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Abraham Lincoln Window Display at Baron's

Date: 09 09 1937
Description: Abe Lincoln window display at Baron's taken for Robert L. Hess Agency of Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. Posters with photographs and other memora...
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President Cleveland Visits Madison

Date: 10 08 1887
Description: Elevated view of parade celebrating President Grover Cleveland's visit, coming up King Street to the Wisconsin State Capitol from the East Madison Depot. T...
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Boy Scouts Honor Lincoln

Date: 02 11 1947
Description: Madison Boy Scouts and their leader pay tribute to Abraham Lincoln on his birthday by placing a wreath at the foot of the statue on Bascom Hill. Dick Feldt...
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Czyzewski Twins

Date: 03 17 1949
Description: Barbara and Beverly Czyzewski, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Czyzewski, 166 Monroe park, are shown with a photograph of President Harry S. Truman ...
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Abraham Lincoln Recognition

Date: 02 10 1950
Description: Rev. O.B. Ransopher of Wisconsin Rapids, president of the Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, placed a wreath at the foot of the Abraham Lincoln statue in fro...
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President Harry S. Truman Visit

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: President Harry S. Truman visited Madison to be present at the laying of the cornerstone for the CUNA's Filene House, 1617 Sherman Avenue. He is pictured ...
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President Harry S. Truman Visit

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: President Harry S. Truman came to Madison for the opening and dedication of the Filene House, located at 1617 Sherman Avenue, and is shown here surrounded ...
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Three Honored Friends of 4-H

Date: 06 17 1959
Description: University of Wisconsin President Conrad A. Elvehjem, left, presents plaques to three "Friends of 4-H" at the State 4-H Club Week program in the Wisconsin ...
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Third Annual Supper of the New England Society Menu

Date: 12 22 1868
Description: Front cover and interior menu pages from the Third Annual Supper of the New England Society, held at Vilas House to commemorate Forefather's Day. On the co...
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Breakfast for Sen. John F. Kennedy

Date: 09 24 1959
Description: Sen. John Kennedy, a leading Democratic presidential hopeful, began an intensive three-day speaking tour in Wisconsin with a breakfast with politicians and...
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Six O'Clock Club Dinner Menu/Announcement

Date: 11 04 1901
Description: Front cover of the announcement for the twelfth dinner of the Six O'Clock Club, with circular head and shoulders portraits of Presidents William McKinley J...
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Honorary Degree Recipients, Wisconsin Alumni Association Banquet

Date: 06 03 1961
Description: Seated are, Mrs. Mary Ingraham Bunting, president of Radcliffe College, and Louis P. Lochner, Fair Haven, New Jersey, Pulitzer prize winning foreign corres...
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Dane County GOP Club Lincoln Day Dinner

Date: 02 11 1965
Description: Former Lt. Gov. Jack B. Olson, main speaker at the Dane County GOP Club Lincoln Day dinner, looks over the dinner program with, left to right: Mrs. Gene Bu...
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We Saw You . . . at YWCA Tea

Date: 05 21 1954
Description: New officers of the University of Wisconsin YWCA gather at the group's tea. Shown seated (left to right) are Mrs. John Mayor, treasurer, and Mrs. John Kein...
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We Saw You . . . at the Optimist Meeting

Date: 08 23 1954
Description: Three past presidents of Madison Optimist clubs are shown at a dining table. Left to right are: Walter Blair, B.R. L'Hommedieu, and Jerry Coulter. Coulter ...
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Gisholt Union Dinner

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Gisholt employee Union dinner. Sitting at the table are (left to right): Charles Poole, former local union president; James Greene, local union community s...
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Gisholt Union Dinner

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Sitting at a table and laughing are Gisholt Union members Lloyd Bosben (right), a steward for Local 1404, and Carl Oldenburg, a former member of the grieva...
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Gisholt Union Dinner

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Stan Prideaux (right), president of Gisholt's Machinist Local Union 1404, is chatting with John Werner (from Milwaukee), State CIO Community Service direct...
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Gisholt Union Dinner

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Shown at the banquet table are two past presidents of Gisholt's local union: Charles Diehl and Harold Wegmiller. This was the first time since 1937 that al...
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We Saw You . . . at ESBMA Banquet

Date: 01 20 1955
Description: Annual banquet of the East Side Business Men's Association held at the Loraine Hotel. Shown at the speaker's table from left to right are: L.L. Lunenschlos...

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