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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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Wisconsin State Journal Carriers Press Award Winners

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Group portrait of twelve Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys from southwestern Wisconsin who were honored with Inland Daily Press awards for their ...
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Wisconsin State Journal Carriers Press Award Winners

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Group portrait of six Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys from Madison who were honored with Inland Daily Press Awards. They are wearing traditiona...
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Junior Chamber of Commerce Men of the Year

Date: 12 07 1957
Description: Group portrait of Men of the Year selected by the state Junior Chamber of Commerce. Left to right: Phillip Stark (Madison), Rep. Melvin Laird (Marshfield),...
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Junior Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary

Date: 12 07 1957
Description: Group portrait of four of the five Wisconsin women given Carol Awards for outstanding civic and community service by the Junior Chamber of Commerce auxilia...
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United Community Chest Meeting

Date: 01 28 1958
Description: Presentation of plaque awards at the annual meeting of the United Community Chest. At left are two plaque recipients, Eugene Kobey of Wisconsin Land Title ...
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United Community Chest Meeting

Date: 01 28 1958
Description: Three men attend the luncheon for the United Community Chest annual meeting. From left are: Arthur P. Miles, a board member; Oscar G. Mayer, Jr., who accep...
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Harry P. Stoll

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: L.R. Boulware, vice-president of General Electric Company, congratulates Harry P. Stoll, the winner of the outstanding young man award presented by the Jun...
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United Community Chest Meeting

Date: 01 28 1958
Description: View of the head table at the annual meeting of the United Community Chest. Presiding is president R.A. Eissfeldt. Next, seated, are Charles N. Goulet who ...
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United Community Chest Meeting

Date: 01 28 1958
Description: Charles Goulet, 1957 campaign chairman, and Theodore Meloy, 1958 campaign chairman, hold the plaque award at the annual United Community Chest meeting.
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Badger Spelling Bee First Prize, World Book Encyclopeia Set

Date: 02 05 1958
Description: The first prize winner of the Badger Spelling Bee will receive a 19-volume set of the World Book encyclopedia. Two representatives from Field Enterprises, ...
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Military Order of the World Wars Chapter Meeting

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: Four officers attend the Madison Chapter Military Order of World Wars cocktail and dinner party. They include, from left to right: Brig Gen Collin H. Ferri...
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Teens Help The Loft Celebrate Eleventh Birthday

Date: 02 12 1957
Description: Tournament awards and slides of past year events will be featured at the 11th birthday party of The Loft, a teen community center. Recipients of trophies, ...
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Grand International Auxiliary to the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engineers

Date: 03 12 1957
Description: Mrs. James A. (Mittie) Slightam, 341 West Wilson Street, left, and Mrs. C.A. (Esther) Bonham, 1825 Van Hise Avenue, center, were honored for 40 years of me...
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Marie Endres

Date: 05 11 1957
Description: Marie Endres, right, is reading a citation presented to her by Helen Quade Kane, Beaver Dam. Miss Endres is being honored by the National Federation of Mu...
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Wisconsin Printmakers Exhibition

Date: 10 09 1957
Description: The 19th annual Wisconsin Printmakers Exhibition was held for the first time at the Memorial Union. Gibson Byrd (left), Ellen Colescott and Warrington Cole...
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Madison Restaurant Association Open House

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Edward Kelly, center, stands with a 25-year plaque awarded to him at an open house of the Madison Restaurant Association. At left is Borman Fagaly, and at ...
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1958 Badger Spelling Bee Championship

Date: 05 1958
Description: Portrait of one of the 1958 Badger Spelling Bee contestants.
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Women of the Moose Give Nursing Scholarship

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: The hospital committee of the Madison Chapter, No. 291, of the Women of the Moose present a scholarship to a student nurse in a Madison hospital. Shown, le...
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Oscar Mayer Scholarships

Date: 04 01 1958
Description: Oscar G. Mayer, Jr. presenting scholarship certificates to two Madison High School students. Left to right: Oscar Mayer, Jr. and recipients Barbara Jean Ho...

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