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Joy Camps Chevrons and Logo

Date: 1950
Description: Page from Sue Ann Hackett Blue Album, displaying chevrons earned at camp, and the Joy Camps logo. Three different chevrons are included, a single, a double...
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Posing with the Bus Drivers

Date: 1950
Description: A young man posing with two bus drivers in front of a row of buses parked on the side of the road. Several vehicles are parked in a parking lot across the ...
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Shooting from "The Hole"

Date: 12 1958
Description: A soldier in Castro's forces at the battle for the village of LaMaya, Cuba. He is firing from a position known as "The Hole."
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Joy Camps Logo

Date: 1950
Description: Joy Camps logo patch.
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Presidential Political Campaign Buttons

Date: 1956
Description: Framed assortment of buttons, and a few stamps, representing the presidential election between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson in 1956. A few of the ...
Photograph

We Saw You . . . at the Optimist Meeting

Date: 08 23 1954
Description: Three past presidents of Madison Optimist clubs are shown at a dining table. Left to right are: Walter Blair, B.R. L'Hommedieu, and Jerry Coulter. Coulter ...
Photograph

Lakeview Community Church Sponsors New Boy Scout Troop

Date: 12 1954
Description: Scoutmaster Roy Burton and assistant Allen Wornson with four Boy Scouts displaying their Troop 109 shoulder patches. The boys from left to right are: Tom S...
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Lakeview Community Church Sponsors New Boy Scout Troop

Date: 12 1954
Description: Two Boy Scouts enjoying some cake at the initial meeting of Troop 109 at Lakeview Community Church. They are Dick Severan (left) and Tom Severan.
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Lakeview Community Church Sponsors New Boy Scout Troop

Date: 12 1954
Description: Boy Scout Lloyd Dresen lighting a candle during the investiture service at Lakeview Community Church. The church is sponsoring Madison's newest Scout Troop...
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Annual University of Wisconsin Football Banquet

Date: 11 24 1954
Description: Special guests at the annual U.W. football banquet were five former Badger fullbacks. From left to right are: Jim Hammond, George Paykvan, Howie Weiss, Pat...
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Annual University of Wisconsin Football Banquet

Date: 11 24 1954
Description: Four honorees at the annual U.W. football banquet. Standing are Gary Messner (left), 1954 captain; and Wells Gray, captain-elect of the 1955 team. Seated a...
Photograph

Wisconsin State Legislator

Date: 01 10 1955
Description: Waist-up portrait of one of the twenty-five legislators from the 1955 session of the Wisconsin State Legislature. The man is wearing a name tag in the shap...
Photograph

We Saw You . . . at Lawmaker School

Date: 01 10 1955
Description: Assemblyman Carroll Metzner (R-West Madison) is listening to a presenter at a pre-session lawmaker's school for the freshman members of the 1955 Wisconsin ...
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We Saw You . . . at Lawmaker School

Date: 01 10 1955
Description: Senator Peter P. Carr (R-Jansville) is listening to a presentation at the pre-session lawmaker's school for freshman members of the 1955 Wisconsin State Le...
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Belle Richman, Rose Dolinky, and Florence Krash (wife of Rabbi Hyman Krash) are operating a bingo game at a holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hos...
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Kitchen help for the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital is provided by Birdie Seligman and Ester Goldstine, members of the Madison Jewish ...
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Leah Rothschild and Minnie Marcus folding napkins for the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital. Both are members of the Madison Jewish Welfa...
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Elizabeth Woods holding the cup while Judith Stein is pouring coffee at the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital. The women's division of th...
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Camp Sidney Cohen Family Campout

Date: 02 1959
Description: Two men cooking food wrapped in foil on a grate over a fire outdoors. One man's sleeve has a patch that reads: "Family Camping, MFCA Milwaukee." A child is...
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Scene at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: Park attendant John Doyle observing children and parents enjoying their time at the swimming pool in Badger Park. He is wearing a park badge and scratching...

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