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Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland at Wisconsin Centennial State Fair

Date: 08 1948
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, speaks into a WHA microphone in the Dairy Building at the Wisconsin Centennial State Fair. She is surrounded by a cro...
Historical Essay

Alice in Dairyland Dress Model

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Winning entry for the first Alice in Dairyland dress design, 1948. (Museum object #2005.157.1)
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Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland on a Float

Date: 08 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, sitting in chair decorated with fabric and flower on a float in a parade. She is wearing a light-colored, full-length...
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Alice and the Winner

Date: 1962
Description: Alice in Dairyland 1962, Sylvia Lee Kafkas, posing with a young winner and his entry at the regional Junior Livestock Exposition in Eau Claire.
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Sheep Competition Winner

Date: 1960
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Joan Engh, posing with a young winner in the lamb and sheep competition at a junior livestock exposition. Joan went on to become Miss W...
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Alice and the Winner

Date: 1960
Description: Alice in Dairyland 1960, Joan Engh, poses with a winner at a regional Junior Livestock Exposition. Joan went on to become Miss Wisconsin in 1962, and she w...
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Governor Rennebohm placing a wreath of red roses on the head of Highland's Margaret McGuire, who was selected as Wisconsin's first Alice in Dairyland. Marg...
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Newly selected Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, receiving an orchid from Virginia Palan, legionnaire and WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency ...
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 21 1976
Description: Group portrait of a woman standing between two men. In the background is a Northwest Airlines airplane. The woman is wearing a crown, and a sash that reads...
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Alice in Dairyland with Luci Baines Johnson

Date: 08 16 1964
Description: Beth Bartosh of Burlington, the 1964 Alice in Dairyland, walks along the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, accompanied by a large group of people, incl...
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Governor Tommy Thompson and Alice in Dairyland

Date: 08 23 1997
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Courtney Ott, wearing a crown and a sash, is sitting on the back of a motorcycle driven by Governor Tommy Thompson at the start of the ...
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Dairy Day at the Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: Elevated view of Alice in Dairyland and four Dairy Princesses preparing for Dairy Day parade at the Wisconsin State Fair park.
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Alice at the Great Wisconsin Tailgate

Date: 1998
Description: Courtney Ott, Alice in Dairyland '97, at the Great Wisconsin Tailgate party with actress/comedienne Kathy Griffin. The tailgate party, which was sponsored ...
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Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland

Date: 08 08 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire receives a lei made of orchids in a ceremony making her the Queen of the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition at the State Fair. The lei was fl...
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American Dairy Association Display

Date: 11 29 1948
Description: Leaders of the American Dairy Association met at the Loraine Hotel. The ADA was organized in Madison in 1938. Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, is sh...
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Margaret McGuire Offering Cheese to Young Boy

Date: 1952
Description: Margaret McGuire, the 1948 Alice in Dairyland, offering Wisconsin Cheese to a young boy seated in a boat-shaped display of "Swift's Brookfield Fine Cheese....
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Margaret McGuire and Grandmother Sitting on Porch

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, sitting on the porch floor behind her Grandmother, Mrs. Christine McGuire, who is sitting in a rocking chair. In the ...
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Margaret McGuire at The Highland Press

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, is perched on a stool watching a typesetter at The Highland Press. He is setting metal type by hand for the we...
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Dairy Day at Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity

Date: 12 02 1958
Description: Barbara Haslow (left), Alice in Dairyland, is the guest of honor at the sixth annual Dairy Day of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. With her are fraternity membe...
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Margaret McGuire Promoting Cheese

Date: 1952
Description: Margaret McGuire, the 1948 Alice in Dairyland, on WAFM-TV, Channel 13, with another woman promoting Wisconsin Cheese.

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