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St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary Tea

Date: 11 13 1958
Description: Standing around the tea table at the annual tea at St. Mary's Hospital are, left to right: Helen Grant, Helen Dean, Helen Weber, Patricia Kessenich and Ade...
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Helen Matson, Wife of Wisconsin State Journal Editor Roy Matson

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Mrs. Helen Matson. Mrs. Matson is the wife of Wisconsin State Journal editor Roy Matson.
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Helen Matheson, Wisconsin State Journal Assistant Managing Editor

Date: 01 12 1959
Description: Helen Matheson, Wisconsin State Journal assistant managing editor. Portrait taken for the 10th anniversary of the newspaper moving to the publishing...
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Librarian Helen Farr Retires After 41-Year Service

Date: 08 13 1957
Description: Image is of Helen Farr, a Madison librarian who is retiring after forty-one years of service. For the past twenty-one years she has been the Chief Libraria...
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Two Wisconsin State Journal Editors

Date: 08 02 1958
Description: From left to right: Louise Marston, Society Editor, and Helen Matheson, Assistant Managing Editor, for the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Mrs. Helen Gahagan Douglas Campaigns for Senator John F. Kennedy

Date: 09 14 1960
Description: Mrs. Helen Gahagan Douglas, former Congresswomem from California, is shown speaking at a press conference at the Hotel Loraine on West Washington Avenue in...
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UW-Extension Professor Helen L. Allen Exhibits Textiles Collected Around the World

Date: 03 01 1961
Description: University of Wisconsin Extension Home Economics Department Professor Helen L. Allen displays textiles that she has collected in the United States and arou...
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Mrs. Helen Thomson Unveils Portrait of Governor Vernon Thomson

Date: 01 02 1959
Description: An oil portrait of Governor Vernon Thomson is unveiled by his wife Mrs. Helen Thomson. The portrait will be hung in the State Capitol executive office with...
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Exquisite Harp on Display in Madison Store

Date: 11 16 1960
Description: Helen Kowalke, an employe of Forbes-Meagher Music Company, tries out the harp on display at the store.
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Winners of 1958 Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Awards

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: 8th-Grade winners of the 1958 Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest. The contest started in 1927 to honor the memory of the Oshkosh-born sculptor to encourag...
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First Place Winner of the Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook Contest

Date: 10 01 1957
Description: Portrait of Helen Samuelsen, who won first place for her recipe for blueberry torte in the Wisconsin State Journal cookbook contest.
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United Givers' Fund Drive

Date: 06 18 1958
Description: Discussing plans for the Women's division of the United Givers' Fund are, left to right: Constance Helmquist, Elizabeth Schlotthauer, and Helen Quisling.
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West High PTA-Sponsored Play Rehearsal

Date: 02 15 1954
Description: Helen Hillner at a rehearsal for the PTA-sponsored production of "Ship Ahoy" put on to raise funds for underprivileged students at West High School.
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You Can't Keep Veterinarian Down on Farm

Date: 05 19 1954
Description: Mrs. Helen Cole has veterinarian Dr. R.H. Romaker exam her Pekingese cat at the Romaker Animal Hospital at 830 East Broadway Road.
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Unveiling of Monona Terrace Plans

Date: 01 23 1961
Description: Helen Groves stands on a chair for a better view of the unveiling of the plans for Monona Terrace to the Auditorium Committee by architect Wesley Peters.
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Ceramic Arts Studios

Date: 01 27 1954
Description: Esther Mathison, Ann Jenson, Genevieve Hendrickson, Grace Wiessinger, Helen Boylan, and May Baer pouring workable clay into molds for a new series of ceram...
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Methodist Hospital Service League

Date: 02 04 1954
Description: Members of the Methodist Hospital Service League during their monthly day of service. Visiting while making swabs are, left to right: Mrs. David Johnson, E...
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East Side Women's Club Banquet

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: Helen Curry and her daughters, Sandra and Judy, sitting at a table at the East Side Women's club banquet at St. John's Lutheran church.
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Madison Civic Symphony Orchestra

Date: 10 02 1957
Description: Members of the percussion section of the Madison Civic Symphony orchestra at rehearsal in Scanlan Hall. Helen Dahm (right) is playing the tympani, Marian K...
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Madisonians Love Opera

Date: 10 21 1957
Description: Mrs. (Helen) Walter E. Meanwell and Mrs. Edward J. Young attending the opera "Traviata" at the Memorial Union Theater. They are wearing white gloves for th...

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