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Boy Scouts, Troop #24

Date: 05 26 1945
Description: Group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #24, Explorer Post from Nichols School, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park with Lake Monona in the background.
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Holstein-Friesian Building

Date: 02 18 1931
Description: Holstein-Friesian Association of America building, 448 W. Washington Avenue.
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Bernhard Mautz's 50th Birthday

Date: 03 25 1949
Description: Mautz Paint and Varnish Company salesman, Alfie Ladd (right) presents a bronze plaque inscribed with signatures of the firm's sales force to company presid...
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Veterans of Foreign Wars

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: A memorial plaque in honor of Corporal Kenneth Grosse was presented to the air force man's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grosse, center, and their daughter, P...
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Milwaukee Curling Club

Date: 12 09 1951
Description: Group portrait of members of the Hugh Sinclair Rink from Milwaukee who won the fourth event finals of the seventh annual Midwest Curling Bonspiel with thei...
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Boy Scouts Ring Replica of Liberty Bell

Date: 02 12 1952
Description: Boy Scouts ring a replica of the Liberty Bell to launch the three year progam of Wisconsin Boy Scouts. The bell stands in the Wisconsin State Historical So...
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Harold E. Frye, JCC Man of the Year

Date: 03 05 1952
Description: Harold E. Frye, vice-president and general manager of the Forbes-Meagher Music Company, is shown at center as he received the Outstanding Man of the Year a...
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Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Invitational Bonspiel

Date: 02 19 1954
Description: Dignitaries gathered for the start of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Invitational Bonspiel at the Madison Curling Club. Standing, left ...
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High School Curling Champs

Date: 02 25 1956
Description: Four members of the Wauwatosa High School curling team wearing Scottish tams while squatting around two curling stones and two brooms and admiring their aw...
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Madison Curling Club Invitational Bonspiel

Date: 03 04 1956
Description: Madison Curling Club members during the Invitational Bonspiel at Lavern Harmon Rink. The Madison Curling Club received the Walter C. Rhodes Trophy for the ...
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Madison Curling Club Invitational Bonspiel

Date: 03 04 1956
Description: The Rod Jamieson Rink of Poynette wins the second event of the Madison Curling Club's annual Invitational Bonspiel. Left to right: Rod Jamieson, Les Schult...
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Wisconsin Real Estate Brokers Board

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: J.S. Miller posing with the plaque he received upon retirement from the Wisconsin Real Estate Brokers board after 14 years service. Shown left to right: M....
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United Community Chest Meeting

Date: 01 28 1958
Description: Presentation of plaque awards at the annual meeting of the United Community Chest. At left are two plaque recipients, Eugene Kobey of Wisconsin Land Title ...
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University of Wisconsin Greenhouse

Date: 01 29 1958
Description: Three men are shown holding a large copy of the wording to be put on a bronze plaque to mark the ceremony of turning a 100-foot greenhouse over to the Univ...
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Press Club Picnic

Date: 07 25 1957
Description: A plaque bearing the title "Bohemian Brigade" was presented to Karl H. Fauerbach for his support of the Press Club at a picnic on the grounds of the Fauerb...
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West High School's Alumni W Club

Date: 10 31 1958
Description: Willis Jones, right, former head coach of all sports, received a plaque for organizing and directing the club. Dr. William Rundell, center, and a 1938 grad...
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Statue of P.T. Barnum

Date: 04 27 1960
Description: A statue of P.T. Barnum was in front of the Wisconsin State Historical Society building to announce the coming of the "Barnum Sideshow of the 19th Century"...
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State Disabled American Veterans (DAV) Ceremony

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: A plaque dedicating a tree in memory of Joyce Kilmer is placed on the State Capital grounds at a special ceremony held by the State Disabled American Veter...
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State Bar of Wisconsin Presents Plaque to Felice M. Goodman

Date: 02 01 1965
Description: The State Bar of Wisconsin presents a plaque to Felice M. Goodman, 1015 Harrison Street, for writing an article entitled: "What A Wife Should Know" for the...
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Madison Assn. of Plumbing Contractors, Inc. Honor David Farmer and Richard Royston

Date: 03 23 1965
Description: The Madison Assn. of Plumbing Contractors, Inc., meeting at Welch's Embers Supper Club, present honorary memberships to David Farmer, 4409 Winnequah Road, ...

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