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Police Recruits

Date: 10 22 1958
Description: Nineteen new police recruits are shown sitting in class. The men who are in pre-service training began classes September 16 and will graduate in January.
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Brunswick Bowling School

Date: 01 21 1959
Description: Joe Wilman (right), of the Brunswick Advisory Staff of Bowling Champions, diagrams a point during the school for bowling alley proprietors and managers as ...
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Dr. Lester McGary; Pathologist Honored

Date: 08 29 1959
Description: Four members of the present class (1959) attend a dinner given to honor Dr. Lester McGary; they include, from left: Carol Warner, Karen Larson, Carol Gleas...
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School of Bowling Class

Date: 01 23 1960
Description: Madison bowler Doris Hanson instructs a group of youths 9-15 years of age during the first class of the "School of Bowling" held at the Bowl-A-Vard.
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American Citizenship Course

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Wives of three airman based at Truax Field participate in an American citizenship course offered by the Truax Field Education Center. Left to right: Shie B...
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Roundy Presents Gavel at West High Girls Club

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin stands with his arm around the shoulders of Jane LaCourt as he presents a gavel to her as 23 members of the West High Girl Club lo...
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St. Mary's School of Nursing Class

Date: 04 09 1961
Description: Fifty-two students at St. Mary's School of Nursing who received their nurses' caps in a ceremony at St. James Catholic Church.
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Middleton Fourth Graders Win Encyclopedia

Date: 05 19 1961
Description: Aurilla Dorer's fourth grade class at Middleton's Elm Lawn school wins a set of the World Book Encyclopedia from Wisconsin State Journal columnist "Uncle R...
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Madison General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1963

Date: 06 14 1961
Description: Forty-three nursing students in the Madison General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1963 begin the two-year clinical phase of their nursing education. ...
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American Citizenship Course

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Two students reviewing "Our Constitution and What It Means" for a citizenship course. They are Mrs. Gertrud Wood, Germany, and Mrs. Sucko Miller, Japan.
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Youths Learning to Swim

Date: 07 10 1961
Description: Underwater photograph of a youth learning to swim in a Sun Prairie pool.
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Youths Learning to Swim

Date: 07 10 1961
Description: Underwater photograph of several youth learning to swim in a Sun Prairie pool.
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Scuba Diving Class Students Demonstrate "Buddy Breathing"

Date: 07 13 1961
Description: Scuba diving class student Stephanie Morgan of 3534 Topping Road, Madison; and instructor, Paul Geisler, 4206 Council Crest, Madison, demonstrate the "budd...
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Kentucky Basketball Coach Adolph Rupp Speaks at Summer Clinic

Date: 08 03 1961
Description: Kentucky basketball coach Adolph Rupp lectures at the Wisconsin High School Coaches Association annual summer basketball clinic. Shown (L-R) kneeling are W...
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"Parlons Francais" Conversation French Program

Date: 10 05 1961
Description: A conversation French class, "Parlons Francais," is shown on TV for 15 minutes twice a week to numerous Madison junior high school and grade school student...
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Sister Janvier Flying a Japanese Fish Kite

Date: 04 09 1962
Description: Sister Janvier, 3rd grade teacher at Blessed Sacrament Catholic School, flying a Japanese fish kite with her students at the Edgewood College campus. The k...
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East High School 1962 Graduation Ceromony

Date: 06 15 1962
Description: An unnamed graduate receiving a high school diploma as the audience is looking on at the 1962 East High School graduation ceremony. Presenting the diplomas...
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West High School Spanish Class

Date: 12 02 1964
Description: View of people dancing. One from a series of photographs of a West High School Spanish class.
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Cherokee Heights School Students Debate Dress Code at School

Date: 04 08 1965
Description: Bill Todd, 13, standing, is a student at Cherokee Heights School talking about proper dress during a debate in a seventh grade class. Other students in the...
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Orchard Ridge Sixth Graders Read and Discuss "A Christmas Carol"

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: Susan Jakel, Orchard Ridge School sixth grader, discusses "A Christmas Carol" with her classmates after they read the Charles Dickens classic as part of th...

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