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Funeral of Robert M. La Follette Jr.

Date: 02 27 1953
Description: Robert M. La Follette Jr., funeral at Grace Episcopal Church. The former senator, who committed suicide, was thought to have been depressed. Some thought h...
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Catholic Boy Scouts

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Three Madison Boy Scouts received the Ad Altare Del medal at a retreat at the Dane County fairgrounds. Left to right: Reverend Wayne Turner, Tim Harrington...
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Edna Krieger and Daughter

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Edna Krieger and daughter Nancy, posing on the steps of 2404 Kendall Avenue.
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Dane County Sheriff John R. Arnold

Date: 12 02 1945
Description: Dane County Sheriff John R. Arnold examining the door frame of a cell in the Dane County Jail. Prisoners had attempted to pry open the door in an unsuccess...
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Loganville Bank Robbery

Date: 02 24 1947
Description: Dressed in a flash suit purchased with part of his bank loot, Loyd D. Robertson, 26, of Tomah, confessed robber of the Loganville State bank, attempted to ...
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Getting Ready for Christmas

Date: 12 16 1947
Description: Making an attractive Christmas picture, Janet Woodman holds her baby son, Douglas Shaw, in the center of a huge pine wreath hanging in a doorway.
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Three Edgewood High School Graduates

Date: 05 04 1948
Description: Three Edgewood High School graduates in cap and gown and holding diplomas. Standing before the front door of Edgewood High School, left to right are: Tom ...
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Security State Bank

Date: 07 07 1948
Description: Alf Peterson, vice president of Security State Bank, standing at the open door of the bank's new vault at 1965 Atwood Avenue.
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Eve Bloodgood

Date: 08 21 1948
Description: Eve Bloodgood, standing outside the front door of her parents house at 1102 Lincoln Street, soon to leave for her senior year at Kemper Hall, Kenosha, wher...
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Five Men in Front of Elks Club

Date: 09 11 1948
Description: Five men standing in front of the entrance to the Elks club at 120 Monona Avenue.
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Women Volunteers for the Community Chest

Date: 10 04 1948
Description: Madison Community Chest campaign women's division chairman, Mrs. Paul Knaplund (left) and her co-chairman, Mrs. T.C. (Emily) Erickson at entrance to the ca...
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Holiday Benefit Dance

Date: 11 27 1948
Description: Arriving for the holiday benefit dance for the young marrieds and college age crowd at the Turner Hall are Robert Hamilton of Maple Bluff and Rae Marie Roc...
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August F. Klitzman

Date: 01 27 1949
Description: August F. Klitzman, elevator operator at the Dane County Courthouse, at the controls in the elevator.
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Youngster Contributors to Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 09 16 1950
Description: "Roundy" Coughlin sitting on a stoop with some neighborhood children who put on a magic show to collect money for Roundy's Fun Fund for handicapped kids.
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Madison Civic Music Association

Date: 09 27 1950
Description: Three members of the Madison Civic Music Association board standing near a building entrance. They are: Helen Marting Supernaw, Mrs. Donald W. (Florence) A...
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Nels A. Anderson, Madison Postman

Date: 12 29 1950
Description: U.S. postman Nels A. Anderson delivers mail to a door marked "15." Anderson began delivering mail in Madison in 1912 and is the city's senior postman.
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Vietnamese Teacher

Date: 12 14 1951
Description: Vu Thi Yen stands in the doorway at Edgewood College while wearing a dress from her native country of Vietnam. She has come to the U.S. to study to become ...
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National Food Store in the Shorewood Shopping Center

Date: 12 27 1951
Description: A woman carries groceries out of the National Food Store in the Shorewood Shopping Center, located at 3244 University Avenue in Shorewood Hills. The Magic ...
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Girl Scout Cookie Sale

Date: 02 27 1952
Description: Girl Scouts Janet and Jane Brandenburg promote a Girl Scout cookie sale to Dorothy Freck.
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Edgewood High School Play "Youth is A Journey"

Date: 07 29 1953
Description: Three members of the Edgewood High School 1953 graduating class performing "Youth is A Journey" on the steps of the school. Left to right are: Mary Durfee,...

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