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Madison Vocational School Homecraft Program

Date: 04 24 1951
Description: An unidentified man sits at a jig saw making a bird house while receiving instruction in woodworking as a participant in the Madison Vocational School home...
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Shorewood Hills Dog Trial

Date: 05 16 1951
Description: Jury for the Shorewood Hills trial against Sandy, Russell Nelson's collie dog. From left: Rose Bremer, Laura Reis, Ida Ayres, David Roberts, Fred Statz, an...
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Shorewood Hills Dog Trial

Date: 05 16 1951
Description: Three men who testified on behalf of Sandy, a collie dog owned by Russell Nelson, accused of being a vicious animal, sitting behind a table. They were Hugo...
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Shorewood Hills Dog Trial

Date: 05 16 1951
Description: Edwin Conrad, Shorewood Hills Justice of the Peace, acts as presiding judge in the trial of Sandy, a collie dog owned by Russell Nelson, who is accused of ...
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Elephant at Vilas Zoo

Date: 06 30 1951
Description: Winkie, Vilas Zoo elephant, is being led to her summer quarters at the zoo with a large crowd looking on. She is being led by attendants, Gordon Sheets and...
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Harold D. Hayes with Baby Camel

Date: 07 02 1951
Description: Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) Director Harold D. Hayes posing with a newborn dromedary (one humped-camel).
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Winkie, Vilas Zoo Elephant

Date: 06 30 1951
Description: A crowd of children surround a man with a birthday cake while celebrating the first anniversary of Winkie the elephant's arrival at Vilas Zoo.
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Winkie, Vilas Zoo Elephant

Date: 06 30 1951
Description: Two men and Vilas Zoo Director Harold Hayes standing with group of children during the celebration of the first anniversary of Winkie the elephant's arriva...
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Geese Hunters

Date: 10 24 1951
Description: Albert Becker and Carl Van Skike, hunting partners for 32 years, posing in hunting clothes with shot guns while holding three geese they bagged while hunti...
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Rat Trap Advertisement

Date: 10 31 1951
Description: A masked negative showing a rat trap, Kelly's "JUNIOR" RAT CAFETERIA, by the Solvit Chemical Company of Madison.
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Operation Badger Air Force Recruits

Date: 12 06 1951
Description: Pvt. Gregory Becker, Beaver Dam (left), leader of the forty-seven "Operation Badger" Air Force recruits, is presented with numerous gifts to present (inclu...
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Rat Bait Trap Contest Winner

Date: 12 16 1951
Description: At left, Lynn Hazelbaker is shown demonstrating the winning entry of the Madison Youth Council's rat bait box building contest built by Edward Ripp, age 14...
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U.W. Student Service Projects

Date: 12 10 1951
Description: Harriet Kirchhoff, Delta Gamma Sorority member, reading to a blind student, Robert Langford, as part of a University of Wisconsin Student Service project. ...
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March of Dimes Campaign

Date: 12 31 1951
Description: Warren Anderson, age 7, former polio sufferer, is shown sitting in an upholstered chair with his cat, Sam. Warren was saved by his 14-year-old sister, Caro...
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March of Dimes Campaign

Date: 12 31 1951
Description: Bruce Chapman, age 12, is shown five years after being stricken with polio and recovering completely. His mother, Ferne Chapman, is sitting at left with th...
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Doctor John Booher Home Interior

Date: 01 03 1952
Description: One of the daughters of the Doctor Booher family sitting with one of the pet dogs in the lower level family room of their new home overlooking the Baraboo ...
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest

Date: 02 18 1952
Description: Shelia O'Neil (left), a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, holds up a fish (yellow perch) as part of her "Fishing for Votes" campa...
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Little International Stock Show Pig Contest

Date: 03 02 1952
Description: Two girls subdue a piglet by tying its feet together as two judges wearing suits and holding stop watches look on. Other contest participants and spectator...
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Delbert and Mike Esser with Fish

Date: 05 05 1952
Description: One of the finest catches reported to date for the trout season is that pictured with its captors. Delbert Esser and his son, Mike, Cross Plains, landed t...
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Wisconsin Hoofers Horse Show

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Four University of Wisconsin students who will participate in the horse show sponsored by the Wisconsin Hoofers. Left to right are Joan Adler, Unionville, ...

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