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Madison Mothers March on Polio

Date: 01 23 1952
Description: Mrs. Robert Fletcher, 3304 Wallace Avenue, holds one of the large March of Dimes containers seen in Madison business places this month. Mrs. Fletcher is on...
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Madison Mothers March on Polio

Date: 01 23 1952
Description: Kathrine M. Johnson, 820 Jenifer Street, maps out a small portion of the central section of the city for which she is responsible during the March of Dimes...
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March of Dimes Charity Ball

Date: 01 10 1952
Description: Portrait of four men, one of whom is probably Mayor George Forster, from the March of Dimes campaign. They seem to be giving the Mayor a ticket to the Char...
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Easter Seal Tea

Date: 02 16 1952
Description: Four ladies are admiring the centerpiece at the tea held at the Memorial Union in honor of the members of the University League who volunteered to address ...
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Doreen Scales

Date: 02 16 1952
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Harold E. (Doreen) Scales, the general chairman for the "Jaycettes" fashion show to aid children with cerebral palsy.
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Youngsters Sort Easter Seal Envelopes

Date: 02 23 1952
Description: Members of the University League address and seal the Easter Seal Drive envelopes. Some of the children of the members sort the envelopes by postal zone. T...
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Alpha Chi Omegas Sorority Project

Date: 02 19 1952
Description: Four members of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority make "self help" training boards to be used by spastic children being treated at the new Cerebral Palsy clinic...
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40 et 8 Presents $600 to Child Charities

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: Representatives of four child welfare organizations receive annual fund presentations from the officers of Dane County Voiture 683 of the 40 et 8 at Legion...
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Musicians Ball Proceeds

Date: 03 01 1952
Description: A check for the net proceeds of the Musicians Ball is presented to R.W. Bardwell, chairman of Dane County March of Dimes organization. At left is L.T. Midl...
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Easter Seal Sales Help the Handicapped

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Funds received from the sale of Easter seals each spring provide the taxi service necessary to tranport the handicapped members of the Happy Hours club to ...
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Easter Seal Sales Help the Handicapped

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Matt Esser is learning how to weave under Mrs. Mina Dutton's direction. Mrs. Dutton is one of the instructors at the Wisconsin Homecraft Training center, ...
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Easter Seal Sales Help the Handicapped

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Edward Meier painting artistic floral plaques, a skill Mr. Meier learned through the Homecraft training service provided by the district rehabilitation off...
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Easter Seal Sales Help the Handicapped

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Enjoying a game of checkers at the Madison Community center are three members of the Happy Hour club, a social organization for handicapped adults. From le...
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Easter Seal Sales Help the Handicapped

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Looking at scrapbooks of Camp Wawbeek are four pupils who attend the special orthopedic department at the Washington school in Madison. Camp Wawbeek, locat...
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Gyro Club Banquet

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: The coach, assistant coach, and six senior players of the University of Wisconsin basketball team who were honored at the 28th annual Gyro Club banquet.
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University of Wisconsin Campus Carnival

Date: 03 19 1952
Description: Five University of Wisconsin co-eds taking part in the "Ring the Bell" booth at the Campus Carnival that is sponsored by the Wisconsin Student Association ...
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University of Wisconsin Campus Carnival

Date: 03 18 1952
Description: The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity entry in the University of Wisconsin Campus Carnival was "Wild Bill's Rassling Tent". In the picture are wrestlers John ...
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Panhellenic Alumnae Association

Date: 03 27 1952
Description: Pictured are five members of the Panhellenic Alumnae Association who are meeting to plan their annual scholarship benefit. From left to right, the women ar...
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Lions Club Collecting Musical Instruments

Date: 04 23 1952
Description: G.I. Wallace and Clarence Graham looking over some of the discarded musical instruments donated to the state-wide project collecting musical instruments fo...
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Jimmy Demetral Gets Award

Date: 04 30 1952
Description: Walt Engelke (left), principal at Nakoma school, presents a large testimonial award certificate with many signatures honoring ex-wrestler Jimmy Demetral (r...

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