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Wisconsin State Centennial Celebration

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: View of the set up for the reviewing and bandstands of the Wisconsin State Centennial celebrations on the corner of Monona Avenue and Main Street of the Ca...
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Manchester's, Inc., Employees Sell War Bonds

Date: 06 23 1944
Description: Preparing for War Bond Drive at Breese Stevens Field are Manchester's, Inc., employees Charmain Sabanske, Jenny McMahon, Helen Heisman, Jean Stehr, Jeanne ...
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St. Mary's School of Nursing Graduates

Date: 06 24 1945
Description: Group portrait of 21 nurses, standing on the steps in front of Alumni Hall, 1100 Delaphaine Court, at St. Mary's Hospital. They graduated from St. Mary's H...
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Mabel Pendleton with German Knives and Flag

Date: 07 05 1945
Description: Mabel Pendleton is shown holding German knives with a German flag on a table. The items, retired from service, were sent by her son, Sgt. Frederick N. Hall...
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Wisconsin Centennial Celebration

Date: 01 05 1948
Description: Seated in the Wisconsin State Capitol during a state centennial observance are, left to right: E.B. Fred, President of the University of Wisconsin; Governo...
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Thirty-fourth Annual Rotary Conference

Date: 04 19 1949
Description: Shown at the Rotary Conference of the 144th district held at Central High School are left to right: Dr. David Roper, Beloit College, Paul F. Hunter, confer...
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Governor Rennebohm Signing Anti-Segregation Law

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm, seated at his desk in the foreground, signs a bill into law ending segregation in the Wisconsin National Guard because of race, c...
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Declaration of Optimist Week

Date: 11 02 1949
Description: Madison City Manager Howell (right) signs a proclamation declaring the following week to be Optimist Week. Looking on, from the Madison Optimist Chapter, (...
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Red Cross Annual Dinner

Date: 11 18 1949
Description: Shown are the honored guests at the Red Cross Annual Dinner in the Hotel Loraine. They are (left to right) City Manager Howell, Mrs. Lohra S. Davies, exec...
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Gov. Kohler Signs Bill

Date: 06 07 1951
Description: Governor Walter Kohler signs into law the bill providing that the governor and the legislature shall review all public expenditures, including money from r...
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Oil Progress Week Proclamation Signing

Date: 10 12 1951
Description: Madison mayor George Forster signs the proclamation to observe Oil Progress Week, while Arnold Wake (center), the general chairman for the observance, and ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 20 1952
Description: The starter, Glen (Pat) Holmes ,is holding the checkered flag at the starting ramp of the Soap Box Derby on Gorham Street as two cars prepare to take off. ...
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Shepard Terrace Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: A lineup of over twenty costumed children assembled along 2620 Chamberlain Street in the Shepard Terrace neighborhood. They had performed a circus for Roun...
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New Saint Coletta School Chapel Blessing

Date: 06 28 1953
Description: Exterior view of the new chapel at St. Coletta school for exceptional children in Jefferson.
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Svttende Mai-Turnering Golfers

Date: 04 17 1954
Description: Group portrait of the Norwegian Svttende Mai-Turnering golfers at the Blackhawk Country club with Norwegian and American flags. Seated from left: Henry L. ...
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Flag Day Ceremony

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: The Belleville American Legion post champion drill team raising the flag during Flag Day ceremonies at the Madison Veterans Administration Hospital.
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Beautiful Madison, Inc.

Date: 08 30 1956
Description: Three members of Beautiful Madison, Inc. give a letter to Mayor Ivan Nestingen (seated at desk) requesting a city ordinance against littering in Madison st...
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One Millionth Telephone in Wisconsin Installed

Date: 11 15 1957
Description: The original caption states: "the Wisconsin Telephone Co.'s one-millionth telephone now in service was presented to Gov. Vernon W. Thomson by Charles E. Wa...
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Senator William Proxmire Talks at Postal Wage Rally

Date: 03 13 1960
Description: Senator William Proxmire stands at a podium to address an overflow crowd of about 600 federal employees in the second congressional district at the wage in...
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Memorial Day

Date: 05 30 1953
Description: Madison observed Memorial Day with a parade and three memorial services. A Memorial Day address by Assemblyman Elmer L. Genxmer was followed by a wreath ce...

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