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Boy Scouts in Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: A group of Boy Scouts, led by the Scout Leader, playing drums in a Fourth of July parade. They are walking down a street and a crowd of spectators is in th...
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Cub Scouts Throw Balls at Japanese Caricature

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Cub Scouts throw baseballs at a large caricature of a Japanese soldier during a Civilian Defense Rally. A man is sitting in a dunk tank on the left in a bo...
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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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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: 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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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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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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Art Guild Yule Gifts

Date: 10 1954
Description: A combination candelabra and lazy Susan made by Mrs. Winfield Martin is on display at the Art Guild holiday exhibit. The round base is an old ceiling fixtu...
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Madison Youth Council

Date: 11 02 1954
Description: Madison Youth Council vice-president Judy Vander Meulen, a student at East High School, presents scrolls of appreciation to two retiring advisers to the co...
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Art Guild Yule Gifts

Date: 11 1954
Description: An angel decoration was made by Fern Fowler for the Art Guild display. The decoration is for display on mantel or window and is cut from cardboard, covered...
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Chi Rho Club for High School Students

Date: 11 18 1945
Description: Carol Lueptow, instructor at Arthur Murray School of Dancing, teaches "the Mambo" to two Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church youth. Judy Murray and Tim...
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Art Guild Yule Gifts

Date: 10 1954
Description: Old wood and pieces of inner tubing are painted and used to make animal decorations. This was a project of Mrs. Charles Watson and her family shown at the ...
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Art Guild Yule Gifts

Date: 11 1954
Description: A woman wears a necklace made by Erdine Stamm for the Art Guild holiday exhibit. It is made from a strip of velvet cording, two fishing corks, sequins, bea...
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We Saw You at the Art Exhibit

Date: 11 13 1954
Description: Members of the Madison Art Association attending the current exhibit at Scanlan Hall of the Vocational School. Left to right: Joanne and Warren Hedlin, an...
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We Saw You at the Art Exhibit

Date: 12 05 1954
Description: William and Annie Hussey, members of the Madison Art Association, view one of 42 paintings from the IBM collection on exhibit.
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We Saw You at the Art Exhibit

Date: 12 05 1954
Description: Members view an equestrian painting in the Madison Art Association's exhibit of American paintings between 1720 and 1920. They include, left to right, Noel...
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We Saw You at the Art Exhibit

Date: 11 05 1954
Description: Discussing the paintings in the Madison Art Association's exhibit are, left to right: Carlisle Runge, Joyce Erdman, and Louise Brown.

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