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Badger Spelling Bee Winner

Date: 04 25 1952
Description: Beth Knope, 13-year-old champion of the Wisconsin State Journal's 1952 Badger Spelling Bee, with Walter W. Engelke, the principal of Nakoma school, ...
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Dane County Junior Fair — Style Review

Date: 07 25 1953
Description: Marcia Webber, blue ribbon winner in preliminary judging at the Senior Style Review of the Dane County Junior Fair.
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West High School Clothing Drive

Date: 12 11 1953
Description: Members of the committee for the West High School clothing drive for needy children pose with bags of the clothing they collected. Principal Ralph Christof...
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Y-Teen Dance Committee

Date: 04 14 1954
Description: Group portrait of the committee responsible for planning a Y-Teen dance, part of a World's Fair staged by the Y-Teens of Madison. From left are: Virginia D...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Larry Jacobson, the 1953 Madison Soap Box Derby champion, sitting in the Chevrolet Corvette which will carry him at the head of the 1954 parade. He is wear...
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The Village Green

Date: 10 09 1956
Description: View into a German wooden shoe-making shop in The Village Green, a Wisconsin Historical Society exhibit. Shown in the shop are Marcia Harrington and Koroth...
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Planning High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 04 1957
Description: Madison high school girls serve as official hostesses at the parties planned by youth groups for teenagers attending the annual State High School Basketbal...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: First Trip 1941

Date: 04 25 1941
Description: Page with more images of the first trip of the 1941 season from the Neighborhood House log book of bike hosteling excursions, with Theresa Manderino, Vince...
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Edgewood High School Junior-Senior Prom

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: "Cinderella" is the theme of the Edgewood High School Junior-Senior Prom. Members of the poster and publicity committee: Kathy Connell, Darlene DeBower, R...
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Bishop O'Connor Returns from European Trip

Date: 09 28 1959
Description: Several thousand Catholic students turn out to welcome Bishop O'Connor back from his two month trip to Europe.
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St. Benedict's First Class Officers

Date: 09 14 1959
Description: This fall (for the first time) the Sisters of St. Benedict have undertaken the teaching of freshman high school girls at the convent. Plans call for the ad...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: Madison YWCA is supported by funds from the United Givers. The YWCA provides group activities as pictured here for teens and young women. One popular activ...
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Activities at the Atwood Community House

Date: 03 11 1958
Description: Two members of the East Side Youth Mayor's Council, Pat Friedland (205 North Fifth Street) and Karen Mennes (1949 East Main Street) are working on decorati...
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Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Two Canadian Y-Teens with cameras are shown the new Cherokee Heights School by a West High Y-Teen. They are (L-R): Margaret Knowles, Lynn Somerville, and ...
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Tri-Hi Group Promotes "Harvesst Haze" Dance

Date: 11 14 1958
Description: Members of the Tri-Hi high school teenager's group promote the group's "Harvest Haze" dance to be held at the new Labor Temple on South Park Street. The da...
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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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