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Memorial Union Night Club

Date: 06 17 1944
Description: The cabaret Campacabana nightclub at the Memorial Union is the scene attended by Pvt. George Welch, Fitchburg, Mass., Vera Liebetrau, Madison, general chai...
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Australian War Bride

Date: 07 01 1944
Description: Madison's first Austrailian war bride, Mrs. William R. Curkeet Jr., the former Bryony Helen Dutton, is shown on the right with her sister-in-law Mrs. Ralph...
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Memorial Union Nightclub

Date: 06 17 1944
Description: The Memorial Union Campacabana club was attended by (at the top) Pvt. Donald Christesen, Bradley, Mich., and Kathleen McGuine, Madison. Seated are: La Vonn...
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West Side Garden Club Party

Date: 06 27 1944
Description: West Side Garden Club members are shown wearing hats made from plant materials. Standing in the rear are: Mrs. H.E. (Frieda) Consigny, Mrs. F.J. (Dagmar) V...
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Eight Foot Tall Lawyer

Date: 07 01 1944
Description: Clifford Thompson, the second tallest man in the world, being sworn into the Wisconsin state bar at the Wisconsin State Capitol by Justice Elmer E. Barlow....
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Lieutenant W. James Atkins

Date: 06 22 1944
Description: Portrait of Lieutenant W. James Atkins, son of Mrs. Margaret M. Atkins, served with the British Eighth army of the American Field Service in the Middle Eas...
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John E. Wilkinson

Date: 06 28 1944
Description: John E. "Hickey" Wilkinson sitting in his office at the Democrat Printing Company from which he is retired after fifty years of service.
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Monona Tire Company

Date: 07 1944
Description: Two men looking at an automobile's tires at Monona Tire Company, 128 South Pinckney Street.
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Leon A. Smith

Date: 06 12 1944
Description: Portrait of Leon A. Smith, Madison's water superintendent since 1916.
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WHA Summer Radio Workshop

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Three persons at the summer radio workshop sponsored by WHA Radio on the University of Wisconsin campus. Jack Steel shows Senta Lorenz on the left and Ruth...
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Costumed Children

Date: 07 02 1944
Description: A girl and boy in costume for a Fourth of July parade in the Westmoorland neighborhood. From left to right are Thomas Hammill, son of Mr. and Mrs. William ...
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Pitching Horseshoes on July 4th

Date: 07 02 1944
Description: Fourth of July celebration in Westmorland neighborhood with three men pitching horseshoes. Shown here are Elmer Nielson, 4022 Winnemac Avenue, Ray Heibel, ...
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Mizell "Whitey" Platt, left, and Walter Millies, right, who were members of the Madison Blues, in the Three-I League, later part of the Great Lakes Bluejac...
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WHA Summer Radio Workshop

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Edwin Helman gets advice from Mrs. Romance Koopman about a script. On the wall behind them is a mural depicting three men important in the founding of stat...
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: In 1934 and 1935 the most famous battery in baseball was owned by the Detroit Tigers, Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe pitching and Gordon Stanley "Mickey" Cochran...
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Latin-American Dancers

Date: 07 19 1944
Description: Left to right, Mary Ann Yanover and Joyce Radu, dancers in the annual Latin-American Festival held at the Wisconsin Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin...
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Golfer Kenneth W. Grafton

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Kenneth W. Grafton, member of the firm Reitan-Lerdahl and Company, and secretary of the Nakoma Golf Club, swinging a golf club.
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Family of World War II Serviceman Donkle

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Mrs. Milton (Jean) Donkle and her two children, left to right, Judy and Jimmy, photographed prior to their departure to join Captain Donkle at Camp Crowder...
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Families of World War II Servicemen

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Mrs. Robert (Eleanor) Randle and her daughter, Penelope, at the home of her parents, where they were living while Captain Randle was stationed in England.
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William E. O'Brien

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Portrait of William E. O'Brien, Wisconsin Director for the War Manpower Commssion. Mr. O'Brien, a civil engineer, was formerly Chairman of the Wisconsin Hi...

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