor patio at the YWCA. The brick patio area features a small garden with a birdbath.
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West Side Garden Club Garden Show

Date: 05 27 1952
Description: Garden show and tea at which the West Side Garden club entertained other garden clubs of the Madison area. Mrs. T.M. Gordon, left, Ruth E. (Mrs. Arthur) T...
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Attic Angel Home and Garden Tour

Date: 06 28 1954
Description: Josephine Maloney lounging in her garden at her residence in the Highlands. The garden is included in the Attic Angel Garden Tour, an annual event to raise...
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Attic Angel Home and Garden Tour

Date: 06 28 1954
Description: Vera Ford standing in her formal garden at her residence at 500 Farwell Drive in Maple Bluff. The garden is included in the Attic Angel Garden Tour, an ann...
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Theta Sigma Phi National Convention

Date: 06 26 1956
Description: A "lemonade party" was held for the early arrivals to the Theta Sigma Phi National Convention in the garden at the home of University of Wisconsin Presiden...
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Attic Angel Association Third Annual House and Garden Tour

Date: 07 02 1956
Description: Mrs. Carroll V. Sweet is shown in the garden at her home at 163 North Prospect Avenue. She is one of ten hostesses for the third annual home and garden ben...
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Attic Angel Association Third Annual House and Garden Tour

Date: 07 02 1956
Description: Mrs. Walter (Genevieve) Dakin sits in the garden of her home at 4110 Mandan Crescent. The garden is one chosen for the Attic Angel Association benefit Home...
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Altrusa Club Spring Garden Festival

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: A volunteer discussing seed catalogs with two nursing home residents as they are sitting outside on lawn chairs. They are at Monona Drive Rest Home at 4202...
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West Side Garden Club

Date: 05 22 1957
Description: Mildred M. Morganson, Catherine M. Barber, and Sarah S. Longenecker posing outdoors while planning the West Side Garden Club's annual spring party and silv...

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