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Bernard Gill Receives St. George Award

Date: 02 19 1956
Description: Bernard Gill, right, receives the St. George Award for Scouting at St. Raphael Cathedral. Seated is Bishop William O'Connor. Flanking the Bishop are Revere...
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All-University Boxing Tournament

Date: 02 10 1955
Description: Dick Bartman boxes Terry Tynan at 139 pounds. Bartman won a 3-0 decision in the All-University boxing tournament. He was given the "Fightin'est Fighter" aw...
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High School Curling Champs

Date: 02 25 1956
Description: Four members of the Wauwatosa High School curling team wearing Scottish tams while squatting around two curling stones and two brooms and admiring their aw...
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DAR Good Citizenship Award Winners

Date: 03 09 1956
Description: Group portrait of four high school students standing on a staircase, the 1956 winners of the Good Citizenship pins awarded by the John Bell chapter of the ...
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High School Wrestling State Champions

Date: 03 10 1956
Description: Group portrait of ten wrestlers who became high school state champions in their weight classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. Left to ...
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State High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 14 1956
Description: LaCrosse Central High School graduates were on hand at the field house to make the Lucky Bucky Badger figurine presentations to each member of the LaCrosse...
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Wisconsin Canners Association

Date: 03 21 1956
Description: Eight representatives of canning factories in Wisconsin were winners of the 1955 Safety Contest and received a plaque decorated with the Green Cross Food S...
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Woman's Club of Madison Art Awards

Date: 03 28 1956
Description: Portrait of the Helen Farnsworth Mears art awards winners, sponsored by the Woman's Club of Madison. Clockwise from the left are: Mary Paulsen, Ralph Holde...
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Boys' Club of America Award

Date: 03 28 1956
Description: Governor Walter J. Kohler receives the Golden Anniversary Award from two representatives of the Boys' Clubs of America.
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Madison Art Association's Beaux Arts Ball

Date: 04 09 1956
Description: Looking over two of the prizes awarded for the most outstanding costumes at the Madison Art Association's Beaux Arts Ball are Mrs. Frederick L. (Lucia) Lea...
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Wisconsin High Sports Banquet

Date: 05 31 1956
Description: Five men pose behind five trophies. They include Coach Charlie Turner, Dave Hamel, Coach Hal Metzen, Gary Kielley, and Bill Thomas.
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Stagette Day at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 07 18 1956
Description: Four women pose behind a table filled with prizes and flowers which will be awarded to golfers at the Stagette Day women's golf contest. They include, from...
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Nels Rasmussen

Date: 01 10 1957
Description: Nels O. Rasmussen is shown at left being presented with a pin in recognition of his 45 years of service with Western Union. He is operations supervisor of ...
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Car Slogan Contest Winners

Date: 02 01 1957
Description: Five adults and three children posing in front of a prize new 1957 Chevorlet. On the left is Warner Young, chairman of the Madison Automobile Dealers Assoc...
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Little Badger Boxers

Date: 03 02 1957
Description: A tournament and a party at St. Bernard's School was held at the end of the 1957 program of Vern Woodward's Little Badger Boxers. Receiving boxing emblems ...
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Wisconsin Canners

Date: 03 21 1957
Description: A group portrait of ten men holding awards.
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Madison Zonta Club Members with Carnival Prizes

Date: 03 28 1957
Description: The Madison Zonta Club sponsored a carnival for patients at Mendota State Hospital. Zonta members show some of the prizes they have gathered for the event....
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest Winners

Date: 03 27 1957
Description: Group portrait of five Madison public school students, winners of the 1957 Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest. Left to right: Dave Olson, East High; Allen ...
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Junior Historians

Date: 05 25 1957
Description: Wisconsin's outstanding junior historians are honored at ceremonies in the Wisconsin State Capitol Building. The students, left to right, are Linda Lund, F...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winner

Date: 08 06 1957
Description: Robert Simpson (right), wearing a soap box derby helmet, receiving a bank book with a $25 savings account as a prize for 'best sport' due to a cut hand and...

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