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Filter: Creator Name of Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
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| Date: | 06 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Onlookers on slope of B.B. Clarke Beach looking out to the lake to watch a swim meet. |
| Date: | 07 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Young girls posing on the top and bottom bunks at YWCA's Camparia Olbrich on Lake Mendota. In the upper bunk, left to right: Kathryn Eye, Barbara Fellows,... |
| Date: | 04 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Group of boys gather around a frog at a frog jumping contest. |
| Date: | 06 14 1940 |
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| Description: | Madison's first Flag Day celebration, sponsored by the Order of Elks at the University of Wisconsin stadium. After a speech by Carl Zeidler, the audience j... |
| Date: | 05 01 1945 |
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| Description: | Pupils of the Highlands-Mendota Beach School ran a clothing drive contest among school rooms and collected well over a truckload of clothing. Pictured are ... |
| Date: | 07 26 1947 |
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| Description: | Crowd and officials watch Soap Box Derby contestants at the finish line on East Gorham Street. |
| Date: | 07 12 1955 |
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| Description: | A man and woman sitting on a pier on a lake putting on water skis. A boat is next to the pier. |
| Date: | 11 24 1944 |
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| Description: | A football player stands on scale weighing in at 183 lbs. A second player is standing nearby. |
| Date: | 12 1947 |
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| Description: | Two children, a boy and a girl, look at display of toys in a store window. |
| Date: | 07 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Children roller skating on the Olbrich playground tennis court as part of city Recreation Department summer activities. |
| Date: | 08 06 1944 |
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| Description: | War workers, families and friends of Gisholt Machine Company at the company picnic held at the Blooming Grove Firemen's Park on Monona Drive. There is a ca... |
| Date: | 05 25 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the University of Wisconsin eight-man crew standing on the crew pier on Lake Mendota holding their oars. |
| Date: | 01 03 1948 |
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| Description: | Ice fishing on Lake Mendota. A traffic problem was created in the village of Maple Bluff during the weekend when hundreds of persons from all parts of sout... |
| Date: | 01 03 1948 |
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| Description: | Hundreds of persons from all parts of southern Wisconsin descend on Lake Mendota to fish through the ice for perch and other pan fish. The picture was take... |
| Date: | 08 05 1945 |
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| Description: | View of Albert Reque's Madison Marine Service Booth at the Eastside Festival with banner "Buy War Bonds" and "Bonds Will Buy Boats." The booth also feature... |
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| Description: | Santa Claus talks on a telephone at a Christmas display at Manchester's Department Store. |
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| Description: | Santa Claus talks on a telephone seated in a Christmas display in Manchester's Department Store. |
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| Description: | Santa Claus standing and waving in a Christmas display at Manchester's Department Store. |
| Date: | 11 24 1944 |
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| Description: | A football player standing on a scale. |
| Date: | 10 08 1947 |
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| Description: | Football players run down the field followed by a referee at the Wisconsin-Iowa football game. The stands are crowded with fans. |
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