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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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Madison Public Library Scenes

Date: 03 11 1961
Description: Young people crowded around library tables laden with stacks of books. The photograph is one of a series showing the crowded conditions at the Madison Publ...
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Madison Public Library

Date: 03 11 1961
Description: Library patrons crowded together at the card catalog. The photograph is one of a series showing the crowded conditions at the Madison Public Library at 206...
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Madison Public Library Scenes

Date: 03 11 1961
Description: Men and women crowd around two library tables while reading. The photograph is one of a series showing the crowded conditions at the Madison Public Library...
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Two Sisters Wed Two Brothers and Share House

Date: 08 04 1961
Description: David Saalsaa, age 9, studies while his Uncle Oscar, left, and father, Edward relax and read in their shared living room. The room has a Mid Century curvin...
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Lowell Hall, New U.W. Women's Residence

Date: 09 05 1961
Description: Joy Feinberg, a University of Wisconsin freshman from Mansfield, Ohio, reading in the living room of the newly opened Lowell Hall, a private women's reside...
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Blessed Sacrament Parish School

Date: 09 12 1961
Description: Third graders read in Blessed Sacrament school library. Left to right: Mary Jo Sweeney, Kathy Gorman and Bill Morgan.
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YWCA Girls Camp Indoors

Date: 11 02 1961
Description: Patty McCutchin is shown attentively listening to a story while resting on a bedroll in the gym of the YWCA. Other pajama-clad girls are nearby reading or ...
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The Big Job of Baby Sitting

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: David Humphrey, 12, a trained baby sitter, is shown reading to Ann Marie Upham, 3; her brother, Tommy, 4 1/2; and Rusty Sherlock, 3 1/2 at the Upham home i...
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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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Orchard Ridge Sixth Graders Read and Discuss "A Christmas Carol"

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: Greg Gessert, Orchard Ridge School sixth grader, discusses "A Christmas Carol" with his classmates after they read the Charles Dickens classic as part of t...
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Orchard Ridge Sixth Graders Read and Discuss "A Christmas Carol"

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: Ellen Nicholson, Orchard Ridge School sixth grader, discusses "A Christmas Carol" with her classmates after they read the Charles Dickens classic as part o...
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Orchard Ridge Sixth Graders Read and Discuss "A Christmas Carol"

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: Jacklynn Dulek, Orchard Ridge School sixth grader, discusses "A Christmas Carol" with her classmates after they read the Charles Dickens classic as part of...
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Sid Sitting in Living Room

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Description: Sid sitting on a couch reading a book in his living room amidst Asian furnishings and objects.
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Sid Sitting on Couch Reading

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Description: Sid sitting on the couch in his living room.
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Madison Junior Woman's Club Christmas Party

Date: 12 08 1964
Description: The Zeta Phi Eta storytellers, Mrs. Mary Kamarck and Mrs. Shirley Stathas, assisted by two University of Wisconsin students, Jeffrey Kravat and Russell Hos...
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Tom Morrow reading a magazine while getting a haircut by barber Juell Solberg at the Union Bus Station barbershop.
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Madison Free Library

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: A man is reading a book while sitting in a chair at the Madison Free Library at 206 North Carroll Street.
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Madison Free Library

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: A girl is sitting and working with material in the reference room of the Madison Free Library at 206 North Carroll Street.
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Madison Free Library

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: A man is studying material from the Madison Free Library at 206 North Carroll Street.

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