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Anti-Castro Protest

Date: 04 21 1961
Description: Several sign-carrying U.W. students protest a rally by the Wisconsin Socialist Club, hosts of an event at the Wisconsin Union Theater supporting Fidel Cast...
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West High School Spanish Class

Date: 12 02 1964
Description: View of people dancing. One from a series of photographs of a West High School Spanish class.
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Young Boy in Blizzard

Date: 03 08 1961
Description: Winter scene with close-up shot of a young boy in hat and scarf, covered in snow.
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Stranded Motorist

Date: 03 08 1961
Description: A winter scene with passers-by helping a stranded Madison motorist during a late winter blizzard.
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Who's New Spring Luncheon

Date: 06 02 1964
Description: New officers of the Who's New club are shown at the spring luncheon at Maple Bluff Country Club. L to R: Peggy Snodgrass, secretary; Frances Barnes, assist...
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Who's New Club Members

Date: 06 02 1964
Description: Among the guests at the Who's New club luncheon were L to R: Mrs. James Turner, Oregon; Mrs. John MacLean, Middleton; Barbara Bodart; Lynn Frommuer; and Cl...
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Newcomers Club Members

Date: 06 02 1964
Description: Who's New club wound up its season with a luncheon at Maple bluff Country Club. Pictured L to R: Marles Christoph; Virginia Schomberg; and Constance Lamp. ...
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University of Wisconsin Freshman Convocation

Date: 09 10 1961
Description: Three U.W. freshman (foreground) singing university songs during the freshman orientation in the field house.
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St. Patrick's Grade School Girl Scouts Earn Marian Award

Date: 12 08 1961
Description: Girl scouts from St. Patrick's Catholic Grade School are the first in the Madison Diocese to receive the Marian Award, the highest Catholic scouting award....
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Brother Bowling Duel

Date: 12 03 1964
Description: Sam Namio, who lost a "scoring duel" with his brother, Jim, in league bowling. They are both Madison Newspapers employees and graduates of West high school...
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First Fireman Drill Center for Madison Firefighters

Date: 11 11 1964
Description: Madison firefighters shown scaling ladders at the first permanent training center. It was originally a military theater for Truax Field and then the Madiso...
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Mrs. Alice Ferguson and Miss Loreen Jacobson Will Judge Recipes for the 9th Annual Wisconsin State Journal Cook Book

Date: 06 30 1964
Description: Two well-known Wisconsin cooking experts, Mrs. Alice Ferguson (sitting) and Miss Loreen Jacobson (standing), will be the judges for the 9th annual Wisconsi...
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Picketers at Reynolds Transfer and storage

Date: 07 17 1964
Description: Teamster Union picket marching at Reynolds Transfer and Storage Company, 725 E. Mifflin Street.
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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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