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Edgewater Hotel Opening

Date: 04 26 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm hanging a dedication plaque on the wall of the Governor's suite in the new Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue. Shown looking on...
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John Burrowbridge

Date: 03 28 1948
Description: John Burrowbridge, nearing his 80th birthday, operated a baggage and package delivery truck for 52 years. He is a member of an early Madison family after w...
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Wisconsin High School Play Cast

Date: 05 13 1948
Description: Youth Journal features a play which students of Wisconsin High School will present in the Wisconsin Union Theater. Pictured are Dorothy Kobs, Paul T...
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Western Conference "Big 9" Officials Golf Tournament

Date: 05 26 1948
Description: Four athletic directors who participated in the Western Conference "Big 9" Officials Golf Tournament at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Left to right: Frank ...
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Big Nine Track Meet

Date: 05 28 1948
Description: Preliminary hurdle race at the Big Nine Track Meet in Camp Randall Stadium. A crowd watches from the stands.
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Big Nine Track Meet

Date: 04 27 1948
Description: Michigan shot putter Charley Fonville, at the Big Nine track meet. He set a new Big Nine outdoor shot put record.
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Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: Wisconsin Centennial Parade. On the street is the University of Wisconsin Bands bass drum on wheels with a depiction of Paul Bunyan on the side. In the bac...
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Wisconsin State Journal Paper Carriers

Date: 06 29 1948
Description: Group portrait of 110 Wisconsin State Journal paper carriers taken prior to leaving for Blue Mounds State Park for the annual all-day outing.
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Bishop Northcott

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Methodist bishop, H. Clifford Northcott, seated at a desk.
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Mrs. C. Fred Pollock and Children

Date: 08 04 1948
Description: Mrs C. Fred Pollock seated outdoors with her children, Ricky, Janell, Patrick and Diane. They are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pollock, 402 Maple Avenue.
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University of Wisconsin Summer Speech Clinic

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Six children blowing on pinwheels for breath control in front of their teacher, Mrs. Elizabeth Musick, at the summer speech clinic at the Orthopedic Hospit...
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Cribbage Boards

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Three cribbage boards (made by Nelson?).
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Family Portrait

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Description: Family portrait of mother, father and 8 children (ca. 1900).
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LOFT Halloween Party

Date: 10 18 1948
Description: Admiring the decorations which the LOFT is making for the upcoming Halloween party and dance are Dolores Nemec, at left, and Georgia Kenyon, right. Both gi...
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Madison West - Kenosha Football Game

Date: 11 04 1948
Description: Madison West High School fullback Pete Ciulla carrying the ball against Kenosha during their game at Breese Stevens Field.
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Madison All-City Football Team

Date: 11 17 1948
Description: The Shrine all-city football team that was named at the banquet in the Masonic Temple. Front row, left to right, are Jim Waters, Central; George Guzzetta, ...
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Wisconsin-Minnesota Football Game

Date: 11 20 1948
Description: Minnesota ball carrier Stan Thiele (41) is stopped short of a touchdown by the Wisconsin defense in the fourth quarter of the football game at Camp Randall...
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Truax Barracks Fire

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Police officers Frank Eisele and Robert O'Neil examining the explosion-wrecked stove and the kerosene can from which resident Walter Alburn poured kerosene...
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Safe Burglary Sentencing

Date: 12 09 1948
Description: Three men in court with their attorney listen to their sentences for stealing the Durfee Brothers Roofing Company safe. From right are Louis and Kenneth Di...
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Berg's Sporting Goods Window

Date: 12 11 1948
Description: Berg's Sporting Goods window at the corner of 2123 Atwood Avenue and Division Street, featuring Thompson boats and Evinrude motors.

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