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Chief Warrant Officer Sam Gubner Retires

Date: 12 31 1954
Description: Standing in the back row, left to right, are Chief Warrant Officer Sam Gubner; James Shafer, a family friend and neighbor; and his son Mike, 14. Sitting in...
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Nellie Jones Attending a Circus

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Entering the grounds of the Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Economics Extens...
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Nellie Jones Attending a Circus

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Attending the Ringling Brother-Barnum and Bailey Circus is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Economics Extension leader at t...
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Lincoln Day Dinner Committee

Date: 02 01 1955
Description: The committee in charge of arrangements for the 5th Annual Lincoln Day Dinner of the Republican party.
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Nellie Jones Attending a Circus

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Intently watching the performance at the Ringling Brother-Barnum and Bailey Circus is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Econ...
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Two Boys Exploring Toyland Before Christmas

Date: 12 1954
Description: Jeff and Gregg Anderson playing cowboys with plastic tommy guns at Toyland, the Wolff-Kubly-Hirsig store.
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Swimmers at Vilas Park Beach

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Swimming instructor Ann Sundt checking on swimmers in the shallow water at the Vilas Park Beach.
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"This is Spring"

Date: 03 22 1955
Description: Close-up of a man welcoming spring with snow on his face and coat.
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Milwaukee Braves Season Opening Game

Date: 04 12 1955
Description: During the 5th inning of the Milwaukee Braves vs. the Cincinnati Redlegs game, Redlegs manager, Birdie Tebbetts (wearing a jacket), argues with the umpire,...
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Kitchen help for the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital is provided by Birdie Seligman and Ester Goldstine, members of the Madison Jewish ...
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Leah Rothschild and Minnie Marcus folding napkins for the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital. Both are members of the Madison Jewish Welfa...
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We Saw You . . . at Lawmaker School

Date: 01 12 1955
Description: Proud assemblymen's wives watching from the state assembly gallery as the 1955 State Assembly session begins. Mrs. Earl Warren (sitting on the left) is mar...
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Finger Painting Class at Nichols School

Date: 01 05 1955
Description: Third-grade student Susan Pressentin (of 4805 Wallace Avenue) is working on finger painting project at Nichols School. She is wearing a Brownie uniform.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Stella Gelman helping her daughter, Cindy, ice skate on frozen parts of Lake Wingra at Vilas Park.
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Troia's Steak House

Date: 12 31 1954
Description: Interior view of Troia's Steak House located at 661 State street. The chef is standing behind a grilling station.
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YWCA Summer Activities Directors

Date: 06 1955
Description: Two women posing on a dock on Lake Mendota. They are Ruth La Duke (left), acting director of the YWCA's health education department, and Ruth Edie, who was...
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger is teaching his daughter, Susan Jane, to ice skate at the Vilas Park ice skating rink by Lake Wingra.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger helping daughter, Susan Jane, learn how to skate at Vilas Park ice rink by Lake Wingra.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Ice skaters on the Vilas Park ice rink by Lake Wingra.
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Scene at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: Park attendant John Doyle observing children and parents enjoying their time at the swimming pool in Badger Park. He is wearing a park badge and scratching...

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