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Madison's 1958 Red Measles Season

Date: 04 11 1958
Description: Madison's 1958 measles season started with Kurt Tezlaff, at right, then went to Kaye Kennan, then to Kevin Kennan and then to Wendy Kennan. In the Kennan f...
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Madison's 1958 Red Measles Season

Date: 04 11 1958
Description: The 1958 red measles season has started in Madison. Marilyn Kelso, her son Robbie Kelso, seated on her lap, and son Tom Kelso, on the right, received gamma...
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Auto Buy Week

Date: 05 02 1958
Description: Winston Smith and his son, Wade, sit in their restored 1909 Cadillac automobile before the "You Auto Buy Now" parade.
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Five Generations

Date: 04 11 1958
Description: Five generations of a family are represented in this Mothers' Day picture of Carrie Damman and her great-great grandson Jeffrey Peter Cerniglia. The five l...
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Elks Club Honor Students

Date: 05 05 1958
Description: East High School student Carla Helmus (left), shown with her parents Carl and Marcella Helmus, is honored at an Elks banquet for outstanding high school yo...
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Elks Club Honor Students

Date: 05 05 1958
Description: East High School student Webb Spraetz, standing, is honored at an Elks banquet for outstanding high school youth. His parents, Frederick and Ruth Spraetz, ...
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Elks Club Honor Students

Date: 05 05 1958
Description: West High School student Jim Nafziger, center, is honored at an Elks banquet for outstanding high school youth. His parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Ralph D. Nafzige...
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Phi Chi Theta Convention

Date: 06 15 1958
Description: Seated at left is Bernice FitzGibbon, who was initiated as an honorary member of the Phi Chi Theta organization at their national convention held in Madiso...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: Pat, 8, and Vicki Rohan, 14, examine some of the equipment in the press room of Madison Newspapers, Inc. The photograph was taken for part of an article su...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: Four children stand on the observation deck watching planes at the Madison Municipal airport. The children include, from left to right: Carol, 3, Christine...
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Subscription Contest Winner

Date: 08 07 1958
Description: Original caption states: "Everyone benefits. Jans Jackson, Spring Green, champion subscription salesman, of the Wisconsin State Journal's carrier bo...
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University of Wisconsin Summer Session Pre-Prom Dinner

Date: 08 1958
Description: Mrs. and Mr. Arnold Langman, Racine, seated, were guests of their son, Wendell, standing right, at the pre-Prom dinner. Also shown at upper left is Deanne ...
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Rural Teacher of the Year

Date: 11 03 1958
Description: Constance Elvehjem, McFarland, left, honored as the Rural Teacher of the Year, is shown with, left to right: her brother-in-law, University of Wisconsin Pr...
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We Saw You . . . at Twins Yule Party

Date: 12 13 1958
Description: The Madison Twin Club holds its Christmas party at the Madison Community Center. Twins shown (left to right) are Judy Gustafson and Patty Gustafson with th...
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Holiday Skirt

Date: 12 24 1958
Description: Margaret Kronenberg sits under a Christmas tree while modeling a Christmas skirt she decorated herself. The skirt is made of white felt and was hand-decora...
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Wisconsin State Journal Young Columbus Leaves for Hawaii

Date: 12 26 1958
Description: William Scobie, age 16 of Brodhead, holds a flight bag while embarking an airplane. Scobie won a trip to Hawaii for selling the most subscriptions to the <...
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Midyear University of Wisconsin Gaduate

Date: 01 08 1959
Description: Family portrait of Donald Finn with his wife Diane and their three-year-old son Johnny. Finn is a mid-year graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a d...
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Snow Fortress Near Midmoor Road

Date: 01 25 1959
Description: Winter scene with brothers Greg and Mark Hennen of 5709 Midmoor Road standing in their snow fort and holding snowballs at the ready the day following a fiv...
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Young Columbus Winner

Date: 03 26 1959
Description: Newspaper carrier Donald Fay, 15, of Edgerton is the winner of the Young Columbus trip to Italy sponsored by the Wisconsin State Journal and its Sun...
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Red Cross Aided Child

Date: 06 10 1959
Description: Donald and Audrey Forrer posing outdoors with their 7-year-old daughter Lydia, pictured riding a bicycle. The Red Cross provided the blood transfusions tha...

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