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Optimist Clubs Youth Appreciation Banquet

Date: 11 16 1960
Description: Ma Kennedy (left), Wilburt Wittwer, and Edmond Schwen discuss the program of the youth appreciation banquet sponsored by the six Madison Optimist clubs.
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Madison Optimist Clubs Youth Appreciation Banquet

Date: 11 16 1960
Description: Chatting with Mary Wright, vice-president of the West High School senate, are Wendell C. Matthews, left, president of the Associated Optimist clubs of Madi...
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National Sales Executives Club Banquet

Date: 12 07 1960
Description: Officers of the Madison chapter of the National Sales Executives Club visit with Howard M. Packard, president of Johnson's Wax Company, Racine, who spoke a...
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New Kiwanis Officers

Date: 01 16 1961
Description: New officers of the Downtown Kiwanis club are installed. They include, left to right: V.W. (Matt) Matthias, manager of the University of Wisconsin farms, p...
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Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: The youngsters of Maple Bluff are in the section of the Fourth of July parade called Summer Sports.
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4,000,000th Truck, Springfield Works

Date: 08 22 1966
Description: Workers, managers, and officials look on as the 4,000,000th truck produced at Springfield Works is celebrated.
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A.P. Johnson Tavern on Independence Day

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Description: View from street towards a man and two women sitting in front of a storefront decorated with patriotic streamers. The woman on the left is holding a hand f...
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Gathering of Girls Wearing State Sashes

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of girls wearing State sashes, and a group of boys on the right wearing uniforms. One boy has a drum, another boy has a flag, and th...
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St. Patrick's Day Party

Date: 03 17 1964
Description: Group portrait of eleven men at Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin's Saint Patrick's Day party. Behind them is a sign with the words "Erin Go Bragh." During the part...
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East High School Graduation

Date: 06 1964
Description: Glenn W. Stephens, Madison School District Board of Education President, awarding a diploma to a graduate at the East High School graduation ceremony.
Historical Object

The Airship

Date: 1901
Description: Souvenir playing card out of a full deck from the Pan-American Exposition. The Seven of Spades displays a drawing of "The Airship." A round building with a...
Photograph

"Sane Fourth" Parade

Date: 1916
Description: A Fourth of July parade on S. Carrol Street featuring decorated vehicles. Flags are hanging from the sides of commercial buildings.
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Halloween

Date: 10 2013
Description: The corner storefront window of Mallatt's Pharmacy and Costumes on Monroe street is decorated with a Halloween display. Along the right side a cloth banner...
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Sheryl Albers at Tommy Thompson Birthday Party

Date: 11 19 1994
Description: Sheryl Albers speaking from behind a podium, during what an attached note says is Governor Tommy Thompson's birthday party. The governor is standing and sm...
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Parade Float

Date: 1903
Description: Two unidentified boys pose in a horse-drawn carriage with a banner above it which reads: "Fargo Bros." The open carriage has an umbrella top and is decorat...
Print

Merry Xmas 1944

Date: 1944
Description: Military themed Christmas greeting card featuring the Statue of Liberty, a soldier with an American flag and the flag of Great Britain, and an angel in bat...
Photograph

La Fête de Marquette

Date: 07 11 2015
Description: View from audience towards a stage at the festival. The crowd in the foreground is sitting on folding chairs, and more of the crowd is standing in front of...
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Ferris Wheel at La Fête de Marquette

Date: 07 11 2015
Description: View looking up towards people riding the yellow, red, and blue painted Ferris wheel. A sign on the right reads: "The Big Eli Ferris Wheel."
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Winterama

Date: 01 1968
Description: Groups of people are walking or standing downtown along the snow-covered street at night. Snowmobiles are parked in the right foreground. A banner stretchi...
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Winterama

Date: 01 1968
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people with snowmobiles standing on both sides of a snowy street downtown. There is a sign for a barbershop on the left, and a ...

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