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Four Students Sledding on Bascom Hill

Date: 11 30 1944
Description: Four students sledding on Bascom Hill using a sled from 1838 which they borrowed from the Wisconsin Historical Society Museum. Seated from left: Joan Hamme...
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Portrait of Unidentified Man

Date: 11 24 1944
Description: Portrait of unidentified man (Riley?).
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Coat Checkers at the LOFT

Date: 11 18 1944
Description: Two girls checking coats at the opening of the LOFT, left: Ruth Richards, 2210 East Johnson Street; Barbara John, 1517 Spaight Street.
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East High School Play Cast

Date: 11 22 1944
Description: Robert Cnare, playing the role of Emil, a Nazi boy in the United States, in the play "Tomorrow the World," presented by East High School students.
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Walter Goodland and Oscar Rennebohm

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Informal portrait of Wisconsin Governor Walter Goodland, on the left and Lt. Governor, Oscar Rennebohm, on the right.
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Judson Pearsall and Sargent James E. Spangberg

Date: 11 24 1944
Description: Judson Pearsall, commander of the Madison chapter of the Disabled American Veterans, visiting with an injured soldier, Sargent James E. Spangberg, at the T...
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Brigidier General Ralph E. Immell

Date: 11 24 1944
Description: Brigidier General Ralph E. Immell, visiting the World War I room in the State Historical Society Museum with Lieut. Col. Franklin W. Clarke, commandant, Mi...
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Pioneer Christmas Scene

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Reenacting a pioneer Christmas custom of many foreign settlers in the early days of Wisconsin of singing carols around the family organ, are left to right:...
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Professor Chester V. Easum

Date: 11 30 1944
Description: Portrait of University of Wisconsin professor of history Chester V. Easum. Professor Easum wore out his voice speaking to groups warning of Nazis after a s...
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Lord and Lady Halifax Visit

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Lord and Lady Halifax with Madison's mayor, F. Halsey Kraege.
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Mrs. Lawrence H. Fitzpatrick and Daughter

Date: 12 02 1944
Description: Mrs.Lawrence H. Fitzpatrick (Frances Risdon), and her daughter Patricia, 18-months-old. Mr. Fitzpatrick was Managing Editor of the Wisconsin State Journ...
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Children and Dogs

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Group portrait of the two children of Dr. and Mrs. Leslie E. Antonius, Shorewood Hills, from left: Jeffrey Bird Antonius, 4; and Leslie Jean, 10 months; sh...
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Harry G. Marsh

Date: 11 04 1944
Description: Harry G. Marsh, passenger agent for the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, seated at his desk. Mr. Marsh was responsible for troop movements to and from Trua...
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Miss Harriette Holt and Mrs. Warren W. Clark

Date: 12 02 1944
Description: Miss Harriette Holt on the left, and Mrs. Warren W. Clark on the right, at the birthday party held for Miss Ellen Sabin, president emerita of Milwaukee-Dow...
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East High School Automotive Mechanics Class

Date: 11 06 1944
Description: Automotive Mechanics class at East High School. Carl La Belle welding a fender with David Beale looking on.
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East High School Automotive Mechanics Class

Date: 12 06 1944
Description: Automotive Mechanics class at East High School. Pictured are Irving Smith with a power driven valve seat grinder, and Bob Koltes checking his work.
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Wisconsin Banking Commission

Date: 11 05 1944
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Banking Commission shown examining a State Historical Society collection of coins and currency, and bank notes signed by some of W...
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Boxing "Tournament of Contenders"

Date: 12 06 1944
Description: One of a group of twenty individual poses of boxers participating in the annual "Tournament of Contenders" which is open to all civilian and naval trainee ...
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World War II Bond Sale

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Men and women lined up along a sales counter at Manchester's Department Store to buy war bonds, while two clerks behind the counter are ringing up the sale...
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Girl in Pinafore with Dog

Date: 12 10 1944
Description: A young girl (possibly the daughter of Russell B. Pyre) dressed in a pinafore with her dog.

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