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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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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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Baptism of Wills Triplets

Date: 06 28
Description: The triplet daughters of William and Joyce Wills are baptized at Luther Memorial Church. Sponsor Mrs. Morris Wills holds infant Jacqueline Diane at left, D...
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Cap Pistol Legalization

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: After Governor Kohler signed legislation legalizing the sale of caps and cap pistols, many youth prepared to celebrate the Independence Day holiday with th...
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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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Cap Pistol Legalization

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: After Governor Kohler signed legislation legalizing the sale of caps and cap pistols, many youth prepared to celebrate the Independence Day holiday with th...
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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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Cap Pistol Legalization

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: After Governor Kohler signed legislation legalizing the sale of caps and cap pistols, many youth prepared to celebrate the Independence Day holiday with th...
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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: 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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1954 Wisconsin Badger Basketball Team Starting Lineup & Coach

Date: 11 1954
Description: Portrait of Tony Stracka, #44, starter on the 1954 Wisconsin basketball team.
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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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Lapham School Children at Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 11 1953
Description: Lapham School third grade children observing milking machinery during a tour of the Bowman Farm Dairy on Fish Hatchery Road. Identified left to right are C...
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Learning to Drive

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Two young people are examining a wall chart depicting traffic lanes, cross walks, and intersections. There are movable adhesive rectangles representing car...
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Lapham School Children at Bowman Farm Dairy.

Date: 11 1953
Description: Gary Weems, a third grader at Lapham School, petting the head of a heifer dairy cow during a tour of the Bowman Farm Dairy on Fitch Hatchery Road.
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Learning to Drive

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Central High student Karen Haessler sits at a desk while examining a study manual in preparation for a driver's test.
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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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