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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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Junior Achievement Award

Date: 12 09 1959
Description: Five members of a Junior Achievement group made up of representatives of the four Madison High Schools accept a plaque for best research in developing new ...
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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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National Sales Executives Rally

Date: 10 04 1960
Description: Leaders of the National Sales Executives Club of Madison go over plans for the annual fall sales rally. Left to right: Ernest Haar (Ray-O-Vac), Harry Manze...
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Contractors 'Spahnferckel'

Date: 11 14 1960
Description: Present at the Contractors 'Sphanferkel,' a pork roast feast at which contractors meet socially with manufacturers, suppliers, and sales representatives wi...
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Contractors 'Spahnferckel'

Date: 11 14 1960
Description: Present at the Contractors 'Sphanferkel,' a pork roast feast at which contractors meet socially with manufacturers, suppliers and sales representatives wit...
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Contractors "Spahnferckel"

Date: 11 14 1960
Description: Four contractors are wearing chef's hats and aprons while showing off a roast suckling pig. They are, left to right: Dewey Badeau, Herman Hinrichs, Henry J...
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Contractors 'Spahnferkel'

Date: 11 14 1960
Description: Visiting at the Contractors 'Sphanferkel,' a pork roast feast at which contractors meet socially with manufacturers, suppliers and sales representatives wi...
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Madison Business Protective Association Sets Up Alarm System

Date: 02 1961
Description: Bruce Critser, manager of Madison Business Protective Association, sits in front of the new fire and holdup and burglar alarm system board which goes into ...
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Badger Bowl Grand Opening

Date: 03 12 1961
Description: Group portrait of seven people at Stoughton's Badger Bowl bowling alley grand opening. At center wearing a bowling shirt is Harry Smith, 1960 national All-...
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Moving Pictures Building in Durand

Date: 1917
Description: View from across street towards a group of people, four men and a woman, posing in front of a storefront advertising moving pictures for ten cents. Poster...
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Madison Board of Realtors and Madison Building Association

Date: 04 05 1961
Description: Members of the Madison Board of Realtors and the Madison Building Association shared a handshake to form joint committees to work on problems of common int...
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Invest in America Drive

Date: 05 16 1961
Description: Oscar Mayer (seated), president of Oscar Mayer Company, holding a Mayer Company sales chart. Mayer spoke at a meeting launching the "Invest in America" pro...
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Barbershop in State Capitol Basement

Date: 07 05 1961
Description: Four barbers dressed in white are cutting the hair of four men sitting in barber chairs. The barbershop, located in the basement of the State Capitol, was ...
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Ladies' Perfume Maker

Date: 12 12 1961
Description: Adelaide Chaqueneau, who took over her father's business of making perfumes for women that would only be sold to men in men's stores or men's departments o...
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Management Night Banquet

Date: 04 16 1964
Description: Four businessmen at the Management Night Banquet visiting with the speaker, W. Grady Clark, second from left. They are, left to right, James Cotter, vice-p...

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