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Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin

Date: 09 26 1951
Description: Wisconsin State Journal sports columnist, Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin and "character about town" relaxes on a park bench.
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Three Hunters

Date: 11 19 1934
Description: Three hunters posing with shotguns and their bounty of a fox, squirrels and rabbits. The man on the right may be UW-Madison chef Carson Gulley.
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Kiddie Camp Display Window

Date: 04 27 1934
Description: Three little girls, members of the Emerson Fresh Air school and the Longfellow Nutrition room, playing with puppies in the Capital Times Kiddie Camp...
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Two Dolphin Club Girls

Date: 03 18 1931
Description: Two female Dolphin Club members in bathing suits take an acrobatic pose on the diving board of the Lathrop Hall pool.
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Golf Stunt

Date: 06 17 1932
Description: Men posing during a golf stunt, as they try to hit a golf ball off a man's nose while he is lying on his back on the floor in the lobby of the Orpheum Thea...
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Frank Ross Bowls Perfect Score, 300

Date: 11 06 1931
Description: Frank Ross posing in bowling stance after bowling perfect game in the Cosmos league at the Plaza Alleys.
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Karl Smith with Muskellunge

Date: 06 09 1931
Description: Dr. Karl Smith is standing near his house at 1 N. Prospect Avenue. He is holding one end of a pole that is resting on a fence and displaying four muskellun...
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East High School Home Room Basketball Champs

Date: 03 26 1929
Description: East High School home room men's basketball champs.
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Contest Captains

Date: 01 30 1928
Description: Security Bank, male contest captains.
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Frog Jumping Contest

Date: 04 18 1944
Description: Group of boys gather around a frog at a frog jumping contest.
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Business and Professional Women Scholarship Party

Date: 02 02 1955
Description: Estah Cummings and Evelyn Milliff, members of the Ways and Means Committee of the Madison Business and Professional Women's Club, in the kitchen preparing ...
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Don Page, West High School Basketball Player

Date: 02 13 1945
Description: Don Page, all-time individual Big Eight Conference scoring record holder. The six-foot 3-inch high school center broke his own record with a total of 167 p...
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University of Wisconsin Basketball Dinner Speakers Table

Date: 03 11 1947
Description: Six men seated at speakers table at University of Wisconsin Basketball Dinner sponsored by Madison Gyro Club.
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George E. Koehler, Birdwatcher

Date: 01 20 1948
Description: George E. Koehler, son of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Koehler, 109 Chestnut Street, won a trip to Washington, D.C., for his bird watching and bird census work. He is...
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Joe Dommershausen

Date: 04 06 1948
Description: Portrait of Joe Dommershausen, Wisconsin State Journal sportswriter.
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Carl H. Bernard

Date: 05 06 1948
Description: Carl H. Bernard, operator of the University Boathouse on Lake Mendota, standing on a pier. Carl is the grandson of Charles Bernard Sr., who started the Ber...
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Madison Elks "Hi-Bill" Club Testimonial Dinner

Date: 02 21 1949
Description: Connie Schwoegler, national individual match-game bowling champion, was honored at a testimonial dinner sponsored by the Madison Elks "Hi-Bill" Club at the...
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University of Wisconsin Boxing Trophies

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Jerry Erdahl, left, night manager of the Memorial Union, and Fern Anderson, chairman of the Union Trophy Room, discuss the placement of the last trophy in ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Curlee Seals, Jr. discussing plans for his 1949 Soap Box Derby racer with three members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce, Curlee's sponsor for the...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Announcer

Date: 07 09 1949
Description: A Soap Box Derby announcer (either Lon Landman or Dwaine Tucker) sitting at a WIBA microphone.

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