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Wisconsin Savings Bond Drive

Date: 03 14 1961
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson (right) receives his commission as honorary state chairman of the 1961 Savings Bond Drive from Harold F. Dickens, Milwaukee, who is...
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Henry Wallace Speaks at Wisconsin Center

Date: 03 28 1961
Description: Former Vice-President Henry Wallace giving a speech at the the Wisconsin Center at the special Benjamin Hibbard Memorial Lecture. In it, he calls price-wag...
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State Tax Office Activity at Tax Deadline

Date: 04 13 1961
Description: Workers at the state tax office in the City-County building assisting taxpayers in preparing their tax forms as the tax deadline nears.
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State Joint Committee on Finance

Date: 04 20 1961
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Legislature's Joint Committee on Finance work on the budgets of the University of Wisconsin and the State Colleges.
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Deputy Attorney General Nathan Heffernan and State Treasurer Dena Smith

Date: 04 19 1961
Description: State Deputy Attorney General Nathan Heffernan handing State Treasurer Dena Smith a check for $750,000. The check represents money owed the state from the ...
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Bank Robbery at Dane

Date: 04 28 1961
Description: Undersheriff Jack Leslie (left) receiving information from Herbert Wagner, manager of the Dane branch of the State Bank of Lodi, about the recent robbery o...
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Invest in America Drive

Date: 05 16 1961
Description: Oscar Mayer (seated), president of Oscar Mayer Company, holding a Mayer Company sales chart. Mayer spoke at a meeting launching the "Invest in America" pro...
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Donald C. Slichter, President Of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

Date: 06 03 1961
Description: Donald C. Slichter, president of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, received the "Alumnus of the Year" award of the Wisconsin Alumni Associati...
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Bergman's Check

Date: 06 05 1961
Description: Two men and a woman posing with Bergman's Pharmacy check (?).
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Planning Committe for Auction

Date: 08 01 1961
Description: Auctioneer Joe Sherven, Sun Prairie, looks over an object as final plans are made for the annual West Side Business Men's Association's auction which benef...
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Barbershop in State Capitol Basement

Date: 07 05 1961
Description: Four barbers dressed in white are cutting the hair of four men sitting in barber chairs. The barbershop, located in the basement of the State Capitol, was ...
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Newlyweds Control Their Money

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Marilyn and James Mielke are at their desk going over their bills and books as they plan their budget together.
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Youth's Amateur Show Aids Muscular Dystrophy Patient Services

Date: 09 14 1961
Description: Six Madison area youngsters stage an amateur talent show to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Patient Services committee. Shown (L-R) handing over the...
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Certified Professional Secretaries

Date: 11 06 1961
Description: Certified professional secretary Ruth Breeden confering with John T. Hitt, general manager of CUMBIS Insurance Society, Inc.
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 03 1961
Description: The Madison Chapter of Certified Public Accountants, donate about three nights of work a week to auditing the United Givers fund. Among them are Donald Nel...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 11 09 1961
Description: L.J. Larson, left, general chairman of the United Givers fund drive, signals to Jane Scrivner, co-chairman of the woman's division, and Francis Holford, pr...
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Shopping for Christmas

Date: 12 08 1961
Description: A man and child looking at a toy display in a store. On the wall next to them is a large display of puppets and stuffed toys.
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Hot Line to Santa Fund Raiser

Date: 12 05 1963
Description: Marine James Tetzlaff of the Marine Corps Reserve helping Mike Lehnherr, age 3 of Verona, put his short wave call through to the North Pole at Westgate Sho...
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Shoppers Hunt for Post-Christmas Sale Bargains

Date: 12 26 1963
Description: Shoppers fill stores looking for post-Christmas sale bargains and returning or exchanging unwanted gifts.
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Security State Bank 26th Annual "Get Together" Dinner

Date: 01 16 1964
Description: 600 people attend the 26th annual Security State Bank "Get Together" dinner held at the East Side Business Men's Assn. Clubhouse, 2735 Monona Drive. Shown ...

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