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John Speranza with Wife and Two Children

Date: 10 31 1948
Description: John Speranza stands at the ruins of his store, dairy bar and home on Highways 12 & 18 south of Madison (2606 West Broadway). With him is his wife, Bertha ...
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New Attorney General Swearing-In

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild, (right) being sworn in by his father, Justice Edward T. Fairchild, of the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
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Cooper family portrait

Date: 11 26 1948
Description: Group portrait of an old man and four older adult women (his daughters ?). Perhaps the Cooper family.
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Shirley Ann and James Wertz

Date: 12 02 1948
Description: Shirley Ann, age 3, and her brother, James Wertz, age 13, were chosen to present the city with the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) new baby elephant that ...
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Help for Fire Victims

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Valera Widener and her children: Norma (on her lap), Franklin (left), and Lyall (right), in Baron Brothers Department Store drinking milk provided by the E...
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Help for Fire Victims

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Annie Simmons and her four children are enjoying a "picnic" on the floor at Baron Brothers Department Store after the fire in the tenement-type house at 15...
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Mr. & Mrs. William Herrling and Son

Date: 12 07 1948
Description: William and Estella Herrling, and their son, Roy, a Madison fire chief. William built the first home in the University Heights plat at 2117 University Aven...
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Funeral for Fire Victims

Date: 12 01 1948
Description: Dr. Charles A. Puls, pastor of Luther Memorial church, 1021 University Avenue, looks down on the caskets of a mother and her three children, during funeral...
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Edwin and Mary Jones' Twins

Date: 12 14 1948
Description: Christmas pose of Linda and Marcia Jones, twin daughters of Edwin and Mary Jones, 4101 Hillcrest Drive.
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Bette G. Stilwell and Her Children

Date: 11 14 1948
Description: Mrs. William (Bette Gillette) Stilwell and her two children. The infant in her lap, Janet, is 4 months old, and sitting on the arm of the chair is Joey, wh...
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David M. Fowler Family

Date: 11 25 1948
Description: A group portrait of Mrs. David M. Fowler (mother of Mrs. Mary Rennebohm), with seven of her eight children and their spouses. The children are: Mr. and Mrs...
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Austin Thorson and Family

Date: 01 03 1949
Description: Austin Thorson, winner of a $100 prize in a Lipton Tea Co. jingle contest, also won $1,200 worth of groceries from the Kroger Co. by writing the address of...
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Mrs. Robert C. (Jean) McGuire and Daughter Jean Anne

Date: 01 04 1949
Description: Mrs. Robert C. (Jean) McGuire, formerly of Oshhosh, and her daughter Jean Anne Shephard, on her hobby horse "Lulabelle," in their home at 4413 Winnequah Ro...
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Mrs. Robert C. (Phyllis) Beck and Son Bobby

Date: 01 05 1949
Description: Mrs. Robert C. (Phyllis) Beck and her son Bobby, 20 months, in the living room of their home in Lakeview Heights. The family recently moved to the city fro...
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Mrs. Nelson (Marjorie) Hagan and Her Children

Date: 01 04 1949
Description: Mrs. Nelson (Marjori) Hagan and her two children, Jessica, 5, and Nelson Jr. "Kip," 3, in the home of Mr. Hagan's mother, Mrs. Milo C. Hagan, 153 East Gilm...
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Wisconsin Boxing Coach and Three Brother Boxers

Date: 01 10 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing coach, John J. Walsh, with three of his team boxers, brothers Dwight, Dwaine and Don Dickinson (left to right), of Tomah. Do...
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Ordie A. Juve on Trial for Murder

Date: 01 11 1949
Description: Ordie A. Juve, 86 Fair Oaks Avenue, seated at lower left during a hearing in the court of Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor to determine if he should be bound ...
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Cathleen Markowski and Children

Date: 01 18 1949
Description: Mrs. Stephen (Cathleen) Markowski, 3932 Tonywath Trail and her children: Stephen, 3 years; Gregory, 19 months; and Teresa, 2 months.
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House Fire Damage

Date: 01 26 1949
Description: Ralph E. Mattison and his five-year-old daughter, Donna, examine the burned wall of their living room at 709 Orton Court.
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Brothers Joe and Jim Conrad

Date: 02 10 1949
Description: Joe Conrad 12, at left, and Jim Conrad 8, at right, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Conrad, 1225 Sweetbriar Road. Joe won first prize in the third "Wisconsin St...

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