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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: Illinois Central flagman R.D. DeRoche walking along the railroad tracks at the Monroe and Regent Streets crossing ahead of the engine after he activated wa...
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YWCA World Fellowship Committee

Date: 06 1955
Description: Four women sitting around a bench in a garden by Lake Mendota. They are discussing plans for the Annual World Fellowship Benefit Garden Tea sponsored by th...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: Brakeman R.D. DeRoche pressing the button to deactivate the warning lights as the Illinois Central train passes the intersection with Monroe and Regent Str...
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City of Madison & U.W. Police Graduates

Date: 08 1955
Description: Sixteen new Madison policemen and three U.W. officers receiving their diplomas at a graduation ceremony held at the City of Madison Police Academy School. ...
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Women's Western Open

Date: 06 23 1954
Description: A professional and an amateur paired up for the 26th Annual Women's Western Open golf tournament at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Mickey Wright from LaJoll...
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Women's Western Open

Date: 06 23 1955
Description: Two professional women golfers check in at the scorer's table for the 26th Annual Women's Western Open at the Maple Bluff Country Club. At left is veteran ...
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Women's Western Open

Date: 06 23 1955
Description: Louise Suggs from Sea Island, Georgia, shows delight after she shot a record 68 for the greatest round of golf ever played by a woman at the Maple Bluff Co...
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Women's Western Open

Date: 06 23 1955
Description: After shooting her record-smashing five under par, Louise Suggs of Sea Island, Georgia, signs her autograph for Kay Pierson of Beloit. Kay's mother is the ...
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Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Council Tea

Date: 08 1955
Description: Three graduating seniors model clothing especially suitable for college life at the tea sponsored by the Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Council. The models ar...
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Clothing Fashions for High School & College Coeds

Date: 08 1955
Description: Clothing outfits available at Madison stores being modeled by young women: Walking on a sidewalk, Margaret McDowell is wearing a suit of a avocado green tw...
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Madison Theatre Guild's Tenth Anniversary

Date: 08 1955
Description: Joseph Klein, Lois Klein and Marvin Foster (left to right) are examining a scrapbook depicting the first ten years of activity for the Madison Theatre Guil...
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Madison Theatre Guild's Tenth Anniversary

Date: 08 1955
Description: Fern and Charles Thompson, chairmen of the ticket campaign for the Madison Theatre Guild, are presenting the first two season tickets to Mayor George Forst...
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Carson Gulley at His New Restaurant

Date: 09 12 1962
Description: Local celebrity chef, Carson Gulley, posing with the sign for his new restaurant and catering firm at 5522 University Avenue.
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Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church Dedication

Date: 08 14 1955
Description: Elevated view of the dedication ceremony and first Mass held at the Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church located at 401 South Owen Drive. Madison Dioces...
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We Saw You . . . as Catholic Schools Opened

Date: 09 1955
Description: Departing St. Bernard's Catholic School located at 2450 Atwood Avenue, after a morning class session are: on the left, Mrs. Ray Kowalsky (of 106 Cumberland...
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Laurie Stein in Tub with Protective Hat

Date: 12 1955
Description: The photographer's daughter, Laurie Stein, posing in a bath tub wearing a hat consisting only of a wide rim encircling her head to prevent shampoo from get...
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We Saw You . . . at Water Follies

Date: 08 1955
Description: Water comedian, Eddie Rose, of the Sam Snyder's Water Follies performing his routine jumping off a high-level diving board during a show at Breese Stevens ...
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Confraternity of Christian Doctrine Meeting

Date: 09 1955
Description: Three women are holding a poster at a convocation session of the Wisconsin Congress of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine at St. Raphael Cathedral. Th...
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Aaron Bohrod, U.W. Artist-in-Residence

Date: 04 1955
Description: University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, at work in his campus studio. Bohrod started the position in 1948.
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Two Men Arguing Over a Parking Space

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Two men crouching in a parking lot smiling while arguing over who gets to park in one parking spot, with their respective cars fender to fender behind them...

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