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| Date: | 04 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Bronzeville Bombers just after coming through with a score of 2690, putting them in tenth place in the state CIO tournament on April 5. The five men are a... |
| Date: | 12 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of children and a few adults, dressed in coats and hats, posed with a man dressed as Santa Claus, at Rennebohms Drugstore #12, 2526 Monroe S... |
| Date: | 01 1943 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of 24 winners of Ray-O-Vac bond selling contest. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A sketch of the winning dress designed by Betty Lou Jahn of Milwaukee for the first Alice in Dairyland in 1948. Not only was the design worn by the first A... |
| Date: | 06 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Onlookers on slope of B.B. Clarke Beach looking out to the lake to watch a swim meet. |
| Date: | 04 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Group of boys gather around a frog at a frog jumping contest. |
| Date: | 05 01 1945 |
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| Description: | Pupils of the Highlands-Mendota Beach School ran a clothing drive contest among school rooms and collected well over a truckload of clothing. Pictured are ... |
| Date: | 07 26 1947 |
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| Description: | Crowd and officials watch Soap Box Derby contestants at the finish line on East Gorham Street. |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm receiving a full sheet of the 1948 centennial stamp. |
| Date: | 04 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Frog jumping contest showing Jim Brandenburg, 4134 Hiawatha Drive, coaching his frog "Rebel" on to victory. |
| Date: | 08 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Thirty-two winners of individual championships at the annual city municipal swimming meet at B.B. Clarke Beach. |
| Date: | 08 06 1944 |
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| Description: | Annual city municipal swimming meet at B.B. Clarke Beach, with swimmers in the water, and observers along the shore, with cars, and houses in the neighborh... |
| Date: | 11 11 1944 |
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| Description: | Soldier standing next to paintings from the third all-soldier art contest at Truax Field. The paintings are produced by soldiers at the recreational art pr... |
| Date: | 03 15 1945 |
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| Description: | West High School basketball coach Willis Jones talking to team player Ray Lenahan, 438 Virginia Terrace, at the state basketball tournament. |
| Date: | 03 15 1945 |
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| Description: | West High School basketball team reserve players sitting on the team bench during a game at the annual state basketball tournament. Left to right are: Har... |
| Date: | 03 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Joyce Burroughs, standing, and Lucille Baker, kneeling, cheerleaders for the Tomah High School team competing in the annual state basketball tournament. |
| Date: | 06 17 1945 |
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| Description: | Onlookers near a pond at the Retriever Dog Field Trials in Vilas Park. James Simpson, Jr., of Chicago, one of the judges, has his hand upraised to signal; ... |
| Date: | 06 17 1945 |
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| Description: | From the newspaper caption: Tony Bonovich's [dog,] "Nigger of Upham" won the Derby retriever trial Sunday [June 17, 1945] in Vilas Park. He is shown here w... |
| Date: | 08 11 1945 |
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| Description: | Frank "Moon" Molinaro, 540 State Street, (amateur) and Herb Spaanum, 240 East Mifflin (pro), golfers tied for the lead in the state pro-amateur golf meet a... |
| Date: | 08 11 1945 |
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| Description: | George Vitense, 118 North Hancock Street (pro) and William Garrott, 35 Lathrop Street (amateur), golfers tied for the lead in the state pro-amateur golf me... |
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