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Newspaper Carriers Visit Milwaukee and See Braves-Cardinals Game

Date: 07 02 1954
Description: Madison Newspaper, Inc, newspaper carriers take a bus ride to Milwaukee to see the Braves-Cardinals baseball game. It is a nice, clear day and the road to ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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We Saw You . . . Helping Sell Christmas Seals

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women of the Elks prepare materials for distribution for the 1954 Christmas Seal drive honoring the 50th anniversary of the National Anti-Tuberculosis Asso...
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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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We Saw You . . . Helping Sell Christmas Seals

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women of the Elk prepare materials for distribution for the 1954 Christmas seal drive honoring the 50th anniversary of the National Anti-Tuberculosis Assoc...
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Sign Language Class

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women in a neighborhood near Dean Avenue are studying sign language so that more deaf women can join their homemakers' club. Mrs. Robert Ilten is greeted i...
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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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We Saw You . . . Helping Sell Christmas Seals

Date: 11 15 1954
Description: Women of the Elk prepare materials for distribution for the 1954 Christmas seal drive honoring the 50th anniversary of the National Anti-Tuberculosis Assoc...

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