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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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Armed Forces Day Parade

Date: 05 20 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin ROTC marching units moving south down South Carroll street during a parade commemorating Armed Forces Day. The Episcopal cathedral ...
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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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American Legion Parade

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: Wisconsin's Thirty-second Division drill unit take part in the American Legion parade around Capitol Square.
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Walter Simon with his Shot Gun

Date: 11 08 1955
Description: Walter Simon holds his shot gun to show its wooden parts that he crafted himself. According to his obituary, published on October 18, 1964, he was the Dir...
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Madison Rifle Club

Date: 04 02 1956
Description: Group portrait of the Madison Rifle Club, winners of the Southern Wisconsin Rifle League championship, at the University of Wisconsin rifle range.
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Fond du Lac Junior Rifle Team

Date: 04 07 1956
Description: Group portrait of the Fond du Lac Junior Rifle Team, winners of the state junior rifle team championship, at the University of Wisconsin rifle range.
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Blackhawk Country Club Western Party

Date: 07 20 1957
Description: Shooting gallery at Blackhawk Country Club Western Ranch Party. Shown left to right: Fred Marsh, Maurice Wilson, Neoma Wilson, Irene Marsh, Howard Radder.
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Madison Rifle Club

Date: 03 07 1958
Description: Group portrait of members of the championship Madison rifle club of the Southern Wisconsin Rifle League. The men are shown with their rifles.
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Monroe Rifle Club

Date: 02 13 1958
Description: Group portrait of eight members of the Monroe Rifle Club. They took second place at the Southern Wisconsin Rifle League contest. They are holding their rif...
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State Junior Rifle Championship

Date: 04 19 1958
Description: The Northwestern Military and Naval Academy rifle team of Walworth won the State Junior Rifle Championship with a record score of 1498. Members are, left t...
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State Junior Rifle Championship

Date: 04 19 1958
Description: John Meitner of the Waterloo VFW club placed third in individual competition at the State Junior Rifle Championship on Saturday, April 19, 1958.
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Final Tribute to Gallant Pilot

Date: 06 30 1958
Description: The Air Guard Police fire a final salute to heroic departed comrade, Lt. Duane Pierstorff.
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Ducks Unlimited Dinner

Date: 02 03 1959
Description: 420 men turned out for the annual Ducks Unlimited dinner at Club Chanticleer. Ducks Unlimited was founded in 1938 by persons interested in wildlife conser...
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Madison American Legion Rifle Team

Date: 04 27 1959
Description: Members of the Madison American Legion four-man rifle team are shown with their rifles. They were recently declared the winner of the state contest held at...
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Ducks Unlimited Banquet

Date: 02 02 1960
Description: Four members of Ducks Unlimited inspect a gun at the annual banquet held at the Club Chanticleer. Left to right are: Toby Sherry, banquet chairman; Fred Ga...
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Vilas Zoo Monkeys Still at Large

Date: 11 25 1960
Description: "Two Rhesus monkeys are still at large after about four months of freedom. Thirty-three monkeys escaped from a Vilas Park zoo cage on August 4, 1960. Zoo d...

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