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Weapons Training

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Description: Three women receiving weapons training during World War II. Women are receiving training on the handling of a rifle.
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West High School Girls' Rifle Team

Date: 02 25 1953
Description: West High School Girls' Rifle Team, front to back, Betty Newton, Rita Bisbee, and Alice Pedracine, prepare for their first competitive meet.
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Madison Legion Rifle Club

Date: 04 03 1941
Description: Seven members of the Madison Legion Rifle and Pistol Club.
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Rifle Club Member Aiming a Gun

Date: 04 03 1941
Description: Paul Haberman, member of the Madison Legion Rifle and Pistol Club, aiming a rifle. The Club is sponsoring the "Little Worlds Rifle and Pistol Championship ...
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Boy Aiming Gun While Father Watches

Date: 06 12 1945
Description: Ira Kurth, 3918 Manitou Way, with children Stuart and Kathleen. Stuart is aiming a gun while his father and sister look on.
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Police First Aid Training

Date: 11 16 1945
Description: Dane County traffic police receiving first aid training. Officer Rodney Burgenske is performing artificial respiration on Lieut. A.C. Pope while Capt. O.F....
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Gun Rack

Date: 10 30 1946
Description: Horizontal gun rack located on a closet shelf taken for the R.L. Kulzick Advertising Agency, 409 East Washington Avenue.
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Police Officer Robert O'Brien With Wooden Guns

Date: 03 08 1947
Description: Police Officer Robert O'Brien showing guns he carved.
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Rifle Team

Date: 05 20 1947
Description: Group portrait of five men in hunting clothing, holding rifles. There is a revolver instruction chart on the wall in back of the men.
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Tableau of Nicolet Coming to Wisconsin

Date: 03 01 1948
Description: Tableau of students dressed in costume depicting Nicolet coming to Wisconsin, sponsored by members of the Twentieth Century club and the Parent Teachers As...
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University of Wisconsin ROTC Review

Date: 05 01 1948
Description: The University of Wisconsin ROTC cadets pass in review before the Military Ball Queen, Mary Schneiders, San Diego, California, her court, and ROTC officers...
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Dane County Traffic Police

Date: 05 13 1948
Description: Four Dane County traffic police pictured in their new navy blue and grey uniforms. Left to right, Officers Charles O'Brien, Don Harless, Emil Schmale, and ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winners

Date: 07 24 1948
Description: At right is Don Harless, Dane County traffic officer, presenting carry-all bags to winners of the sportsmanship award to Albert Martin, son of Mrs. Annabel...
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A.J. Taft, Maple Bluff Police Marshal

Date: 12 13 1948
Description: The street directory for Maple Bluff was delivered by Marshall A.J. Taft around the Christmas season. The contents of the directory reveal the growth of Ma...
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Madison Rifle Club

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Twenty-two men and women pose with their rifles in a indoor rifle shooting range.
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Mt. Horeb Rifle Club

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Fifteen men and women pose with their rifles in a indoor rifle shooting range.
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Madison Rifle Club

Date: 03 26 1950
Description: The Madison Rifle Club has won the Southern Wisconsin League Championship for the third straight year. The pictured sharpshooters won the 1949-50 title wit...
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Mount Horeb Rifle Club

Date: 03 27 1950
Description: Group portrait of the 1949-1950 Southwest Wisconsin Champion Mount Horeb Rifle Club. The team was victorious in 12 straight matches with a score of 973 out...
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Badger Fans at Airport

Date: 11 18 1950
Description: Part of a crowd of 150 waiting at the fence at the Truax airport terminal as the Badger football team's chartered airplane returns at 8:20 PM after losing ...
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Madison Rifle Club

Date: 04 02 1951
Description: Group portrait of seventeen members of the Madison Rifle club holding their rifles. They repeated as champion of the Southern Wisconsin Rifle League by win...

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