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Water Skiers on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Joanna "Josie" Mayer and her water skiing partner, Jimmy Schneiders, water ski side by side on Lake Mendota.
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Square Dancers at Nakoma Twelfth Night Party

Date: 01 05 1955
Description: Harold & Marion Brandenburg and Erwin and Evelyn Gaumnitz participate in square dancing at the Nakoma Welfare League's Twelfth Night Party. The program ho...
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East Side Women's Club Officers

Date: 06 08 1955
Description: Beulah Van Eschen, incoming president, and Marvel Risberg, toastmistress, attend the East Side Women's Club spring banquet with Hazel Van Wagenen, principa...
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Skin Divers Examining Diving Equipment

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Dick Charmley and Gary Davies examining their apparatus for skin diving and spear fishing in Lake Mendota.
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Duncan Hines Advertisement

Date: 01 16 1953
Description: Six people are standing in front of a railroad car with a Duncan Hines advertisement on the side, two boxes of cake mix and a large cake with the sign: "An...
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"Little Boxers" Boxing Lesson

Date: 12 13 1952
Description: Vern Woodward, University of Wisconsin assistant boxing coach, helps young students during a "Little Boxers" class at the Eagles Club, 23 West Doty Street....
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Christmas Party for Dane County Home Residents

Date: 12 15 1952
Description: Mrs. Jack Westra is serving punch at a Christmas party to three residents of the Dane County Home. The party was sponsored by the Madison Association of Un...
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Christmas Party for Dane County Home Residents

Date: 12 14 1952
Description: A man is delivering gifts to a Christmas party for residents of the Dane County Home. Four other people are standing near a Christmas Tree. The party was s...
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Kiwanis Curling Champions

Date: 02 19 1955
Description: Championship winning Kiwanis curling team at the annual Service Clubs Olympics. Left to right are C.B. Stumpf, R.E. Ohnstad, Laurie E. Carlson, and Leon Il...
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Governor Kohler's Inauguration

Date: 01 05 1953
Description: Governor Walter Kohler taking the oath of office on the balcony of the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda. The oath was administered by Chief Justice Oscar M....
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Harry's Food Shop

Date: 01 13 1955
Description: Exterior view of Harry's Food Shop, 1122 Chandler Street, owned by Harry and Loretta Blodau. A baby buggy and a doll stroller are parked outside on the sid...
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Clifford Motors Used Car Lot

Date: 03 10 1955
Description: Clifford Motors Used Car Lot, 1210 East Washington Avenue. Also included in the view is the United Real Estate office building, 1212 East Washington Avenu...
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Woman Talking to a Group of Women

Date: 12 03 1952
Description: A woman talks to a group of women while two men stand in the background.
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Wisconsin State Legislature

Date: 01 14 1953
Description: Group portrait of Wisconsin legislators sitting in the Assembly Chamber to hear Governor Kohler's message.
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Wisconsin State Legislators

Date: 01 14 1953
Description: Wisconsin legislators sitting in the Assembly Chamber while listening to Governor Kohler's message.
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Cooking Class Preparing a Turkey

Date: 11 19 1952
Description: Close-up of a students' hands at a Vocational School cooking class sewing up a turkey after stuffing it with dressing. Another person is standing in the ba...
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Vocational School Cooking Class Preparing a Turkey

Date: 11 19 1952
Description: Mrs. Margot Nelson, the teacher, is showing students Bertha Haack and Josephine Scheerer the technique of stuffing the body cavity of a turkey at a Vocatio...
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Students and Teacher in New Classroom

Date: 01 09 1953
Description: Mrs. Carol Massen, kindergarten teacher, working with her kindergarten class in a new classroom space. The classroom was part of an addition that included ...
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YWCA Square Dance

Date: 11 17 1952
Description: Alma Stofen and Joanne Coyne dance to the accompaniment of clapping hands of women watching at a YWCA Health Education Department harvest square dance.
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Lowell School Cub Scout Christmas Party

Date: 12 19 1952
Description: Lowell School Cub Scouts at a combined Christmas party and "Webelos" ceremony. Seated are boys James Kernan, Richard Schnurbusch, Ronald Wornson, Donald No...

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