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Edgewood May Day Ceremony — Double Exposure

Date: 04 1953
Description: Margaret Dunn placing a floral crown on a statue of the blessed Virgin Mary at the end of the annual May ceremony at Edgewood High School. Other high schoo...
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Winners of High School Golf Tournaments

Date: 05 1953
Description: Group portrait of the West High School golf team, winners of Madison's 1953 high school golf tournament. Left to right, Coach Clark Byam, Lowell Bakken, C...
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Learning to Drive

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Low angle view of student driver Carol Hansen seated at the steering wheel next to driving instructor and West High School physical education teacher, Will...
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Winners of State High School Golf Tournaments

Date: 05 28 1953
Description: Outdoor portrait of Doug Randall, a member of the Wisconsin High golf team and medalist at the state high school sectional meet. Wisconsin High won the fiv...
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Learning to Drive

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Mary Emmerich learning to release and lift an auto's hood under the direction of West High basketball coach and driving instructor, Don Page.
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Learning to Drive

Date: 07 01 1954
Description: Two teens and their instructor lean in under the open hood of an automobile to learn about its engine. Alf Koppedal (left) and Stewart Christensen (center)...
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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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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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State High School Track Meet

Date: 05 23 1953
Description: Madison West High school senior Tom Schulz is shown releasing the shot put on his record breaking toss of 56 feet 1 1/2 inches at the state high school tra...
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1st Madison West High School Principal

Date: 11 02 1954
Description: Portrait of Madison West High School principal R.O. Christoffersen, 2635 Kendall Avenue. Christoffersen has been principal since the school opened in 1930.
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Plays at Madison High Schools

Date: 11 09 1954
Description: The play "I Remember Mama" will be presented Friday night in the West High School auditorium. At the rehearsal are, left to right: Bette Jo Wivel, Signe Br...
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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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Plays at Madison High Schools

Date: 11 09 1954
Description: Central High School's fall play is "You Can't Take It With You". Shown are members of the properties committee who work behind the scenes: Mary Ann Imhoff ...
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Plays at Madison High Schools

Date: 11 09 1954
Description: Students in charge of ticket sales for "Berkeley Square," East High School's fall play, are Betty Schneider, Betty Biddick, Carol Finch, Carol Kruse, and J...
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Madison Youth Council

Date: 11 02 1954
Description: Four foreign exchange students attending Madison high schools are guests of honor at the annual Madison Youth Council banquet. They are shown pointing out ...
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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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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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Chi Rho Club for High School Students

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: Reverand Vincent Browne, spiritual adviser to the Chi Rho group at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church, serves Communion to four youth participating i...
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West High School Problems of Democracy Class

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: West High School senior Yvonne Williams interviews L.L. Oeland about insurance rates for families as part of an assignment for her Problems of Democracy cl...

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