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| Date: | 06 06 1935 |
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| Description: | Seven East High School seniors and one woman sitting on stage with a tiered birthday cake with candles. |
| Date: | 09 29 1955 |
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| Description: | The string trio of the Older Adult Klub (OAK), Gus Torgerson, Henry Brenneman, and Julia Bennett, rehearsing for a senior citizen workshop on recreation fo... |
| Date: | 1992 |
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| Description: | Eleanore A. Brown Haydon McGowan just after her 100th birthday. A portrait of of Timothy Brown II hangs above her. |
| Date: | 05 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Evan M. Hughes, 68, a war-time replacement as doorman at the Capitol Theatre. Mr. Hughes had a son, Pvt. Robert E. Hughes, who was a prisoner of war by the... |
| Date: | 03 07 1947 |
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| Description: | Isora Wilson, 432 N. Murray Street, has a collection of turnip dolls that she has made to resemble Charles Dickens' characters Pickwick and Scrooge. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two elderly men in suits, one standing and the other, James Gorman, sitting on a table. |
| Date: | 04 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Martin Christiansen of Edgerton, the oldest fiddler at the Old-Time Fiddlers contest at the Madison Community Center. He is 77 and has been playing almost ... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A Ford Mustang carrying four elderly men and one woman driving past a crowd in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam. A sign on the passenger side of ... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a Ford Mustang carrying four elderly men and one woman driving down a street in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam. An American fl... |
| Date: | 11 27 1951 |
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| Description: | Constructive Workshops for Older Adults, created by the Vocational School, offers many leisure time activities for newly-retired men and women. Pictured le... |
| Date: | 11 27 1951 |
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| Description: | Constructive Workshops for Older Adults, created by the Vocational School, offers many leisure time activities for newly retired men and women. Arlene Find... |
| Date: | 11 27 1951 |
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| Description: | Constructive Workshops for Older Adults, created by the Vocational School, offers many leisure time activities for newly retired men and women. Alice Holme... |
| Date: | 06 23 1962 |
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| Description: | Corner of room with a painting of Knute Reindahl, a violin, a candlestick and an ornate mirror, taken at Reindahl's home. |
| Date: | 06 18 1918 |
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| Description: | Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ... |
| Date: | 06 20 1952 |
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| Description: | Fred Leiser (left) is shown presenting a $12,000 scholarships check to University Vice-President Ira Baldwin (right) at the Half Century club luncheon in t... |
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| Description: | A music therapist (wearing a scarf on her head) leads a group of elderly residents of the Dane County Home in a music therapy session. |
| Date: | 07 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Fred T. Cruse displays seven examples of her heavily decorated handmade velvet Christmas stockings, which she sells nation-wide and which retail for $... |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Charlie Hemeyer, a resident at Rest Haven nursing home on Mineral Point Road, likes to play the fiddle for his own recreation as well as for the enjoyment ... |
| Date: | 03 06 1956 |
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| Description: | Herman Skolas sits in a wheelchair while weaving on his loom as his eight-year-old granddaughter, Deborah Culham of Stoughton, looks on approvingly. Skolas... |
| Date: | 05 28 1956 |
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| Description: | Recreation for older adults is one of the topics at the First Governor's Conference on an Aging Population. Gus Torgeson, guitarist; Henry Breneman, violin... |
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