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Children in Library

Date: 1938
Description: Young children reading at the library. A librarian works near the circulation desk in the background. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seating cap...
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Teacher Reading to School Children

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Description: A school teacher reads to elementary school children, who are sitting on the floor in a large, open classroom.
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Librarian Checking Out Books to Young Girl

Date: 1938
Description: A librarian checks out a book to a young girl, while other children sit at tables reading in the background. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seat...
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Man and Woman Reading in Library

Date: 1938
Description: A woman and man sit at a round table in a public library reading. An office cubicle and magazine rack are visible in the background. When it opened in 1938...
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Three Boys Looking at Books in Library

Date: 1938
Description: Three boys in a public library looking for books in the main stacks. A table and magazine rack are in the foreground. When it opened in 1938, the Library h...
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Group of Children Reading in Library

Date: 1938
Description: A group of children, boys and girls, reading at tables in a sunny reading room in the public library. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seating cap...
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Children Reading in Library with Librarian Looking On

Date: 1938
Description: A group of children sit at tables in a library reading books and magazines while a librarian looks on from her circulation desk. When it opened in 1938, th...
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Man Standing at Podium

Date: 1941
Description: A man stands at a podium speaking into a microphone. There is a cake with the number 10 on it, and letters on the curtain behind him spell out "...gratulat...
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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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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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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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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. Gov. Walter Kohler (r...
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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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Dietetics Scholarship Award

Date: 01 15 1955
Description: W.P. O'Brien, representing the DuBois Company of Cincinnati, presenting a check for $200 to Martha Study, president of the Wisconsin Dietitians Association...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Three clergymen visit during the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA. Left to right are: Rev. George Grotkin of St. Mary's Catholi...
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Girl Scout Round-Up Planning

Date: 03 24 1955
Description: Anita Strobel (left), Gene Glover, and Jane Thomas, general chairman of the round-up, make final arrangements for the West District Round-Up of Girl Scouts...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: The men who planned the three-meeting seminar on ministry and mental health gather at the University YMCA in Madison. At left is Walter W. Argow, Madison, ...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Two Lutheran pastors chat during the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA in Madison. The Madison pastors are Rev. William J. Rohlw...
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Seminar on Ministry and Mental Health

Date: 05 16 1955
Description: Three pastors attend the seminar on ministry and mental health at the University YMCA in Madison. Pictured are Rev. Edwin Erbe, St. John's Catholic Church,...

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