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Visiting Nurse Service Friendly Visitor Program

Date: 02 09 1961
Description: Barbara Bruemmer (left) writing a letter for Mrs. Floyd L. Dudley, who is a patient of the Visiting Nurse Service. Barbara is a volunteer "friendly visitor...
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Two Orangutans

Date: 01 11 1961
Description: Two orangutans clinging to one another inside an enclosure at the Vilas Zoo.
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Don Haack with Ocelot

Date: 04 18 1961
Description: Don Haack, co-manager of Robert Haack Diamond Importers, holds a four-month old male ocelot found in a South American jungle after its mother was shot by n...
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Badger Kennel Club All-breed Show and Obedience Trials

Date: 06 28 1961
Description: Two ladies posing with their entries in the Badger Kennel Club all-breed show and obedience trials. Mrs. Donald Ralph is on the left with her Brussels Grif...
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Badger Kennel Club All-Breed Show and Obedience Trials

Date: 06 28 1961
Description: Princess, an English bulldog owned by Mrs. Byron Myhre, was an entry in the Badger Kennel Club's annual all-breed show and obedience trials.
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Badger Kennel Club All-Breed Show and Obedience Trials

Date: 06 28 1961
Description: Virginia Holtz of Middleton spruces up her Yorkshire terrier for the annual Badger Kennel Club all-breed show and obedience trials.
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Girls with Seeing-Eye Dogs

Date: 11 06 1961
Description: Two girls hugging seeing-eye dogs.
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Cat in Assembly Chambers

Date: 08 02 1961
Description: Two Wisconsin legislators hold a cat found in the Assembly chambers.
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12th Annual World Championship Rodeo Held at the Holmes No-Oaks Ranch

Date: 07 19 1961
Description: The 12th Annual World Championship Rodeo is held at the Holmes No-Oaks Ranch, Syene Road. Members of the rodeo planning committee are kneeling. They are (L...
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Twelve Annual World Championship Rodeo

Date: 07 28 1961
Description: Ray Risch, Edgerton, participates in the bareback bronco competition at the 12th annual World Championship Rodeo at the Holmes No-Oaks Ranch on Syene Rd.
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Animal Watching at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 08 12 1961
Description: Two young boys watching the lions at Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison.
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Animal Watching at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 08 12 1961
Description: A group of people watching the animals at the Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison.
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Animal Watching at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 08 12 1961
Description: A family watching the prairie dogs at the Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison.
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Johnny Heimlich with Pet Robin "Chirp"

Date: 08 15 1961
Description: Johnny Heimlich (8), son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Heimlich of 208 Nygard Avenue, posing with his pet robin "Chirp" which the family found as a baby bird.
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Wisconsin National Guard Wives

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Wisconsin National Guard Staff Sargent Paul A. Haack's wife Margaret and two sons are playing in a front yard with a dog. Staff Sargent Haack was called up...
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Mental Patients Visit the Zoo

Date: 10 20 1961
Description: Several men and women patients from Mendota State Hospital are watching the bears at the Vilas Park Zoo. A volunteer took them for the outing in her person...
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Mrs. Robert Runge, Chairman of Yule Dance

Date: 11 15 1961
Description: Interns and Residents Wives Club of University Hospital plan their annual Christmas dinner, to be held at the hospital cafeteria, and dance at the Maple Bl...
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Members of the Madison Retrievers Club are State and National Ranked

Date: 04 15 1962
Description: Members of the Madison Retrievers Club are successful in state and national competitions. Shown (L-R) are: Mary Howley with her black labrador, Matches of ...
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Members of the Madison Retrievers Club are State and National Ranked

Date: 04 15 1962
Description: Members of the Madison Retrievers Club are prominent in state and national competition. Rip'n Ready, a golden retriever owned by William Connor, displays h...
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McCaskill's Azur Arab Horse Ranch

Date: 05 09 1962
Description: The Bill McCaskill family and some of their stock at the 300 acre Azur Arab Horse Ranch.

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