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Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 26 1952
Description: Olson youth with his calf at the Dane County Junior Fair.
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Poinsettia Display in Greenhouse

Date: 12 23 1952
Description: Over 4,000 poinsettia plants are displayed in a Madison greenhouse awaiting delivery to local families for their traditional Christmas decorations.
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John Deere Employee

Date: 04 06 1953
Description: A woman stands behind a counter while writing on tablet near a sign reading "Buy Only Genuine John Deere Parts."
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Longfellow School Greenhouse

Date: 04 21 1953
Description: Five kindergarteners at Longfellow school preparing plants for the school's greenhouse.
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Philharmonic Chorus Members

Date: 04 14 1953
Description: Dairy farmer and member of the Philharmonic Chorus, Donavon Doerfer, standing in his barn next to cows in stanchions.
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Dairy Conference Registration

Date: 06 21 1953
Description: Catherine Clayton (left) is handling money and the cash box, while Ernest Corley (center) is examining identification at the beginning of a three-day conf...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies

Date: 07 06 1953
Description: Three volunteers for the American Red Cross, Dane County branch, take a break at the snack bar. Shown left to right are: Mrs. T.H. (Mary) Ellison, Mrs. B.L...
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Shorewood Hills Young People Planning a Dance

Date: 07 02 1953
Description: Eight young people from Shorewood Hills take a break from planning their dance, called "Watermelon Weather." From left are: Ray White, Janet Chlanda, Nancy...
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Blackhawk Bowhunters Club

Date: 07 19 1953
Description: Dale Weiderholt and Bernadine Cowley, members of Blackhawk Bowhunters Club, preparing to shoot.
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Blackhawk Bowhunters Club

Date: 07 19 1953
Description: Lois Herning, age 10, surveys her results on an archery target at Blackhawk Bowhunters Club.
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Blackhawk Bowhunters Club

Date: 07 18 1953
Description: Beau Payton and Gordon Heggesta figure out their points at the Blackhawk Bowhunters Club.
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Elsie, the Borden Company Cow

Date: 07 21 1953
Description: Portrait of Mary Ellen Jenks, the new Alice in Dairyland welcoming Elsie, the famed Borden Company cow to Madison. Elsie is wearing a heavily decorated lea...
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Elsie, the Borden Co. Cow

Date: 07 21 1953
Description: Elsie, the Borden Co. cow with Gov. Walter Kohler, acting mayor Carl Wilhelm, Alice in Dairyland Mary Ellen Jenks and another man. They are posing together...
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Parade Celebrating 100th Anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church

Date: 08 01 1953
Description: Pictured on the float in a parade celebrating the 100th anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Cross Plains is a group of men and women garbe...
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Bowman Farm Dairy Circular Milking Parlor

Date: 08 01 1953
Description: Exterior view of the Bowman Dairy Farm circular milking parlor building.
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Bowman Farm Dairy Circular Milking Parlor

Date: 08 01 1953
Description: Interior view of the Bowman Dairy Farm milking parlor.
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Jean Ward and Peach Tree

Date: 09 09 1953
Description: Jean Ward of 2961 Milwaukee Street is standing beneath a peach-laden tree that grew in his garden from pits discarded 8 years ago.
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Madison East Shopping Center

Date: 09 24 1953
Description: Produce section of the Kroger Store at the new Madison East Shopping Center on East Washington Avenue.
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Junior Division of the University League

Date: 09 27 1953
Description: Richard and Ruth Shackleford posing with a prize white mink outside of the small animal house at 2105 Herrick Drive. Richard, a member of the U.W. genetics...
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Raspberry Pickers

Date: 11 03 1953
Description: Myra Swingle and her two-year-old son, Lanny, picking raspberries together at their home at 2637 Hoard Street.

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