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1951-52 United Givers' Fund Drive

Date: 10 16 1951
Description: Representing the Girl Scouts is Ann Toborsky, 516 South Orchard Street, a member of Troop 182 at St. James School. More than nine hundred volunteer workers...
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1951-52 United Givers' Fund Drive

Date: 10 16 1951
Description: Representing the Visiting Nurses Service is Mrs. Anna Forbis, 6112 Wingra Street. More than nine hundred volunteer workers are involved in a house-to-house...
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Elliott Zimmerman Heads Madison Elementary Junior Red Cross Council

Date: 06 1953
Description: New officers of the Madison elementary Junior Red Cross Council are elected by representatives of 23 Madison elementary school Junior Red Cross councils. S...
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Peonies Aid Good Cause

Date: 06 14 1953
Description: Group of three women selling peonies. They are (L-R): Jean Monroe; Mrs. J.A. Ragone, chaperone at the Alpha Gamma Delta sorority house; and Alice Aten. The...
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U.W. Half-Century Club Holds Reunion

Date: 06 19 1953
Description: The U.W. alumni "Half-Century Club" meets in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. 325 graduates attend the reunion of graduates of 50 years, or more. Edwa...
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Memorial Day

Date: 05 30 1953
Description: Elevated view looking down towards the corner of Carroll and Main Streets at one of the largest marching groups in the parade observing Memorial Day, the ...
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Maple Bluff Social Event for Teens

Date: 06 26 1953
Description: David Vilas is shown pinning a carnation corsage on his date, Beth Herman, at the Maple Bluff social party for teens.
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New University of Wisconsin YMCA Building Cornerstone Laid

Date: 06 19 1953
Description: The cornerstone for the new University of Wisconsin YMCA building at the corner of W. Johnson and N. Brooks Streets is laid. Copies of the bible, a Wisc...
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Maple Bluff Social Event for Teens

Date: 06 26 1963
Description: Three young couples posing on the stairs leading outside from the dance floor at the Maple Bluff Country Club. From front to back: Tom Tews and Dorothy Mar...
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Four Lakes Council Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps

Date: 10 1953
Description: Instructor Stan Stitgen of the Four Lakes Council Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps gives marching cadence lessons during a junior corps rehearsal. Students i...
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Four Lakes Council Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps

Date: 10 1953
Description: John Price (center), 2905 Monroe Street, is a member of the nationally famous senior Four Lakes Drum and Bugle Corps and bugles at a junior corps rehearsal...
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Four Lakes Council Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps

Date: 10 1953
Description: Clarence H. Beebe, executive director of the Four Lakes Council Boy Scout drum and bugle corps, explains application blanks to prospective members Jim Gree...
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Four Lakes Council Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps

Date: 10 1953
Description: Instructor Henry Johnson of the Four Lakes Council Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps checks technique of the junior drum and bugle corps members Jim Archer, 1...
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La Sertoma Club

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Mrs. Harry Warren (left), treasurer of the Milwaukee La Sertoma looks on while Carol Burns (right), president of the Madison group, adjusts the corsage wor...
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Dane County Association of Health Councils

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Four elected officers of the Dane County Association of Health Councils posing for a group portrait before planning a spring county-wide health survey. Sta...
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Warrington Colescott's Studio Open House

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Artist Warrington Colescott poses with paint brush in one hand and a paint palette board in the other hand as he gazes upon a nearly completed oil painting...
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Art Guild Yule Gifts

Date: 11 1954
Description: A holiday tree made by Martha Hart decorates a table. The tree is accented with leaves and boughs around a cone-shaped styrofoam base, with light green osa...
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Madison Youth Council

Date: 11 02 1954
Description: New officers and advisers of the Madison Youth Council attend the group's annual banquet. Seated (left to right) are: Michael Stein, treasurer; Mary Kate L...
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Madison Youth Council

Date: 11 02 1954
Description: Madison mayor George Forster greets the new Madison Youth Council president George Chryst at the annual banquet. Mayor Forster administered the oath of off...
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Art Guild Yule Gifts

Date: 11 1954
Description: This metal wall-hanging candle holder was made from a trivet and a pendulum by Mrs. Winfield Martin for the Art Guild gift exhibit. Winfield made the candl...

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