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| Date: | 03 26 1947 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin Women's Self Government style show committee members Dorothy Proudfoot, Wilmette, Illinois, chairman of decorations, Margaret Pesut... |
| Date: | 04 11 1957 |
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| Description: | First vice-president of the Wisconsin League of Women Voters, Mrs. Ernest T. Clough of Milwaukee, serving tea at the executive mansion after a session at t... |
| Date: | 10 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller and her daughter Ethel model dresses sewn by Elizabeth. The photograph was taken to accompany a Wisconsin State Journa... |
| Date: | 10 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Ethel Miller models a skirt made by her mother, Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller. The photograph was taken to accompany an article in the Wisconsin Sta... |
| Date: | 02 14 1949 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Merle Q. Howard, Milwaukee, president of the women's auxiliary to the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, was the guest of honor at the luncheon meeti... |
| Date: | 01 19 1948 |
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| Description: | Shown at the American Association of University Women tea from the left: Mrs. Ralph A. (Jessie) McCanse; Mrs. Hans H. (Theresa) Reese; and Miss Ruth Campbe... |
| Date: | 01 19 1948 |
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| Description: | Shown at the American Association of University Women tea and dinner, from the left: Dr. Althea Kratz Hottel, national president and dean of women at the U... |
| Date: | 04 04 1949 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Moses W. (Edna) Smith in the process of remodeling her fur cape at a fur remodeling class at the Madison Vocational School. |
| Date: | 01 15 1952 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Roman (Doris) Hilgers posing with some of her collection of dolls for which she has made fashion clothing over the past five years. |
| Date: | 10 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller models a French-style suit she made. The photograph was taken to accompany an article about Elizabeth's seamstress work f... |
| Date: | 10 08 1953 |
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| Description: | Sixteen-year old Ethel Miller models a coat her mother, Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.), made. The photograph was taken for an article about Elizabeth's seamstr... |
| Date: | 04 03 1954 |
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| Description: | Frances Larson putting the final touches on a formal dress modeled by her daughter Laurie, age 14. Frances, labeled a "modiste" or one who makes fashionabl... |
| Date: | 04 26 1957 |
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| Description: | James Shipley pretends to draw while his fellow pretend pupils, (left to right): Doris Breunig, Ruth Dahik, and Jackie Reisdorf, look on at the Middleton H... |
| Date: | 06 02 1964 |
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| Description: | New officers of the Who's New club are shown at the spring luncheon at Maple Bluff Country Club. L to R: Peggy Snodgrass, secretary; Frances Barnes, assist... |
| Date: | 10 03 1957 |
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| Description: | Participating in the Vogue fashion show, designed as a clinic for teenagers who like to sew, is Nancy Pfeiffer, a student at Madison East High School. She ... |
| Date: | 04 26 1957 |
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| Description: | Don Acker, a Middleton High School baseball player, is shown with student fashion models in their self-made clothes. They include, from left, Marilyn Mille... |
| Date: | 04 26 1957 |
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| Description: | At a "We Saw You" fashion show, Miriam Hauri (left), Joan Faust, and Joanne Schoepp model pajamas they made. They are each holding a stuffed animal. The gi... |
| Date: | 04 26 1957 |
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| Description: | Home Economic students at Middleton High School model the Easter outfits they made. Left to right are: Ruth Ann Frisch, Moreen Gurfoot and Donna Maly. Donn... |
| Date: | 02 06 1949 |
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| Description: | Shown at the Madison Art Association tea, at the Madison Free Library, are from left to right: Mrs. Raymond (Dorothy) Koltes, Mrs. James (Margaret) Watrous... |
| Date: | 06 02 1964 |
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| Description: | Among the guests at the Who's New club luncheon were L to R: Mrs. James Turner, Oregon; Mrs. John MacLean, Middleton; Barbara Bodart; Lynn Frommuer; and Cl... |
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