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Farmer's Birthday

Date: 07 07 1983
Description: John Fitzsimmons and Barton Voegeli take a break from discing the fields to eat the birthday cake that Voegeli's wife made to celebrate the occasion.
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Rural Telephone Operator

Date: 11 1954
Description: Henry Anderson runs a switchboard on his 90th birthday, with his smoking paraphernalia and a photograph of him at the switchboard on a table nearby.
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Adelaide Larkin

Date: 08 09 1944
Description: Portrait of Mrs. George (Adelaide) Larkin at age 90. George Larkin was the son of Jonathan Larkin, Jr., member of an early Madison family which arrived in ...
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Kathryn Piper

Date: 10 03 1944
Description: Kathryn Piper, widow of Frank Piper and president of the Madison chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) for 12 years prior to 1941, is ob...
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Mr. Henry J. Napper

Date: 03 08 1945
Description: Portrait of Henry J. Napper, 2127 Kendall Avenue, in his grocery store at 2532 Monroe Street. Mr. Napper, who has been in the grocery business for 50 years...
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Mrs. Jane Duff

Date: 08 19 1946
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Jane Duff, a Dane County pioneer resident, on her 90th birthday.
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Will N. Wells

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: Will N. Wells, of the Wells Printing Company, celebrating his eighty-fourth birthday with friends. Left to right: John G. MacFarland, an actor; J.J. McMana...
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University of Wisconsin Centennial Birthday Banquet

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm with main speaker Philip Reed of the General Electric Company at the University of Wisconsin centennial birthday banquet at the Gr...
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Chief Justice Receives Cake

Date: 02 12 1949
Description: Harlan Nicholls, president of the Four Lakes Boy Scout council, is shown, left, as he presents a birthday cake to Chief Justice Marvin Rosenberry in observ...
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Jane McIlquaham; 100 Years Old

Date: 01 11 1951
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Jane McIlquaham sitting in an armchair on her 100th birthday. A floral arrangement is on a table behind her.
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Charles F. Kirwin

Date: 04 08 1952
Description: Portrait of Charles F. Kirwin in celebration of his 87th birthday. At the age of 87, Charles had been a resident of Madison for 52 years. He was an employe...
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Birthday Party

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Description: Seven residents of the Dane County Hospital and Home gather around a table to celebrate a birthday. A birthday cake sits on the table.
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Frank's On The Lake — Interior

Date: 10 30 1998
Description: "We celebrate Ralph's 83rd birthday at Frank's On The Lake". From left to right; Brenda Wilz, Logan, Shirley Widmer, Ralph Widmer, Rudy Heinecke, and Ralph...
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Bill and Stel's — Exterior

Date: 04 17 2009
Description: "Bill and Stel's on Highway E in Eureka. A birthday party was going on for 'Barbara,' and cars passing by were asked to honk their horns."
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Westridge Golf Club — Interior

Date: 05 01 2009
Description: "Assembled around the table are:(standing left to right) J.P. Widmer, Buddy Ruecker, and our waitress Erica. (Seated left to right) Brenda Wilz, Quinn (fri...
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Gates Birthday Celebration

Date: 1957
Description: Clough Gates, publisher of the "Superior Telegram," cutting a cake to celebrate his 80th birthday. Max Lavine stands in the middle background, and watching...
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Ingeborg Starks

Date: 12 07 1953
Description: Portrait of Mrs.Ingeborg Starks on her 95th birthday.
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Elizabeth Govin

Date: 07 19 1954
Description: Portrait of Elizabeth Govin on her 90th birthday. She is sitting in a chair holding a book.
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Birthday Party Group Portrait

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Description: An outdoor group portrait of a birthday party. A cake with many candles and a lace tablecloth sits on a table in front. Most of the party are dressed up. N...
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Birthday of Ralph WIdmer

Date: 10 30 1990
Description: "Tammy Diedrich and Kay Widmer-Hren congratulate Ralph Widmer on his 75th birthday."

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