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Capitol Square Parade

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Description: Snapshot by Madison butcher Earl Omen of elephants parading past the Monona Avenue gate of the third Wisconsin State Capitol.
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University of Wisconsin Class of 1928 Reunion

Date: 06 23 1953
Description: Children of the University of Wisconsin class of 1928 put on a show for their parents' 25th class reunion that depicted scenes of the U.W. campus in 1928. ...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: The University of Wisconsin faculty band led the parade of children of University of Wisconsin faculty living in University Houses at Eagle Heights march i...
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Four Boys in Cowboy and Indian Costumes

Date: 1938
Description: Four boys posing in Robert E. Faber's (b. 1933) backyard in the 2500 block of Van Hise Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin. They are, clockwise from bottom left, B...
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Peacepipe Ceremony

Date: 06 20 1931
Description: Nine members of the junior and senior class at the University of Wisconsin are sitting in a semi-circle dressed as Native Americans. They are smoking the p...
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Colonial Kitchen in Historical Museum

Date: 11 07 1944
Description: Joyce Elmer is basting a chicken in an iron reflector oven and Gene Lyte is using a butter churn. Both women are University of Wisconsin home economics maj...
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Colonial Kitchen in Historical Museum

Date: 11 07 1944
Description: Isomel Billings is using an old-fashioned broom, Lietzel Pelican and Patricia Cirves are operating a sausage grinder. The women are University of Wisconsin...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Children of University of Wisconsin faculty living in University Houses at Eagle Heights are costumed as Native Americans, cowboys, and flowers are marchin...
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Carnival at Taliesin

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Description: Tents, people in costume, and food tables at a carnival on the grounds of Taliesin. Taliesin was the Wisconsin residence of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Tali...
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Boy Standing in Mexican Cowboy Costume

Date: 1938
Description: Robert E. Faber (b. 1933) posing in his backyard wearing a Mexican cowboy costume purchased by his parents Michael and Margaret (Diebold) Faber when they v...
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Chadbourne Hall 75th Anniversary Celebration

Date: 10 18 1956
Description: Five University of Wisconsin coeds dressed in 1871 period costumes with Professor Harry F. Harlow in his classroom. Pictured left to right: Marilyn Moevs, ...
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Boy in Mexican Cowboy Costume Taking a Siesta

Date: 1938
Description: Robert E. Faber (b. 1933) posing seated in his backyard as if taking a siesta. He is wearing a Mexican cowboy costume purchased by his parents Michael and...
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Wisconsin Idea Theater Group

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Description: Members of the Wisconsin Idea Theater Group in costume, one man posing dressed as a fisherman, a woman as a bathing beauty, and another person as a giant f...
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Good Old Days

Date: 12 20 1949
Description: Helen Meanwell, wearing a red brocaded satin dress which Mrs. Stanley Hanks wore for the University of Wisconsin Junior Prom in 1896, and her fiancé Robert...
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Women in Costume

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Description: Group portrait of four European American women posing standing and sitting. One woman is dressed in men's clothing.
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Nellie Jones Attending a Circus

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Attending the Ringling Brother-Barnum and Bailey Circus is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Economics Extension leader at t...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Vernie Swenson, 4 1/2, on the left, and her brother, Juddy, are shown in the exotic costumes they wore at the Memorial Day parade and celebration sponsored...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Suzanne Seifert, 3-year-old daughter of Professor and Mrs. Lester W. Seifert, is shown in her costume made of pink crepe paper, which she wore at the Memor...
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Methodist Church Easter Pageant

Date: 04 28 1935
Description: First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Easter pageant "At Dawning," with a large group of actors in costume in a scene on "stage" in the chancel.
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We Saw You at YWCA Garden Tea

Date: 06 14 1960
Description: The home of Sybil Hanks at 525 Wisconsin Avenue was the setting for the Madison YWCA garden tea. The program centered around various nationalities. Left to...

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