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Scene at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: Park attendant John Doyle observing children and parents enjoying their time at the swimming pool in Badger Park. He is wearing a park badge and scratching...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: At the crossing at Monroe and Regent Streets, the flagman activates warning lights before the stopped Illinois-Central train proceeds across the crossing. ...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: Illinois Central flagman R.D. DeRoche walking along the railroad tracks at the Monroe and Regent Streets crossing ahead of the engine after he activated wa...
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Scene at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: Sharon Miller of Cuba City zooming down a slide under shady trees at Badger Park.
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YWCA World Fellowship Committee

Date: 06 1955
Description: Four women sitting around a bench in a garden by Lake Mendota. They are discussing plans for the Annual World Fellowship Benefit Garden Tea sponsored by th...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: Brakeman R.D. DeRoche pressing the button to deactivate the warning lights as the Illinois Central train passes the intersection with Monroe and Regent Str...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: After passing the intersection of Monroe and Regent Streets, the brakeman gets back on the train for the trip to Freeport on the Illinois Central Railroad.
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Scene at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: Norman Schandt, a member of the Shullsburg team, batting against the Potosi team in a baseball game at Badger Park. A crowd of spectators outside the fence...
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Scenes at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: A family picnic at Badger Park includes the Mulcahy, Solberg, O'Neil and Foley families. All of the families are from Shullsburg. One mother is placing a l...
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Wisconsin State Journal Carriers' Picnic

Date: 08 1955
Description: Wisconsin State Journal carriers Lloyd Briggs and Harold Joyce attacking a volley ball at Blue Mounds State Park. The partially obscured boy is unid...
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Early Times Liquor Display at Riley's Capitol Liquor Store

Date: 08 1955
Description: Early Times liquor display in the window of Riley's Capitol Liquor Store at 328 State Street. The display sign: "Come in and see the Early Times Wisconsin ...
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Wisconsin State Journal Carriers' Picnic

Date: 08 1955
Description: Nineteen Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys at the Blue Mounds State Park swimming pool. Some are shown diving off a platform named for the previo...
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New U.S. Postal Mail Truck

Date: 08 1955
Description: A new red, white and blue mail truck is displayed at the Madison Post Office garage. A poster on the side of the truck reads: "Don't be a Hurry Bug — Slow ...
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Wisconsin State Journal Carriers' Picnic

Date: 08 1955
Description: Eight Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys around a picnic table enjoying root beer and apples in the shade of a grove. They are (left to right): Ri...
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Roundy at David Dumphy Home Carnival

Date: 08 1955
Description: Roundy (Joseph Coughlin) posing with six boys who hosted a backyard carnival to raise $7 for "Roundy's Fun Fund" benefiting children with physical disabili...
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Women's Western Open

Date: 06 23 1954
Description: A professional and an amateur paired up for the 26th Annual Women's Western Open golf tournament at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Mickey Wright from LaJoll...
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Women's Western Open

Date: 06 23 1955
Description: Two professional women golfers check in at the scorer's table for the 26th Annual Women's Western Open at the Maple Bluff Country Club. At left is veteran ...
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Women's Western Open

Date: 06 23 1955
Description: Louise Suggs from Sea Island, Georgia, shows delight after she shot a record 68 for the greatest round of golf ever played by a woman at the Maple Bluff Co...
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West High Graduates Off to College

Date: 08 1955
Description: Seven recent graduates of West High School, all of whom have chosen to attend Colorado colleges. They are (left to right): Barbara Bowman, Catherine Clare ...
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Women's Western Open

Date: 06 23 1955
Description: The Maple Bluff Country Club clubhouse with a crowd watching the 26th Annual Women's Western Open.

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