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Chicago Traveling Club: Trip Eight

Date: 1878
Description: Group of men outside tent with "The Boss" sign above door and labels on some of the fellows' shirts saying, "CTC," an abbreviation for the Chicago Travelin...
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Visting Rotarians

Date: 1931
Description: A group of Rotarian tourists pose next to their tour bus in England. Joseph Jackson of Madison, the tall man in the back row wearing a hat, was a national...
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Lyle T. Beggs

Date: 08 26 1948
Description: Lyle T. Beggs, standing on the steps of a Milwaukee Road train, as he is about to leave for VFW camp where he is expected to be elected national commander ...
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University of Wisconsin Boxing Team

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Preparing to depart by train for the forthcoming NCAA boxing meet are University of Wisconsin national boxing team defending champions and their coaching s...
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Dorothy Dignam on S.S. "Geo. Washington"

Date: 05 1929
Description: Dorothy Dignam, one of the first women in the advertising field, worked in Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York City, and was active in raising the status o...
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Wausau Wheelers

Date: 06 1987
Description: Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin biking with the Wausau Wheelers.
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: 1941 Season

Date: 04 25 1941
Description: Page from the Neighborhood House log book for the first bike hosteling trip of the 1941 season to Sauk City, with three girls securing packs to a bike in f...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: First Trip 1941

Date: 04 25 1941
Description: Page with more images of the first trip of the 1941 season from the Neighborhood House log book of bike hosteling excursions, with Theresa Manderino, Vince...
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Three Bicyclists in front of Schumann's Store

Date: 04 25 1941
Description: Theresa Manderino [Mandarino?], Vincenza Raimond, and Mary Baldarotta [Baldarotto?] resting and posing on a low wall in front of Schumann's Store, as part ...
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Boy Scouts Leaving for Jamboree

Date: 07 09 1957
Description: Three men at the railroad station examine a schedule as they leave for the Boy Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Wallace Wikoff of the Wisco...
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Janesville Rotary Club Entertains University of Wisconsin, Beloit, and Milton College Foreign Students

Date: 02 11 1961
Description: Ninety-two foreign students attending the U.W., Beloit, and Milton Colleges representing 35 countries took buses to Janesville where they were guests of th...
Magazine or Periodical

Escort Into Minneapolis

Date: 07 23 1892
Description: Frank Lenz entering Minneapolis escorted by members of the St. Paul Cycle Club, the Minneapolis Business Men's Bicycle Association, and the Minnesota Divis...
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Minetta Leonard

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: Indoor portrait of Minetta Leonard, who will give an illustrated travel talk to the Christian Mothers and Altar Society at St. Bernard's Catholic Church in...
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Brigade Boys at the Train Station

Date: 1910
Description: Members of the Boys' Brigade are posing for a group picture at the train station. Some boys are holding bedrolls. Three men, one on the left and two on the...
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Madison Drum & Bugle Corps Trip

Date: 08 22 1957
Description: Members of the Boy Scout Corps posing for a group portrait prior to leaving on a trip to Florida to compete in the VFW national competition. The Scouts are...
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Zor Shrine Tour of Hawaii

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Zor Shrine group boarding their plane at the Madison airport for their tour of Hawaii.
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Sherman School Girl Scouts Take Trip to Minneapolis

Date: 06 17 1960
Description: Thirteen Girl Scouts from Troop 31 from Sherman School prepare to depart on a bus to Minneapolis. The Girl Scouts will earn points for their travel badge. ...
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National German Song Festival Attendees

Date: 07 28 1956
Description: Several people posing outside a Flying Tiger Line airplane, on the ground and on the airstair. The airstair has logos for Northwest Airlines. Caption reads...

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