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Mopping Up After Bombardment

Date: 12 26 1943
Description: Mopping up after the bombardment of Cape Gloucester while the American cruiser returns to base are: (left to right, all shirtless) Seaman 2nd Class Dominic...
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Exhibition Baseball Game on Kwajalein Island

Date: 02 22 1945
Description: The batter swings at an exhibition baseball game on a Naval Base on Kwajalein Island of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. Both teams had Big Leagu...
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London Missionary Society School

Date: 02 24 1945
Description: A group of students at the London Missionary Society School, Tutuila Mission located in Tutuila, American Samoa. The group is posed sitting on the concrete...
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Peasant Plowing with Horse

Date: 1918
Description: A peasant farmer plowing a field with the plow harnessed to a horse. The farmer's daughter is wearing a light-colored patterned dress and stands on the lef...
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Girl Scouts Off to Round-Up in Colorado

Date: 06 21 1959
Description: Nancy Muckenhirn is shown with Devil's Lake rocks that the Black Hawk Council of Girl Scouts will be taking to Colorado Springs for the Senior Girl Scout R...
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Subscription Contest Winners

Date: 06 23 1959
Description: 44 young carrier salesmen for the Wisconsin State Journal posing in front of a bus that will take them off "for three days packed full of fun in Chi...
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Catholic Junior League Fall Membership Tea

Date: 09 02 1959
Description: Judy Kuehn, program chairman and Maureen Croak practice centerpiece arrangements for the Catholic Junior League Fall Membership Tea. All Catholic girls who...
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We Saw You . . . on First Day of New Term

Date: 09 14 1959
Description: Children begin the new school year at Hoyt School. Mary Esther Oimoen works on a horse and rider puzzle.
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Episcopal Churchwomen Convocation

Date: 09 17 1959
Description: Shown at the conclave are, left to right: Rev. Andrew Laabs, rector of Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Lake Delton; Gertrude Rellahan, chairman of hospitality...
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Central High School Play Production

Date: 11 11 1959
Description: Central High School actors rehearse for "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" to be shown in the school's auditorium. Holbert Hart is shown standin...
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Kate Schultlz Shows Home Accessory Skills

Date: 10 12 1959
Description: Kate Schultz is shown with a sport coat she made for her husband from fabric that she wove. She also hooked the rug at her feet, upholstered the chair she ...
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Testimonial Dinner Honoring Dr. McGary

Date: 10 27 1959
Description: A lasting tribute was given to Dr. McGary by his colleagues at a testimonial dinner before his departure for Texas. They founded the Dr. Lester McGary lect...
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Nakoma Welfare League Party Preparations

Date: 12 01 1959
Description: Teenagers Joan Wilke (left), Ruth Rauschenberger, Rick Smith, Bob Dicke, and Betsy Paddock complete preparations for the annual young people's party of the...
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Theta Sigma Alumnae Host High School Journalism Day for Girls

Date: 10 31 1959
Description: Three members of East High School newspaper's staff, the Tower Times, pose near a typewriter. They are Roberta Ruggles, Diane Stitgen and Karen Ande...
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West Side Business Men's Banquet

Date: 01 06 1960
Description: Emmett Bergenske (left); Jim Pertzborn; Herbert Schenk, member of East Side Business Men's Club; and Carl Reiss attend the West Side Business Men's annual ...
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Farm Short Course Reunion

Date: 01 27 1960
Description: The program at the Farm Short Course reunion opened with a luncheon served in the Short Course Dormitories, new home of students who are in Madison from mi...
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Welcoming New Citizens

Date: 01 19 1960
Description: The Lawyers' Wives of Dane County welcome new citizens with a reception at the State Bar of Wisconsin building. At left Mr. and Mrs. Charles Treige, former...
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West Side Kiwanis Dance

Date: 01 16 1960
Description: Two couples pose and chat at the dance. They are E.A. King, Ragna King, Joanne Rothe, and Ernell Rothe.
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Shorewood Hills-Blackhawk Country Club Meeting

Date: 02 23 1960
Description: Once a year, members of the Shorewood Hills village board and members of the Blackhawk Country Club board of directors get together for a social evening to...
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West Track Relays

Date: 04 16 1960
Description: Charles R. (Rut) Walter (left) is the University of Wisconsin's new head track coach who moves to Madison from Northwestern University July 1. At right is ...

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