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Singer Rise Stevens Arriving in Madison

Date: 10 15 1949
Description: Rise Stevens arrives in Madison for a concert at the Wisconsin Union Theater. Greeting her at the train station are George Holcomb, Kankakee, Illinois, stu...
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Red Feather Drive Thermometer

Date: 10 24 1949
Description: Peter H. Norg, executive director of the Four Lakes Council of Boy Scouts (a Red Feather service of the Madison Community Chest), adds some red paint to th...
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Ann Emery Hall Fire

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Madison fireman Arnold Moen lying on the ground near two other firemen. He was overcome by smoke at the Ann Emery Hall fire at 263-71 Langdon Street.
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Ann Emery Hall Fire

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Three residents are observing the fire at Ann Emery Hall, 263-71 Langdon Street. From left are Carole Rathkakmp (Wauwatosa), Sharon Scott (Wauwatosa), and ...
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Ann Emery Hall Fire

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Four residents in the lobby of Ann Emery Hall, 623-71 Langdon Street, waiting for permission to return to their rooms after a fire. From left are Marilynn ...
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William Eisen, German Immigrants

Date: 11 02 1949
Description: John Eisen of Waterloo shown with his father, William (center), and his son, Carl, after his father arrived at Truax Field in Madison to visit his son and ...
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Beth Israel Center Cornerstone Laying

Date: 10 30 1949
Description: As the cornerstone of Beth Israel Center was lowered into place, representatives of the oldest Madison Jewish congregation participated in the ceremony. Th...
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Nehru Visits Madison

Date: 11 04 1949
Description: Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India decending the stairs from an airplane at Truax Field. Nehru came to Madison to speak at the University of W...
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Six University of Wisconsin "Football Wives"

Date: 11 07 1949
Description: Pictured in the stands at Camp Randall Stadium are the wives of six members of the University of Wisconsin football team. From left to right are: Mrs. Will...
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Homecoming Pep Rally

Date: 11 11 1949
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of nearly 4,000 students standing in a drizzling rain to cheer for a Badger victory at the UW Homecoming Pep Rally.
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University of Wisconsin Law Student Tradition

Date: 11 12 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin senior law students take part in the tradition of tossing their canes over the south goal post crossbar at Camp Randall stadium. Th...
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Dove Flight Opens Christmas Seal Sale

Date: 11 20 1949
Description: Delores Wilkinson, member of the Madison Come-Back Club, and Sylvan Lipski, Milwaukee All-City Flying Club member are shown just before they released five ...
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Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity and Bamby

Date: 11 22 1949
Description: Bamby, the 150-pound goat who was the mascot of the University of Wisconsin chapter of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, was sent to the ATO chapter at Ohio Stat...
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First 24 Hour Outdoor Pay Phone Booth

Date: 11 18 1949
Description: Marjorie White of 25 East Dayton Street wearing a fur coat and head scarf while using what is alleged to be the first 24-hour, outdoor-accessible pay phone...
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Yerkes Observatory Tour

Date: 11 19 1949
Description: Three high school science teachers and a Kiwanis Club representative escort 22 pupils from Madison's five high schools on a Kiwanis-sponsored educational t...
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Statewide Zor Shrine Ceremonial

Date: 11 21 1949
Description: Bellamy Seals (right), captain of the camel patrol, watching as Shrine leader Harold Lloyd tries out one of the camels. The Hollywood producer was in Madis...
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Christmas Seals

Date: 11 26 1949
Description: Gov. Oscar Rennebohm presenting a check for his contribution to the 1949 Madison Christmas Seal sale to Esther Hermsen of the Madison Tuberculosis Associat...
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Car Wreck and Train

Date: 11 27 1949
Description: Car wreckage and a Milwaukee Road switch engine are shown at the University Avenue railroad crossing. The four persons in the car were hurt. They were Mr....
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Wishing Well in Capitol Theatre

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: Robert Hoffman dropping coins into the wishing well at the Capitol Theatre for the Empty Stocking Club and the Kiddie Camp fund to "Help Bring Happiness to...
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Bernice Johnston Death

Date: 11 28 1949
Description: County Traffic officers, E. W. Kelzenberg and Emil Schmale, and Evan Chambers of the state crime laboratory looking at the death scene of Bernice Johnson. ...

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