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Patricia Ann Palmer (2) Caught in Truax Park Drainage Pipe

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Patricia Ann Palmer (2) waiting for rescue workers to free her right leg caught in an unused drainage pipe at Truax Park. Her father Michael B. Palmer, at ...
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Bobby Jones

Date: 03 18 1958
Description: Bobby Jones (Arena) is receiving an award for his life-saving efforts in the Governor's Office on March 18th, 1958. Bobby is showing his father the award a...
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Children's Style Show

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Howard Anderson dresses his distressed-looking son Terry in a lace collared and cuffed "Little Lord Fauntleroy" outfit. They are taking part in the childre...
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Summer Music Clinic Try Outs

Date: 05 10 1958
Description: "Almost 4000 high school musicians came to Madison for the state solo - ensemble festival, and 20 of them went home with scholarships for the 1958 Summer M...
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Sweeney Family Baseball Team

Date: 06 10 1958
Description: Raymond E. Sweeney with his nine sons.
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Family Picnic at Shorewood Hills Home

Date: 06 25 1958
Description: Brothers Jim and Tom cooking hot dogs during a picnic of the Professor Frank J. Remington family in their backyard.
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Family Picnic at Shorewood Hills Home

Date: 06 25 1958
Description: Professor Frank J. Remington bringing out food with the help of two of his sons for a family picnic in their backyard.
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We Saw You . . . at New Carousel

Date: 06 21 1958
Description: A young girl taking her first ride, with assistance from her father, on a horse on the new merry-go-round in Vilas Park. The grand opening for the merry-go...
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Renk - Tomlin Wedding

Date: 06 28 1958
Description: As the bride, Susan Renk, is walking up the steps of the Sacred Hearts Catholic Church in Sun Prairie, her father, Wilbur Renk, is assisting by holding up ...
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Governor-Elect Gaylord Nelson Holding Son Gaylord, Jr.

Date: 11 05 1958
Description: Governor-Elect Gaylord Nelson holding his son Gaylord, Jr (Happy) (5) in the family home at 5627 Crestwood Place. The photograph was taken prior to the Nel...
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Granny Cowdin

Date: 11 19 1958
Description: Mary B. Cowdin is in her apartment playing her piano and joined by her son-in-law, Ralf Metz, who is playing a violin, and her grandsons Scott, 12, and All...
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Winkie the Elephant at the Vilas Park Zoo Enjoys His Chrismas Tree

Date: 12 23 1958
Description: Winkie the elephant at the Henry Vilas Zoo enjoys the Christmas Tree in the lion cage next to his cage. A father and daughter watch as Winkie reaches for t...
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New Baby for the Richard Welch Family

Date: 05 05 1959
Description: Richard Welch warms a bottle of milk for his new baby girl Andrea, age six days, at the Welch's home at 4410 Boulder Terrace. The baby's mother is Alice We...
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New Baby for the Richard Welch Family

Date: 05 05 1959
Description: Richard and Alice Welch, 4410 Boulder Terrace, admire their new baby girl Andrea (age six days) during her first nap in her new crib at home.
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James Edward Doyle, Sr. Family

Date: 02 02 1958
Description: James Doyle, Jr. swinging a golf club under the gaze of his father, James Doyle, Sr. They are in a living room by the fireplace.
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Edward and Gilbert Ross

Date: 1925
Description: UW-Madison sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross posing with his arm around his son Gilbert. They are standing outdoors; both men are wearing coats, and...

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