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Students with Model Airplanes at Marquette School

Date: 01 19 1944
Description: Children of parents who work at war plants participate in after school recreation program at Marquette School. Shown standing behind a ping-pong table, wit...
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Men in Uniform

Date: 02 1944
Description: Five men on a stage at a vocational school. Four of the men are in military uniforms, while one is dressed in a business suit.
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Jimmy Demetral Demonstrating Judo Hold

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Jimmy Demetral, Madison wrestler, throwing Officer Keith Ackley as part of a five-week course in ju-jitsu for 55 officers of the Madison Police Department.
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Jimmy Demetral Demonstrating Ju-Jitsu Hold

Date: 02 02 1944
Description: Jimmy Demetral, Madison wrestler, teaching Officer Robert O'Brien to do an "airplane spin" toss on Officer Keith Ackley. Fifty-five Madison Police Departme...
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Couples at High School Sorority Dance

Date: 02 12 1944
Description: Three couples at a Beta Gamma Chi and Mu Delta Chi high school sorority dance at the Hotel Loraine. Standing left to right: Mert Mellor, Virginia Welke, Si...
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Barneveld Basketball Team

Date: 02 18 1944
Description: Barneveld High School boys basketball team.
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Alpha Sigma Chi Group Portrait

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Group portrait of seven members of Alpha Sigma Chi fraternity.
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Spring Green Basketball Team

Date: 02 14 1944
Description: Group portrait of the Spring Green High School basketball team, with two coaches and a manager.
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Private George Grasser

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Private George Grasser, in foreground, checking in a stack of lessons which have come from soldiers and sailors at the fighting fronts of the world, for Un...
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West High School Basketball Team

Date: 02 17 1944
Description: Five Madison West High School basketball players with their coach.
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Soldiers Checking Mail

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Private William Huneke and Sargeant Harold Gleaves checking in a stack of mail from soldiers and sailors at the fighting fronts of the world for the United...
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Wisconsin High School Debate Team

Date: 1944
Description: Members of the Wisconsin High School debate team preparing for the state tournament at the Wisconsin State Capitol. Left to right: Wayland Noland, Phyllis ...
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Dykstra House Nursery School

Date: 03 08 1944
Description: Betty Frey, student at the University of Wisconsin, and two children, Geraldine Myers and Barrie Anderson, playing in a nursery school established on the t...
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Daycare Worker Reading to Children

Date: 03 08 1944
Description: Martha Hardin reading to Janet Brahn and Betty Thomsen at the nursery school established on the third floor of the home of University president, Charles A....
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College Student Telling a Story to Children

Date: 03 08 1944
Description: Dorothy Stebnitz, student at the University of Wisconsin, telling a story to two children, Pricilla Dee Brown and Stefan Burr, at the Dykstra House Nursery...
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People Playing Bridge

Date: 03 03 1944
Description: Man teaching bridge to four women as part of the Madison Board of Education Recreation Program.
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Snazzy Chazzy and his Student Oomp-pah Band

Date: 03 22 1944
Description: Snazzy Chazzy and his Grenadiers, eigth grade students at Nakoma School, who play some real Milwaukee-style German tempo. Left to right, front row: Bruce ...
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Girl Scouts Training at Washington Orthopedic School

Date: 03 22 1944
Description: Dane County Unit of the Association for the Disabled training members of Girl Scout Troop No. 6 at the Washington Orthopedic School for Crippled Children, ...
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Governor Goodland and Little Friends of America School Children

Date: 03 23 1944
Description: Slightly elevated group portrait of Governor Goodland signing a scrapbook prepared by the Little Friends of America, Baraboo children's organization, for t...
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Alpha Phi Sorority Girls in a Boat

Date: 04 28 1944
Description: Six sorority girls in a row boat, at the Alpha Phi party on the University of Wisconsin campus.

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