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University of Wisconsin International Students

Date: 01 1960
Description: Five unidentified University of Wisconsin students, all sitting cross-legged on the floor with a small portable pump organ or harmonium. In South Asia, the...
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Procession in front of Middleton St. Bernard's Catholic Church

Date: 1959
Description: A procession of clergymen walks in front of the new Middleton St. Bernard Catholic Church on Parmenter Street in Middleton. The modernist building features...
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Portrait of Middleton Planner

Date: 09 29 1960
Description: Portrait of a Middleton planner.
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Portrait of a Man Wearing a Suit

Date: 02 03 1959
Description: A portrait of a man taken for John Addington, possibly alderman Werner Wilking.
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Three Car Accident at 323 East Johnson Street and North Hancock Street

Date: 03 01 1961
Description: A three-car accident occurs at the corner of 323 East Johnson Street and North Hancock Street.
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Youth Harpists Play at the Catholic Women's Club St. Patrick's Day Program

Date: 03 01 1961
Description: Four young harpists practice for the Madison Catholic Women's Club St. Patrick's Day program. Shown (L-R) are Renee Miller, Patricia Hippee, Diane Loeffler...
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UW-Extension Professor Helen L. Allen Exhibits Textiles Collected Around the World

Date: 03 01 1961
Description: University of Wisconsin Extension Home Economics Department Professor Helen L. Allen displays textiles that she has collected in the United States and arou...
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Mrs. Peter Berntsen Enjoys Tanning with Assistance from Alumnium Foil

Date: 02 28 1961
Description: Mrs. Peter Berntsen, 926 LeRoy Road, enjoys an outdoor tanning session aided by a wall of aluminum foil. Her son Erik (3) plays in front of her bundled up ...
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Waunakee High School Baseketball Players LeRoy Adler, Bernie Uebersetzig and Don Keller

Date: 02 27 1961
Description: The Waunakee basketball team prepares for their first-round game of the state WIAA district basketball tournament. The team has won all twenty of their gam...
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Waunakee Basketball Team with Coach Ron Hering

Date: 02 27 1961
Description: Head Coach Ron Hering (kneeling) poses with the starting five of the Waunakee High School basketball team. Members of the team shown (L-R) are Dave Roberts...
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Sears, Roebuck, and Company Profit Sharingstein

Date: 02 24 1961
Description: Five employees of Sears, Roebuck, and Company who have a stake in the company's profit-sharing plan. Controller, R. L. Roidt holds up a graphic illustratio...
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Advertising Week Proclaimed in Madison

Date: 02 22 1961
Description: Mayor Harold E. Hanson, seated, displays a proclamation hailing the part played in American society by the advertising industry. Looking on are, left to ri...
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Wisconsin Legislature Public Hearing

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. All eyes are watching the movie "Ope...
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Chimba the Chimpanzee in Madison for the Zor Shrine Circus

Date: 02 17 1961
Description: Chimba the chimpanzee makes an appearance at the final Madison Zor Shrine planning meeting for the annual Shrine Circus held at the Dane County Fairgrounds...
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Wisconsin Legislature Public Hearing

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Assembly chamber is overflowing ...
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Wisconsin Legislature Public Hearing

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Emil Muelver, Milwaukee, listens to ...
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Mrs. Margaret C. Browne, UW Extension Home Economics

Date: 02 16 1961
Description: Mrs. Margaret C. Browne is Assistant Director of the University of Wisconsin Co-operative Extension Service and state leaders of the the home economics ext...
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Wisconsin Legislature Public Hearing

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Public hearing on the proposed abolition of the House Un-American Activities committee at the Wisconsin State Capitol. University of Wisconsin Professor Ed...
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Fire Drill Held at UW Bascom Hall

Date: 02 15 1961
Description: A fire drill and test of the alarm system is held at the University of Wisconsin Bascom Hall. The building was evacuated of all students and staff within f...
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We Saw You . . . at Hospital Auixiliary Meeting

Date: 02 13 1961
Description: The annual meeting of the Women's Auxiliary at Madison General Hospital, 925 Mound Street, is held at the hospital. Shown (L-R) are: Mrs. W. Jerome Frautsc...

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