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Barbershop in State Capitol Basement

Date: 07 05 1961
Description: A man is bending over to drink from a metal water fixture. Water from the fixture spouted up and back onto the fixture, supposedly making it "sterile." The...
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Animal Watching at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 08 12 1961
Description: A group of people watching the animals at the Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison.
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Madison Police Ambulance

Date: 08 18 1961
Description: Officer Howard (Pete) Stormer displaying the interior of the new station-wagon sized Madison police ambulance. For the past 5 years the department relied o...
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Sun Prairie Corn Festival

Date: 08 19 1961
Description: An unnamed rural DeForest area man is shown eating an ear of corn at the Sun Prairie Corn Festival.
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Two Sisters Wed Two Brothers and Share House

Date: 08 04 1961
Description: David Saalsaa, age 9, studies while his Uncle Oscar, left, and father, Edward relax and read in their shared living room. The room has a Mid Century curvin...
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Traffic Patrolman James Jantz' Funeral

Date: 08 24 1961
Description: Mrs. James C. Jantz, wife of the slain policeman, holding the arm of her mother, Mrs. Roger Keith, and leaning on the shoulder of her brother, Jerome Boyer...
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New Madison General Hospital Wing Groundbreaking

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Gordon N. Johnsen, Madison General hospital administrator, turns a shovel of dirt at the ground-breaking ceremony for the addition of a new six-story wing....
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Traffic Patrolman, James Jantz' Funeral

Date: 08 24 1961
Description: A relative, left, tries to comfort Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Jantz, parents of slain policeman James C. Jantz, at their son's graveside after the funeral servi...
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Dr. Karfft A. Ehricke, Space Scientist

Date: 08 22 1961
Description: Portrait of Dr. Krafft A. Ehricke, program director of the astronautics division of General Dynamics Corporation. He spoke at the Wisconsin Union Theater t...
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Roundy Coughlin and Fun Fund Playground Toys

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Joseph (Roundy) Coughlin is shown trying to get on board a new whirl-a-round at Children's Park at Central Wisconsin Colony and Training School. The new pl...
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Mr. and Mrs. Gary Corcoran Sr., with New Baby

Date: 09 06 1961
Description: Gary Corcoran Jr., a newborn in the arms of his mother, Lois, with his father and three neighbors looking on. The baby was born at the home of Mr. and Mrs....
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Newlyweds Control Their Money

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Marilyn and James Mielke are at their desk going over their bills and books as they plan their budget together.
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Sauk County Manhunt Searchers

Date: 08 24 1961
Description: Three Jefferson County Sheriff Department officers and a search volunteer posing with two bloodhounds that took part in a manhunt for a suspect from an inc...
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Murder Suspect Jailed

Date: 08 24 1961
Description: Captain Harry Wyatt, left, and Deputy Sheriff Mike Spencer bring prisoner Lawrence Nutley, of Chicago, to the Dane County jail in Madison. The prisoner was...
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Irving Dickman's 3-D Oil Paintings

Date: 08 08 1961
Description: Irving Dickman is shown "building" ads for newspapers in the same precise manner he uses in oil paintings.
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Roundy Coughlin

Date: 09 08 1961
Description: A portrait of "Roundy" Joseph Couglin, a columnist for Wisconsin State Journal.
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Madison Dahlia Grower

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: H.I. Peterson, longtime dahlia fancier, examines some of the dahlias in his garden as he decides which ones to enter in the annual Dahlia and Flower Show s...
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Irving Dickman's 3-D Oil Paintings

Date: 08 08 1961
Description: Irving Dickman demonstrates his use of small brushes in his paintings to build up the paint, giving the impression of 3-D. The example he is using is his p...
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University Of Wisconsin Students Chatting on Campus Lawn

Date: 09 06 1961
Description: Curtis Wittwer, a sophomore, and Marilee Meisnest, a junior, both from Manitowoc, sitting and chatting on a campus lawn.
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Steven Anderson, Student at University of Wisconsin

Date: 09 06 1961
Description: Steven Anderson of Shelley, Idaho ponders his schedule at the University of Wisconsin in the shade of an elm tree on Bascom Hill.

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