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Gisholt Picnic

Date: 08 06 1944
Description: Five speakers at the Gisholt Machine Company picnic, taken at the Blooming Grove carnival grounds. Left to right: Marion "Red" Borland, president of Gishol...
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Suburban Police Officers

Date: 10 13 1948
Description: Blooming Grove constables Albert Frazer and Jerry Fries, put a man on a stretcher in the back of a police car modified to serve as ambulance.
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Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 09 31 1948
Description: Cornerstone laying ceremony at the new Queen of Apostles seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road. Seated, left to right, are Rev. Edward Kinney, Madison, secreta...
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Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 10 31 1948
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor applies a trowel of fresh cement to a base for the cornerstone of the new Queen of Apostles seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road. L...
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Cornerstone Laying at Queen of Apostles Seminary

Date: 10 31 1948
Description: Rt. Rev. Adaltbert Turowski, Vatican City, Rome, father general of the Catholic Pallottine Order which will operate the seminary, shown addressing the audi...
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Speranza's Neighbors Dig Basement for New Shop

Date: 11 06 1948
Description: Blooming Grove neighbors of John Speranza digging a basement for a new Speranza shop which will replace the one lost to a fire that also destroyed the Sper...
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Edmund Schwan, First Principal at Monona Grove High School

Date: 12 12 1954
Description: A welcoming reception honors Edmund Schwan, first principal at Monona Grove High School. Mrs. John Lyons sits at a table pouring tea, and standing from lef...
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Blooming Grove Fire Department Installs Alert Signs

Date: 09 29 1959
Description: Blooming Grove Fire Department Lt. John Robertstad installs an alert sign beneath the bedroom window of Lynn Stenrud to aid in rescue operations in the eve...

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