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County Red Cross Drive

Date: 01 12 1958
Description: Portrait of Allen T. Zoeller, one of six zone chairmen named to assist Walter Renk as he heads the County Red Cross Drive. Zoeller will be responsible for ...
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Inauguration day with Lt. Governor Philleo Nash and Family

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: Family group portrait of (left to right): Lt. Governor Philleo Nash; Mrs. Nash; Nash's sister, Jean Nash, Wisconsin Rapids; and Mrs. Nash's mother, Mrs. He...
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We Saw You . . . Tobogganing at Olbrich

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: A group of five happy children going down the hill on a wooden toboggan at Olbrich Park. The hill is a man-made slide, edged with small pine trees.
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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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Governor Nelson Heading Home After His First Day of Work

Date: 01 06 1959
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson is shown entering the governor's official state car on Tuesday at the end of his first full day of service as Wisconsin's chief exe...
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We Saw You . . . Tobogganing at Olbrich

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: Children dressed in heavy winter clothing, on a wooden toboggan at the bottom of a steep slide erected at Olbrich Park.
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We Saw You . . . Tobogganing at Olbrich

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: Children going downhill on a toboggan at Olbrich Park don't seem to mind if scarves are flying as they squeal, scream and shout. The toboggan is made of wo...
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March of Dimes "Race of Dimes" on the Capitol Square

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin football players Dan Lanphear and Bill Hobbs prepare to push two polio victims in wheelchairs around the Capitol Square as part of ...
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Hollington K. Tong, Nationalist China Ambassador to the United States

Date: 02 19 1958
Description: Hollington K. Tong, Nationalist China Ambassador to the United States (left) and O.C. Akre, Madison representative of Northwest Orient Airlines (center) ar...
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Teachers Convention in Madison

Date: 02 14 1958
Description: A teacher from Baraboo holding up a parking ticket she had received, as her colleagues from Baraboo are standing nearby, smiling and pointing. The side of ...
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Honesty Pays Off for Boy

Date: 02 26 1958
Description: David Schumacher (13) is shown with his father, Stanley Schumacher, as David models his first wrist watch and new jacket. David found a $20 bill on the sid...
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Saturday Art Class for Children

Date: 03 08 1958
Description: Children watching instructor Rollin Jansky, a graduate student, as he begins a picture using burlap and yard wool at a Saturday art class for children run ...
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Play Space: Vilas Park Merry-Go-Round Horses

Date: 02 27 1958
Description: Horses from the Vilas Park merry-go-round are being checked before returning to summer use by Angelo Traino (left), a city parks department employee, and J...
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We Saw You . . . at Madison Libraries

Date: 03 05 1958
Description: Peggy Van Wagenen (left, 122 E. Gilman Street) and Ellen Erickson (right, 1321 Morrison Street), check out an LP vinyl record in the Madison Central Librar...
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We Saw You . . . Riding a School Bus

Date: 03 02 1958
Description: Three girls chatting and laughing as they ride the school bus. Other students are seen at the back of the bus.
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We Saw You . . . at Madison Libraries

Date: 03 05 1958
Description: The Madison Bookmobile makes eleven stops in the city. Shown in the bookmobile are (left to right): Mrs. Tom Newport and son, Jim (5437 Dahlen Drive); libr...
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We Saw You . . . Riding a School Bus

Date: 03 02 1958
Description: Child with his coat hood up is riding alone on the backseat of the school bus. The girl in the foreground is wearing ear muffs.
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We Saw You . . . Riding a School Bus

Date: 03 02 1958
Description: Three girls singing while riding on the school bus from Dudgeon School to Blackhawk Park.
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We Saw You . . . Riding a School Bus

Date: 03 02 1958
Description: Three boys sharing a seat are chatting on the school bus. The children sitting behind them are listening in.
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Former Site of Young's Restaurant

Date: 03 12 1958
Description: Joseph Young standing across the street from his nearly-dismantled Young's Restaurant at 622 West Washington Avenue. The restaurant was operated by Young, ...

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