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Katherine Verikios

Date: 11 21 1931
Description: Katherine Verikios, 10, 1135 E. Mifflin Street, wearing fur-trimmed coat. She won the Madison Label Saving contest and received a new Chevrolet.
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Clarence and Robbie G. at Findlay House

Date: 1912
Description: Two young men are standing in the foreground. Behind them is a fence and a house. There is a yard swing in the yard on the right. Caption reads: "Madison, ...
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Mrs. Peter Berntsen Enjoys Tanning with Assistance from Alumnium Foil

Date: 02 28 1961
Description: Mrs. Peter Berntsen, 926 LeRoy Road, enjoys an outdoor tanning session aided by a wall of aluminum foil. Her son Erik (3) plays in front of her bundled up ...
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Waunakee High School Baseketball Players LeRoy Adler, Bernie Uebersetzig and Don Keller

Date: 02 27 1961
Description: The Waunakee basketball team prepares for their first-round game of the state WIAA district basketball tournament. The team has won all twenty of their gam...
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Waunakee Basketball Team with Coach Ron Hering

Date: 02 27 1961
Description: Head Coach Ron Hering (kneeling) poses with the starting five of the Waunakee High School basketball team. Members of the team shown (L-R) are Dave Roberts...
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Chimba the Chimpanzee in Madison for the Zor Shrine Circus

Date: 02 17 1961
Description: Chimba the chimpanzee makes an appearance at the final Madison Zor Shrine planning meeting for the annual Shrine Circus held at the Dane County Fairgrounds...
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Decorating Eagle Heights Apartment

Date: 01 27 1961
Description: One of a series of photographs depicting ways U.W. graduate students have made their small apartments more attractive and livable. Shown is David, left, an...
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New Members of the Wisconsin Assembly

Date: 01 11 1961
Description: Standing on a desk in the Assembly Chamber is Beth Coggs, four-year-old daughter of Assemblyman Isaac Coggs, a Democrat from Milwaukee. She is holding a do...
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International Skeeter Association Regatta

Date: 01 13 1961
Description: Ice boats on lake Monona during the International Skeeter Association regatta.
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International Skeeter Association Regatta

Date: 01 13 1961
Description: Two ice-boaters compare notes during the International Skeeter Association regatta on lake Monona. Bill Perrigo (left) talks with Jack Ripp of the host Fou...
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International Skeeter Association Regatta

Date: 01 13 1961
Description: Iceboats on Lake Monona at the 18th annual International Skeeter Association regatta.
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Wisconsin vs. Air Force Basketball Game

Date: 12 03 1960
Description: Wisconsin player Marty Gharrity gets a moisture spray from a trainer after coming out of the basketball game between Wisconsin and the Air Force Academy in...
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Wisconsin vs. Air Force Basketball Game

Date: 11 03 1960
Description: Wisconsin basketball coach John Erickson explains a strategy during a timeout of the Wisconsin vs Air Force Academy basketball game in the University of Wi...
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Wisconsin vs. Air Force Basketball Game

Date: 12 03 1960
Description: Wisconsin's Siebel and Air Force's Vicellio battle for a rebound during their game in the University of Wisconsin Field House.
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Dream House Built from Plans in Newspaper

Date: 10 29 1960
Description: Mike Elliott is shown riding his favorite wooden giraffe in his room in the "dream House" built from plans in the Wisconsin State Journal by his par...
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We Saw You . . . at Nursery School

Date: 11 22 1960
Description: Kathy Conto (3) entertains herself at the Salvation Army all day nursery school, 121 West Wilson Street. Anne Shea serves as the head teacher and is assist...
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Elroy Hirsch

Date: 11 10 1960
Description: Portrait of Elroy Hirsch talking about his job as General Manager of the Los Angeles Rams football team. The LA Rams are using the U.W. facilities while pr...
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United Givers Fund Raising

Date: 11 03 1960
Description: Platform planks depicting areas of service of the 29 United Givers agencies were nailed to a ladder at the second fund report luncheon. At the top of the ...
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High School Campionship Football Game

Date: 11 01 1960
Description: Action shot during the Stoughton - Monona Grove football game shows halfback Paul Lysne as he ran 27 yards for the second of his three Stoughton touchdowns...
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United Givers Report Luncheon

Date: 10 27 1960
Description: The crowd at the United Givers report luncheon listens to the report given by the general chairman in the room at the Hotel Lorraine decorated with red fea...

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