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Julius Sinykin

Date: 07 18 1953
Description: Waist-up portrait of Julius Sinykin. He is wearing eyeglasses, a suit and a bow tie, and has a ring on the his left hand and a watch on his left wrist.
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Donna Stein Portrait

Date: 11 30 1953
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Edwin (Donna) Stein. She is sitting on a couch next to portrait prints of herself, and is holding a cigarette. She is wearing a wristwatch...
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Madison Vocational School Cooking School

Date: 01 25 1954
Description: Student Dudley Smith peeling onions in the cooking school at the Madison Vocational School. He is leaning away from his hands and squinting his eyes, and i...
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Librarian Helen Farr Retires After 41-Year Service

Date: 08 13 1957
Description: Image is of Helen Farr, a Madison librarian who is retiring after forty-one years of service. For the past twenty-one years she has been the Chief Libraria...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Newspaper boy Malcolm Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, dressing before dawn to prepare for completing his daily newspaper route. The hands on his alarm clock i...
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Roy Matson, Wisconsin State Journal Editor

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: Portrait of Wisconsin State Journal editor, Roy Matson, sitting at his desk.
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Dedication of the New Wisconsin Center Building

Date: 04 11 1958
Description: Leslie R. and Luella Morris look over the second floor lounge of the newly dedicated Wisconsin Center building on Langdon Street.
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Madison Altrusa Club Annual Country Fair

Date: 04 25 1958
Description: Constance Elvehjem will sell some of her famous baked beans made from her grandmother's recipe at the Madison Altrusa club's annual country fair at the Spr...
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Senior Citizens and Their Heirlooms

Date: 05 13 1958
Description: Susan Groves posing with her watch stand that originally belonged to her grandfather, a native of Great Britain.
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Daylight Saving Time Ends on September 25th

Date: 09 23 1960
Description: Richard Brye, 4338 Travis Terrace, poses to remind Madison residents that Daylight Saving Time ends in Wisconsin at 2:00 a.m. on September 25th. All clocks...
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We Saw You on Moving Day

Date: 09 30 1960
Description: While Reynolds Transfer and Storage Co. moved furniture, Russ Gessler, 1250 Elmwood Avenue, Middleton, manager of the mail file, was upstairs waiting in an...
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Shirley Schlanger Abrahamson in a Library

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Description: Shirley Abrahamson is standing in a library reaching for a book. A man is sitting in the foreground.

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