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United Givers' Fund Volunteer

Date: 10 23 1956
Description: Betty J. DiSalvo reading good night stories to her children, Michael DiSalvo (age 6) and Mark DiSalvo (age 4) after having solicited money for 27 Red Feath...
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Children at Madison Library Summer Workshop

Date: 06 27 1944
Description: Four children at the Lowell School branch participating in Madison Free Library's summer workshop projects. Left to right: Darrell Premo, Jean LeFebvre, Pa...
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Original Wisconsin Historical Society Library

Date: 08 01 1944
Description: Students Dorothy Vecke, Milwaukee, and Kuo Chung-Ying, China, examine the bookcase that was the original Wisconsin State Historical Society library of the ...
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Reverend Erling Ylvisaker

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Portrait of Reverend Erling Ylvisaker, pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Cross, Milwaukee Street. He preached to the returning veterans...
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Children Reading near Christmas Tree

Date: 01 07 1945
Description: Two children in front of a Christmas tree in the Radke home.
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Professor Philip G. Fox and Slot Machine

Date: 03 03 1945
Description: Philip G. Fox, 513 Virginia Terrace, professor of business administration at the University of Wisconsin, with a slot machine. Professor Fox is a well-kno...
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Reverend George E. Hunt

Date: 04 13 1945
Description: Reverend George E. Hunt, age 80, interim pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church.
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Carrie King

Date: 04 24 1945
Description: Carrie King (Mrs. F.H. King), 88, of 426 University Farm Place, who came to Madison with her husband, a professor of Agricultual Physics, in 1888. Mrs. Kin...
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Getting Ready for Christmas

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: June McGovern is reading The Night Before Christmas to her children Diane, Jill and Jackie.
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Man and Woman Seated at Table

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: A man and woman seated at a table in front of bookshelves.
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Legislative Reference Bureau Library

Date: 12 23 1947
Description: Three men seated at tables using the reference materials in the Legislative Reference Bureau library. Seated at the front table left to right: Wesley Hille...
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Madison Catholic Diocese Committee

Date: 01 23 1948
Description: Group portrait of the executive committee of the Holy Name Union for the Catholic diocese of Madison meeting to plan the activities for 1948. Left to right...
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Twins Cecelia and Alma Moore

Date: 01 15 1948
Description: Widely known twin sisters in southern Wisconsin, Cecelia (left) and Alma Moore, now Mrs. Walter M. (Cecelia) Mass, Jr., and Mrs. Robert O. (Alma) Bauch. Th...
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Woman Reading to Girls

Date: 03 04 1948
Description: Radio station WIBA Story Corner Lady, Jeanne Remus, reading a book to Ann and Kathy Taylor, daughters of Robert and Fannie Taylor, 1921 Keyes Avenue. The S...
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Visiting Nurse Service

Date: 04 19 1948
Description: Visiting nurse Esther Sorensen of the Madison Visiting Nurse Service is advising Mrs. Chester B. Van Roo, the former Mary Lou Bell, on the care of her chil...
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Gray Ladies of the Dane County Red Cross

Date: 11 01 1948
Description: Gray Ladies of the Dane County Red Cross sorting books at the library of Mendota hospital for the mentally ill. Left to right: Mrs. Frederick Hillyer, and ...
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Gifts of Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 12 02 1948
Description: Gifts of dishes, radio-phonograph, wire recorder, toys and books are enjoyed by children at Lapham School. Roundy's Fun Fund provided these and more items ...
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Mrs. J. Riley (Anne) Best and Her Two Children

Date: 01 04 1949
Description: Mrs. J. Riley (Anne) Best, Eagle Heights apartments, reading a book to her two children, Sally 6, and Steven, 4. The family is new to the area, having move...
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Winterble-Keys Farmhouse

Date: 02 03 1949
Description: The living room of the historic stone farmhouse at 901 University Bay Drive, recently renovated by Freda Keys Winterble. The house was named "Keystone" aft...
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Madison Interracial Sewing Group's Children

Date: 02 15 1949
Description: Children at play while their mothers mended clothes for the Quaker relief project on a regular Tuesday session at the home of Mrs. Hilton E. (Lillian) Hann...

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