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Mt. Horeb Rifle Club

Date: 04 11 1958
Description: Group portrait of nine members of the Mt. Horeb Rifle Club at their banquet meeting. In the back row, L-R, are: Elmer Culver, Clarence Lund, Bert Frederic...
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Interior Decorating in Homes

Date: 03 10 1958
Description: A Duncan Phyfe dining set in a dark finish stands In the dining room of the E.H. Karsten house at 2918 Waunona Way. The wallpaper is pale green with a flow...
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Madison West Relays

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: The Racine County Agricultural School sprint relay team won the Class B sprint relay. They include, from left to right, Johnny Durlin, Fred Klarr, Elmars E...
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Madison West Relays

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Madison West High School took second place in the Class A sprint medley relay. Left to right: Tom Steffen, Howie Mazur, Mike Morgan, and Roger Wiebe.
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Madison West Relays

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Kenosha High School's champion mile relay team came within two-tenths of a second of the meet record set by Madison West High School in 1950. They include,...
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Wisconsin State Journal Bowling Team

Date: 04 28 1958
Description: Portrait of five women of the Wisconsin State Journal bowling team.
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Madison Auxiliary of the Wisconsin Optometric Association Skit

Date: 05 05 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Auxiliary of the Wisconsin Optometric Association will present the skit "The Historic Spectacle," showing the changes in eyeglasses ...
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High School Girls at Lathrop Hall

Date: 04 16 1958
Description: Almost 200 girls from 20 Wisconsin high schools took part in a strenuous day of recreation planned by the Women's Physical Education Club at Lathrop Hall a...
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Climbing for Coconuts

Date: 08 24 1943
Description: An indigenous man climbs a coconut palm to harvest coconuts on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). His feet are ...
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Army Brothers

Date: 1943
Description: A rickety ladder serves (Sergeant) Technician 4th Grade John Duray (left), and his brother, Staff Sergeant Isador Duray, both of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, in the...
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Laundry Customers

Date: 11 30 1943
Description: Motor Pool Dispatchers Sergeant Alex Petro of Racine, Wisconsin, and Sergeant Joe Nicolazzi of Kenosha, Wisconsin, chat while waiting for their clothing at...
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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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Four Officers

Date: 01 10 1944
Description: Four Army officers pose for a group portrait at a military camp on the north coast of New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Names (left to right) are ...
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Soldiers View Old Suspension Bridge

Date: 01 18 1944
Description: Three soldiers view an old damaged indigenous suspension bridge. The soldier with a rifle on the right is Private Marion Tewalt of Viroqua, Wisconsin. The ...
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Artillerymen Leave Camp on Patrol

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Artillerymen prepare to leave their camp in Saidor, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea) on a patrol that would last several days. They were to search...
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Contrails at Steeple Morden

Date: 06 25 1944
Description: Major Daniel M. Lewis looks up at aircraft contrails at Royal Air Force station Steeple Morden, located 3.5 miles west of Royston, Hertfordshire, England. ...
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Automobile Accident

Date: 11 03 1958
Description: An automobile rests on the sidewalk after running into the Wolff, Kubly & Hersig hardware store window at 30 North Carroll Street.
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Contrasting Tans on Buster Island

Date: 02 20 1945
Description: The caption in the Milwaukee Journal, says it best, "From the far-off Pacific (somewhere on Kwajalein), the picture of Ensign Ray Hanson and Robert ...
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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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