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Kiddie Camp Children

Date: 04 27 1934
Description: Three members of the Emerson Fresh Air school and the Longfellow Nutrition room eating at a table to demonstrate that the Kiddie Camp's provision of good n...
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Rennebohm Coffee Break

Date: 1979
Description: Two men enjoy coffee and a cigarette at an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant. At this time cigarette smoking in Madison restaurants took place i...
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Group at USO Service Club

Date: 12 20 1945
Description: Group of 15 women and six men attending a meeting at USO Service Club. The group is predominantly African Americans. Probably taken in First Unitarian Soc...
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First Day of Kindergarten

Date: 09 11 1950
Description: Frances Morrison's kindergarten pupils sitting at a table on their first day of school at Longfellow. They are, from left to right, Bonnie Hammersley, Sand...
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Walking to the Altar

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length group portrait of a bride and her mother and father walking towards the center aisle of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House as the ceremo...
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NAACP Members Admire Prize Book

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: Five people admire a book entitled "Go South To Sorrow" which will be given as a prize for the NAACP's Madison branch membership drive at the annual freedo...
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Santa Express Train Ride

Date: 12 05 1964
Description: View of a child sitting in a seat, who is one of 6,000 children riding the Santa Express Train from Madison to Stoughton and back, is shown being greeted b...
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Men Riding the Bus

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Description: Two men riding the city bus.
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St. Paul African Methodist Summer Bible School

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Children learning a song in the two-week summer Bible school at the St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal church located at 631 East Dayton Street.
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St. Paul African Methodist Summer Bible School

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Young girls are raising their voices in song at the two-week summer Bible school at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal church, located at 631 East Dayton...
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St. Paul African Methodist Summer Bible School

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Five youngsters attending the two-week summer Bible school at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal church located at 631 East Dayton Street.
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Summer Bible School at Second Baptist Church

Date: 07 25 1958
Description: Elevated view of a large group of African-American children. They are attending summer Bible school at their church, Second Baptist Church at 827 Mound str...
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Summer Bible School at Second Baptist Church

Date: 07 25 1958
Description: Three African-American pre-school girls peer out from behind a church pew at summer bible school.
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Summer Bible School at Second Baptist Church

Date: 07 25 1958
Description: A group of children attending Bible school. In the foreground a 3 year old boy is sucking his thumb as he is leaning into the embrace of an older sister be...

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