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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: Michael Welch is being sponsored by his dad's filling station, Welch's Service Station, 2030 University Avenue, and Jordan Brothers' grocery, 1863 Monroe S...
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Korean War Opinion Poll

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: Journalist John Prindle, right, conducting an on-the-street interview with W.H. Kelly, a sporting goods dealer and Navy veteran, about his opinions on the ...
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Crowning East Side Merchandise Queen

Date: 07 30 1950
Description: Mildred Rand is crowned "East Side Merchandise Queen" by City Councilman Herbert C. Schenk at the annual festival of the East Side Business Men's Associati...
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Safe Driver Award

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: The Dane County Traffic Director presents a savings bond for the safest driver award to Mineral Point jeweler Ross Graves, who is accepting the award on be...
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Oscar Mayer Plans

Date: 1958
Description: Oscar G. Mayer, Jr., (left) and another Oscar Mayer & Co. official examine plans for a hog immobilization unit to be constructed at the rear of the company...
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United Givers' Fund

Date: 10 06 1950
Description: Group portrait of the volunteer workers of the United Givers' Fund at their planning meeting for solicitation of business and industrial firms for their an...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Van Steiner, winner of the 1957 Madison Soap Box Derby, holding the trophy. Left to right: Larry Steiner, father of the winner; Don Knowles, general manage...
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Jacob Marchowsky and Attorney

Date: 11 14 1950
Description: J.H. "Jake" Marachowsky, right, former president of the bankrupt Portage Wholesale Company, standing beside his attorney, Jacob Geffs, Janesville.
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First Annual Sales Clinic Planning Committee

Date: 11 22 1950
Description: Group portrait of the first annual sales clinic planning committee, jointly sponsored by the University of Wisconsin and the Madison Chamber of Commerce. L...
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Homer Cochrane inside Club Royal

Date: 12 24 1950
Description: Homer T. Cochrane, owner of the Club Royal at 112 E. Washington Avenue, is shown eying one of the empty cash registers in his tavern shortly after armed ba...
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Dinner for East Side Business Men's Association

Date: 01 18 1951
Description: Men sitting at the speaker's table at the annual Security State Bank dinner at the Hotel Loraine for the East Side Business Men's Association. Seated right...
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45th Anniversary of Wolff, Kubly, Hirsig Company

Date: 02 22 1951
Description: Old and new friends and employees of Wolff, Kubly, and Hirsig attend the 45th anniversary celebration of the firm. Seated at the head table are: Stanley "D...
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Westside Business Men's Association

Date: 08 01 1951
Description: A group of nine men, members of the Westside Business Men's Association, standing around a table with advertisements for a "Special Train to Chicago" for a...
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Joe Cerny

Date: 09 13 1951
Description: Portrait of Joe Cerny, owner of Cerny's Super Sinclair Service Station at 202 North Hamilton Street, wearing his Sinclair Service Station uniform.
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Korean War Clothing Drive

Date: 10 09 1951
Description: Jack Myers and Roger McHugh, co-managers of the Prescription Pharmacy at 26 South Carroll Street, are shown at their store preparing 50 packages of clothes...
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Geese Hunters

Date: 10 24 1951
Description: Albert Becker and Carl Van Skike, hunting partners for 32 years, posing in hunting clothes with shot guns while holding three geese they bagged while hunti...
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Edgar F. Gerhardt, Druggist

Date: 01 25 1952
Description: Portrait of Edgar F. Gerhardt, owner of two drugstores located at 2134 Atwood Avenue and 2929 Atwood Avenue. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin ...
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Orson M. Branton, Druggist

Date: 01 25 1952
Description: Portrait of Orson M. Branton, registered pharmacist since 1920. He owns the Branton Pharmacy located at 2042 East Washington Avenue.
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Donald A. Bongey, Druggist

Date: 01 25 1952
Description: Portrait of Donald A. Bongey, a registered pharmacist who, with his father Alf Bongey, owns Bongey's Pharmacy, 335 W. Lakeside Street.
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Samuel Schwartz, Druggist

Date: 03 06 1952
Description: Portrait of Samuel Schwartz at Schwartz Pharmacy, 902 Mound Street. Schwartz is a University of Wisconsin School of Pharmacy graduate.

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