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ABC-TV Dinner at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 10 09 1954
Description: Four men standing at a banquet table with a Bucky Badger ice sculpture as the centerpiece. One is holding one of the chrysanthemums that decorated the tabl...
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Sears, Roebuck & Co. Luncheon at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 11 03 1954
Description: Representatives of business, labor and government at a pre-luncheon gathering to celebrate the opening of a new Sears Store. Looking out over Lake Mendota ...
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Sears Roebuck & Co. Luncheon at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Representatives of business, labor and government meet at a pre-luncheon gathering at the Edgewater Hotel to celebrate the opening of a new Sears store. St...
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Sears Roebuck & Co. Luncheon at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Representatives of business, labor and government meet at the Edgewater Hotel for a pre-luncheon gathering to celebrate the opening of a new Sears store. S...
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Sears Roebuck & Co. Luncheon at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Representatives of business, labor and government at a pre-luncheon gathering at the Edgewater Hotel to celebrate the opening of a new Sears Store. Standin...
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Presenting an Invitation to the Governor

Date: 02 17 1955
Description: Norbert Mayer (far left) is presenting an invitation to Governor Walter Kohler (center) to attend a "Man of the Year" testimonial dinner for Gavin McKerrow...
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Progressive Magazine Editor

Date: 03 25 1955
Description: Morris Rubin, editor of The Progressive, sitting at his desk decked with a glass ashtray with cigarette, matchbook, and papers. In 1940, Rubin (b.19...
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Carson Gulley at His New Restaurant

Date: 09 12 1962
Description: Local celebrity chef, Carson Gulley, posing with the sign for his new restaurant and catering firm at 5522 University Avenue.
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Officers of the Madison Real Estate Board

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: Group portrait of the outgoing board president of the Madison Real Estate Board with his successor and other newly installed officers. Seated are Robert ...
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We Saw You . . . at the Armed-Forces Event

Date: 03 16 1957
Description: Two veteran Rotarians are shown chatting at the annual Recognition Day dinner which ties in with Armed Forces Day. At the left is Louis Hirsig, chairman of...
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Beautiful Madison Week Proclamation

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen signing a proclamation designating April 26 through May 4 as Beautiful Madison Week, when residents are urged to spruce up the...
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New Store Opens Today

Date: 05 17 1957
Description: Four officials of the new Brookwood Hardware House pose proudly in the their new building which will open today at 2310 University Avenue. Standing around ...
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Shoe Shine Boys Win Appeal

Date: 06 28 1957
Description: City Clerk A. W. Bareis gets the first shine from Tom Sorensen after the boy and his partner, Dick McMahon (right), are told they can continue their street...
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Greyhound Executive Inspection Tour

Date: 07 11 1957
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen (seated) using a mobile phone as Arthur Genet, president of the Greyhound Corp. looks on. They are inside a Greyhound Scenicruiser bus...
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Greyhound Executive Inspection Tour

Date: 07 10 1957
Description: Four men seated at a table inside a customized Greyhound Scenicruiser bus. They are: Arthur Genet (center right), president of the Grayhound Corporation; M...
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Lunch Time Jewelry Store Robbery

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Sidewalk view of manager Gordon Grinde surveying window display jewel trays emptied by thieves. While Grinde, manager of Templin jewelery store, 127 State ...
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Geiger Counters Presented to University of Wisconsin

Date: 08 09 1957
Description: Richard C. Emmons (left), Professor of Geology at U.W., being presented thirteen Geiger counters and scintillation counters by E.L. Diener, manager of the ...
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Successful Small-Town Businesswoman

Date: 10 08 1957
Description: Anne Marshall Kleist, in front of her ladies' ready-to-wear and accessories store Kleist and Wiggs, discussing business matters with Bob Hutchings, preside...
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Junior Chamber of Commerce Program

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Charles Hendrickson, Janesville (standing), led a delegation of Junior Chamber Commerce members who explained the Nine-Point Program for promoting Wisconsi...
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Brookwood Village Shopping Center Grand Opening

Date: 01 31 1958
Description: Elevated view of representatives of ten shops and two professional services gathered for the grand opening of the Brookwood Village shopping center at Nako...

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