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International Printing Week

Date: 01 14 1958
Description: Lawrence E. Perry (left), and Robert Perry, both of Watertown, and Mark Widen, Madison, look at a poster about Printing Week during a dinner observing Inte...
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Madison YMCA Ski Club

Date: 11 20 1958
Description: Evelyn Thomas and Pauline Wixson shown modeling ski fashions at the Madison YMCA Ski Club's meeting and fashion show.
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Madison YMCA Ski Club

Date: 11 20 1958
Description: Anne Collins packs a parka into the knapsack worn by her husband Edward Collins at a fashion show for the Madison YWCA Ski Club. Both are modeling ski appa...
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Madison YMCA Ski Club

Date: 11 20 1958
Description: Noni Foley and R.R. (Bud) Paunack model ski wear at the Madison YMCA Ski Club's fashion show.
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High School Sorority

Date: 12 17 1958
Description: Group portrait of six Phi Beta Chi sorority members from West and Edgewood high schools, who planned a New Year's Eve party. Shown holding a "Midnight in ...
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Daughters of the Nile Spring Luncheon

Date: 05 14 1959
Description: Mrs. Minnie Judd (left) and Mrs. Nora Rorge stand by a Hawaiian poster at the spring luncheon of the Daughters of the Nile.
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Poster Aids Attic Angel Tour

Date: 06 18 1959
Description: Alicia, Claire, and Tecia Findorff, (right) young daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Findorff, admire a poster that their mother (left) made and distributed...
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We Saw You at Drama Institute

Date: 12 12 1959
Description: Drama Institute in Madison drew hundreds of high school thespians from all over the state. Members of the South Milwaukee High School Drama Club. Left to R...
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Book Fair at Blessed Sacrament School

Date: 02 08 1960
Description: Two parents preview books to be sold to stock the Blessed Sacrament Catholic School library. Joy Genter (left) and Dorothy Clark consider which books to bu...
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School Children Celebrating Thanksgiving

Date: 10 1953
Description: Cynthia Gelman and Sidney Tallard, children in Mrs. V.B. Roberts' nursery school, stand on chairs while inspecting a Thanksgiving poster on the nursery sch...
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School Children Celebrating Thanksgiving

Date: 11 1953
Description: Pupils in Clara Boyle's third grade class at Marquette School wear Puritan costumes while examining a small early American-style log cabin as part of their...
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Magic Carpet Ride for Hospital Patients

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Patients at Madison General Hospital are taking imaginary trips to European counties via travel posters of England and Germany mounted on the walls of thei...
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Wilbur N. Renk

Date: 02 26 1964
Description: Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Wilbur N. Renk chatting with party volunteers Mrs. David Orfan and Kay Smith at the annual Lincoln Day dinner. Ren...
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Wisconsin Division of American Automobile Association Traffic Safety Posters

Date: 09 03 1964
Description: Arthur Wichern, public relations director for the Wisconsin division of the American Automobile Association (AAA), and Sergeant Jack R. Geiwitz, Monona pol...
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Boxcar Loading with Donated Clothing

Date: 12 11 1964
Description: Two men are transfering boxes of donated clothing from a truck into the open side of a railway freight car parked at Cross Plains. The two men are Frank Ho...
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Painting Signs for Hill Farms Dance

Date: 05 15 1965
Description: Sons and daughters of Hill Farm area residents are helping publicize the annual Hill Farm dance by painting signs to display in yards in the neighborhood. ...
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The Majestic Theater

Date: 1973
Description: View across King Street towards the Majestic Theater. The marquee has signs that read: "George Segal, Glenda Jackson, 'A Touch of Class' and 'Continuous Da...
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Meeting

Date: 09 1955
Description: Three women are holding a poster at a convocation session of the Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine at St. Raphael Cathedral. Th...
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"Them Cards is Dead" Poster

Date: 09 27 1957
Description: Wisconsin State Journal staff reporter, June Dieckmann seated at a desk. Behind her on the wall is a poster saying "Them Cards is Dead." The poster ...
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Our Lady Queen of Peace Church Harvest Dance

Date: 11 19 1957
Description: Our Lady Queen of Peace Parish holds a fall harvest dance in the church auditorium. Holding a poster for the dance are (left to right): James W. Gower, 625...

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