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Parade Celebrating 100th Anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church

Date: 08 01 1953
Description: Pictured on the float in a parade celebrating the 100th anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Cross Plains is a group of men and women garbe...
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Shrine-KC Funfest Clowns

Date: 08 12 1953
Description: Two clowns wearing polka-dotted costumes are cavorting in front of crowded bleachers at Breese Stevens Field. The staged slow-pitch softball game was in it...
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U.W. Student Orientation

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Dressed as Groucho Marx, Al Gay and Karen Christoffersen sell Badger yearbooks during student orientation at the University of Wisconsin. At right is fresh...
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Little Norway

Date: 1948
Description: Colorized postcard of a scene at Little Norway. A man sits on a wagon chassis. He is wearing an ethnic costume. Various buildings are visible surrounded by...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 05 1953
Description: Depicting Florence Nightingale at the time of the Crimean war of 1853, a costumed Marie Timlin tends to "wounded soldier" Harold Hermanson. The enactment i...
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Lake Edge Congregational Community Church Group

Date: 10 29 1953
Description: Four costumed operetta actors rehearse at Lake Edge Congregational Community Church (now Lake Edge UCC Church), 4200 Buckeye Road. Left to right, they are:...
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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 11 02 1953
Description: Maid Marion, played by Bonnie Burmeister, lures Friar Tuck, portrayed by Robert Becker, during a scene from the University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club ...
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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 03 02 1953
Description: During a scene from the University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club show "Robin Hood Comes Clean," Nick Woodas of Madison portrays the king in anguish over ...
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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 10 02 1953
Description: During a scene from the UW Men's Dolphin Club show "Robin Hood Comes Clean," six swimmers portray Robin Hood's "Merry Men" as they "march" to the castle. T...
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University of Wisconsin Men's Dolphin Club Show

Date: 11 02 1953
Description: During a scene from the UW Men's Dolphin Club show "Robin Hood Comes Clean," Don Hart of Whitefish Bay holds a sign with the word "Dungeon" written in larg...
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Parade Float

Date: 1905
Description: A parade float elaborately decorated with flowers and pulled by four robed horses is traveling west along East Doty Street, with the Central (Fess) Hotel i...
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Governor Zimmerman As Ho-Chunk Chief

Date: 08 1927
Description: Outdoor portrait of former boxer, Tommy Gibbons, Father Gordon, and Governor Fred R. Zimmerman at a Ho Chunk (Winnebago) ceremony. Zimmerman is wearing a b...
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Combo Dancing Club Hobo Jungle Jamboree

Date: 03 01 1954
Description: Patricia Werner (left), Robert Goodrich, Robert Meuer, and Julius J. Werner attend the Combo Club hobo party at Nakoma Golf club on March 1, 1954.
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Combo Dancing Club Hobo Jungle Jamboree

Date: 03 01 1954
Description: W.A. Draper, Richard Genn, Sherman Olson, and Charles Vau Dell dress in costume during the Combo Dancing Club's Hobo Jungle Jamboree at the Nakoma Golf Clu...
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Combo Dancing Club Hobo Jungle Jamboree

Date: 03 01 1954
Description: Mr. & Mrs. Robert Clayton (left) and Phil Stark and Virginia Vau Dell take part in the Combo Dance Club's Hobo Jungle Jamboree at the Nakoma Golf Club on M...
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Combo Dancing Club Hobo Jungle Jamboree

Date: 03 01 1954
Description: Mary R. Pratt (left), George Pratt, William Kapke, and Loretta Kapke take part in the Combo Dance Club Hobo Jungle Jamboree at Nakoma Golf Club on March 1,...
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Mabel and Ebenezer Iwuagwu

Date: 04 26 1954
Description: Portrait of Mabel and Ebenezer Iwuagwu of Owerri, Nigeria, dressed in Nigerian garb worn on special occasions. They were reunited after five years apart. E...
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University of Wisconsin Medical School Junior Class Skits

Date: 05 11 1954
Description: Actors present a University of Wisconsin Medical School junior class skit during Field Day for the medical students. In this skit, "Medirma of the Future,"...
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Syttende Mai Parade

Date: 05 16 1954
Description: Robert Jacobson, Jesse Utter, and David Drotning ride on the Knights of Pythias float during the annual Syttende Mai parade in Stoughton.
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Camels' Day at Vilas Zoo

Date: 07 11 1954
Description: Frank Wheeler of Muscoda, a 103-year-old member of the Zor Shrine Temple, takes a camel ride during the annual Camels' Day at Vilas Zoo. The event was spon...

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