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John L. O'Connor

Date: 01 24 1945
Description: John L. O'Connor, President, O'Connor Gasoline and Oil Company, 211 South Brearly Street, looking in file drawer.
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Joe Rothschild and Barbara L'Hommedieu

Date: 03 30 1945
Description: Joe Rothschild, Dane county chairman of the United National Clothing Collection, is shown receiving a donation from Barbara L'Hommedieu, daughter of Mr. an...
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Leo L. Lunenschloss Retires

Date: 05 01 1952
Description: Leo L. Lunenschloss (front row, center), vice-president of the Ohio Chemical and Surgical Equipment Co. is shown at his retirement dinner. On the left is G...
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John R. Wrage

Date: 09 01 1954
Description: Portrait of John R. Wrage, general campaign manager of the 1954 United Givers Campaign, as well as personnel director and assistant vice-president at Gisho...
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Contagious Hospital Purchase

Date: 01 13 1958
Description: Mayor Ivan A. Nestingen, seated, receives a $325,000 check as payment for the purchase of the city's contagious hospital at 1954 East Washington Avenue by ...
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Pure Oil Farewell Dinner

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: William E. Brobst, center, master of ceremonies, at a farewell dinner for 20 members of the Pure Oil Co. Madison office who are leaving the company or are ...
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Pure Oil Farewell Dinner

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: Left to right are: James Meyers, Martin Bliese, Ole Gunderson, and Keith Blechlin, all of whom are being transferred from the Madison Pure Oil Co. office.
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Pure Oil Farewell Dinner

Date: 01 31 1957
Description: Group portrait of four of the twenty employees staying in Madison with the Pure Oil Co. They include, from left: Knowlton Levernick, H.C. Hoff, J.M. Beveri...
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Tri Association Council Night

Date: 05 22 1957
Description: Ron Ross, president of the Tri-Association Council of the East Side Business Men's Association, the West Side Business Men's Association and the South Side...
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Madison Improvement Corporation Meeting

Date: 06 16 1958
Description: Leaders in the Madison metropolitan area met to learn more about the Madison Improvement Corporation whose purpose is to buy and develop land for the expan...
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Madison Improvement Corporation Meeting

Date: 06 16 1958
Description: Leaders in the Madison metropolitan area met to learn more about the Madison Improvement Corporation, whose purpose is to buy and develop land for the expa...
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Madison Improvement Corporation Meeting

Date: 06 16 1958
Description: Leaders in the Madison metropolitan area met to learn more about the Madison Improvement Corporation whose purpose is to buy and develop land for the expan...
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Madison Improvement Corporation Meeting

Date: 06 16 1958
Description: Leaders in the Madison metropolitan area met to learn more about the Madison Improvement Corporation whose purpose is to buy and develop land for the expan...
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Ozark Air Lines Starts Madison Flights

Date: 03 01 1959
Description: A group of men posing in front of an engine and under the fuselage of a DC-3 air liner. The original caption states: "Cutting the tape for the inaugural fl...
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Ben Franklin Store Opens on Monona Drive

Date: 05 21 1959
Description: Robert Retzlaff (left), manager of the newly opened Ben Franklin variety store at 4204 Monona Drive, posing in the foreground on his store's first day of b...
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Madison Junior Achievement Corporation

Date: 08 03 1959
Description: Loren Thompson, seated, becomes the first teenager to become a member of the Madison Junior Achievement Corporation. Looking on are Don Alexander, secretar...
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Valley Forge George Washington Honor Medal

Date: 07 22 1959
Description: View of a ceremony awarding a Valley Forge George Washington honor medal from the Freedoms Foundation to the Wisconsin Power and Light Company for its effo...
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Madison Junior Achievement Officers

Date: 11 13 1959
Description: Group portrait of seventeen officers of newly established teenaged business firms of the Madison Junior Achievement program. Under the program, the teenage...
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State Retail Merchants Incorporation

Date: 03 04 1960
Description: Wisconsin Secretary of State Robert C. Zimmerman, seated, looks over papers of incorporation for the Wisconsin Retail Merchants Association. Looking on are...
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Bank of Madison Charge Account Anniversary

Date: 09 27 1960
Description: Men and women attend a breakfast in honor of the first anniversary of the Bank of Madison charge account program. They include, from left to right: Robert ...

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