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Seven East High School Seniors and Cake

Date: 06 06 1935
Description: Seven East High School seniors and one woman sitting on stage with a tiered birthday cake with candles.
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Miss Harriette Holt and Mrs. Warren W. Clark

Date: 12 02 1944
Description: Miss Harriette Holt on the left, and Mrs. Warren W. Clark on the right, at the birthday party held for Miss Ellen Sabin, president emerita of Milwaukee-Dow...
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Ellen Sabin

Date: 11 29 1945
Description: Miss Ellen C. Sabin, president emerita of Milwaukee-Downer College, on her 95th birthday. Miss Sabin was one of America's most eminent woman in the field o...
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UW Half Century Club

Date: 06 19 1948
Description: Max Mason, left, UW Class of 1898, Chairman of the council of Palomar Observatory in California, shown being welcomed by UW President E.B. Fred at the Univ...
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Constructive Workshops For Older Adults

Date: 11 27 1951
Description: Constructive Workshops for Older Adults, created by the Vocational School, offers many leisure time activities for newly-retired men and women. Pictured le...
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Constructive Workshops for Older Adults

Date: 11 27 1951
Description: Constructive Workshops for Older Adults, created by the Vocational School, offers many leisure time activities for newly retired men and women. Arlene Find...
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Constructive Workshops for Older Adults

Date: 11 27 1951
Description: Constructive Workshops for Older Adults, created by the Vocational School, offers many leisure time activities for newly retired men and women. Alice Holme...
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Lady with Cats

Date: 10 26 1961
Description: Rachel Salisbury of Milton Junction, a retired college English and Education teacher, sitting with two of her Persian cats with a large awards ribbon in th...
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William Stiles, 71, Typing Student

Date: 12 17 1965
Description: Portrait of William Styles, who took a eight week refresher course in typing and then got a temporary job at Truax Air Force Field. The course was held at ...
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Nellie Jones Attending a Circus

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Intently watching the performance at the Ringling Brother-Barnum and Bailey Circus is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Econ...
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Warren Hicks, Trade School Pioneer

Date: 01 27 1957
Description: Portrait of Warren Hicks who was instrumental in the formation of vocational education in Wisconsin. He was Assistant State Superintendent of schools until...
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High School Shorthand Writing Awards

Date: 06 07 1957
Description: Madison East High School teacher in the school's business education department, Mary Heyer (standing by the chalkboard), awards gold pins to Barbara Lien (...
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Half Century Club of U.W. Madison

Date: 06 05 1959
Description: The original caption states: "Joseph Cutler, Milwaukee, left, presents University of Wisconsin President Conrad Elvehjem with a $25,000 check as the class ...

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