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Two Men with Child in Drugstore

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Description: Interior of Kendall Des Jardin's drugstore on Broad Street. Two men are talking with a young boy inside the store.
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Young Boy and Girl Wearing Crowns

Date: 1941
Description: A young boy and girl posed dressed up and wearing a crowns.
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Men Presenting Boy Wearing Crown with Portrait

Date: 1941
Description: A young boy wearing a crown is presented with a framed portrait of himself by two men, one of whom is smoking a cigarette. The man on the right is holding ...
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Four Men Singing from Sheet Music

Date: 1941
Description: Four men stand together to sing from sheet music. Three of the men are dressed in suits and ties, and one man is dressed as an old-fashioned constable, inc...
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UPWA Officers

Date: 02 11 1949
Description: Swearing-in ceremony for Local 190 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America in Detroit by field representative George Sinclair: Daniel Penn, president...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Shrine Temple Ceremonial

Date: 10 1954
Description: Though the portrait of Zor Shrine Potentate Laurien Caldwell (Janesville) at the Shriner's 67th annual fall ceremonial in Madison appeared in the Wiscon...
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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 . . . Watching Dairy Caravan

Date: 02 01 1955
Description: School children from the Madison area are among the first visitors at the opening of the $100,000 Dairy Caravan at the State Capitol. One display shows the...
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We Saw You . . . Watching Dairy Caravan

Date: 02 01 1955
Description: School children from the Madison area are among the first visitors at the opening of the $100,000 Dairy Caravan at the State Capitol. Students from Waunake...
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Dane County Health Survey Meeting

Date: 03 1955
Description: Leaders in the upcoming Dane County health survey register for the planning meeting. Shown are Dr. Alan Filek, state board of health; Mrs. Edwin Blaney, pr...
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Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women

Date: 05 05 1955
Description: Shown at a registration table at the first annual convention of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women are, from left: Mrs. F.J. Sazma, Water Town;...

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