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Jacobs Children Aid John F. Kennedy Memorial Library Fund

Date: 07 08 1964
Description: The children of Donald and Jeanne Jacobs selling lemonade, candy, gum, and other goodies to aid the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library fund. Karen, 9, is pou...
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Monona Village Lanes Grand Opening

Date: 11 24 1964
Description: Rusty Lunning, front, and D.C. Pressentin sitting in their new Monona Village Lanes 12-lane bowling establishment.
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Home Demolition on West Washington Avenue

Date: 12 01 1964
Description: A bulldozer demolishing five homes in the four hundred block of West Washington Avenue to make room for a six-story office building to be the Wisconsin hea...
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Contestants Register for Miss Madison Pageant

Date: 01 08 1965
Description: Contestants register for the annual Miss Madison contest sponsored by the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce. Jerry Sheehy, 5005 Sherwood Road, is chairman...
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Confusing City Street Names

Date: 12 31 1964
Description: Harold Thompson, City Traffic Engineering Foreman, with a display of some street signs with look-alike and sound-alike names, a problem for fire and police...
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Madison Aldermatic Candidate

Date: 01 21 1965
Description: Donald O. Vial, a route salesman for Gardner Baking Company, has announced his candidacy for alderman of Madison's 17th ward.
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Biology Teaching Program

Date: 01 12 1965
Description: Charles Sommers, left, biology teacher at Cherokee Heights school is showing other biology teachers an experiment he found useful in his classes. The Madis...
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Madison Youngsters Participate in Lantern Parade at Tenney Park

Date: 07 08 1964
Description: Madison's eastside youngsters participating in a lantern parade held at Tenney Park. The lanterns were constructed as part of the city recreation departmen...
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English Accent Tutoring

Date: 11 15 1963
Description: Katrina Jones, a graduate nurse from London, drilling Madison Theater guild cast member Robert O'Grady in the English accent. The guild is rehearsing the p...
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Demolition of St. Joseph's Catholic Church

Date: 11 05 1963
Description: A bulldozer demolishing St. Joseph's Catholic Church at 10 South Park Street as part of the Triangle area urban renewal project.
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Choir School

Date: 01 19 1963
Description: Michaela Hull strikes a reverent pose during Cherub Choir rehearsal at Bethel Lutheran Church.
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Sky Divers Jump for Political Reasons

Date: 02 28 1963
Description: Three U.W. students, Marty Christensen, Robert Falconer and Gary Schroeder, jumped out of an airplane over ice-covered Lake Mendota to advertise the politi...
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All Arabian Horse Show

Date: 06 14 1963
Description: Low angled view of a woman scrubbing a tethered horse with a puddle of water beneath them. The woman and owner is Caroline West of Burlington. Her horse is...
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Speech and Hearing Clinic Open House

Date: 09 26 1963
Description: A University of Wisconsin student demonstrating a hearing test during the open house of the speech and hearing clinic. The clinic is now operating under on...
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Fred H. Harrington Inaugurated as University of Wisconsin President

Date: 10 20 1962
Description: President Harrington shaking hands and greeting parents, friends, and students at the informal reception for the newly inaugurated University of Wisconsin ...
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Truax Field Pilots Practicing Water Survival in Lake Mendota

Date: 08 05 1964
Description: Truax Field pilots practicing water survival techniques in Lake Mendota near Warner Beach. The pilots, members of the 325 Fighter Interceptor Squadron, wer...
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Hula Lesson with Children at Madison Public Library

Date: 07 28 1964
Description: Joan Nagamatsu, 2110 University Avenue, a native of Hawaii, teaching the Hula to children at the Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street.
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Committee Plans "Know Your Bank Week" Events

Date: 04 16 1963
Description: Committee meeting to plan Madison's "Know Your Bank Week" events. Shown (L-R) are Earle R. Edwards, Dane County "Know Your Bank Week" chairman; George Fost...
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Truck Crash on Troy Drive

Date: 02 06 1963
Description: $25,000 estimated damage was caused when a semi-trailer loaded with Mercedes-Benz engines crashed into a railroad viaduct on Troy Drive near School Road. T...
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Baby Liama Entertains at the Henry Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 04 24 1963
Description: A baby llama born on April 18th standing with her mother, Eloise, while entertaining visitors at the Henry Vilas Park Zoo.

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