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Celebrating the End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Overhead view of bar and crowd in Fauerbach Brewing Co. tavern at 651 Williamson Street, celebrating the end of Prohibition.
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Mother's Day

Date: 04 23 1963
Description: A grandmother with daughter and granddaughter. They are nicely dressed for mother's day.
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Hailing the 5,000,000th International Harvester Tractor

Date: 02 01 1974
Description: Press release photograph of female model, Valerie Robb, posing on the 5,000,000th International Harvester tractor to roll off the assembly line on Feb. 1, ...
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100,000th Farmall Tractor

Date: 04 12 1930
Description: Cyrus McCormick III riding the 100,000th Farmall tractor off the Farmall Works assembly line. The tractor was painted silver to mark the occasion. At the f...
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New Year's Baby

Date: 12 28 1934
Description: "Miss 1935," one-year-old Lois Ann Endres, daughter of Emil and Berniece Endres, 534 W. Mifflin Street, standing in an overstuffed chair wearing top hat an...
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Swearing Allegiance

Date: 05 02 1963
Description: During part of a ceremony, citizens raise their right hands and swear allegiance to the United States in the federal building to receive citizenship certif...
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Dottie Hildebrandt Modeling "Grey Mist" Hat

Date: 03 30 1953
Description: Dottie Hildebrandt, a Wauwautosa senior in Recreation at the University of Wisconsin, trying on spring hat, assisted by Lonnie Graham. The hat, titled "Gra...
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Mailman George A. Perkins

Date: 03 10 1949
Description: Mailman George A. Perkins receiving a purse containing 25 silver dollars from Marshall Browne, publisher of the East Side News, on the 25th anniversary of ...
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Young Boy and Girl Wearing Crowns

Date: 1941
Description: A young boy and girl posed dressed up and wearing a crowns.
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Seder for Newcomers

Date: 04 24 1948
Description: A group portrait of people seated at tables for Seder. The Pelz family if identified in the lower right of the picture. The mother is identified as Esther ...
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Emil Frautschi Family

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Emil J. Frautschi, prominent Madison business, church, and civic leader, shares his day of honor at the Rotary Club meeting with members of his family. Sea...
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Tri Delta Pansy Breakfast

Date: 05 18 1952
Description: Three Tri Delta sorority sisters acting as style show models at their "Pansy Breakfast." Left to right: Charlotte Wagenknecht, Fort Atkinson; Marion Miller...
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Who's New Club Members

Date: 06 02 1964
Description: Among the guests at the Who's New club luncheon were L to R: Mrs. James Turner, Oregon; Mrs. John MacLean, Middleton; Barbara Bodart; Lynn Frommuer; and Cl...
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Newcomers Club Members

Date: 06 02 1964
Description: Who's New club wound up its season with a luncheon at Maple bluff Country Club. Pictured L to R: Marles Christoph; Virginia Schomberg; and Constance Lamp. ...
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Who's New Club Members

Date: 09 13 1966
Description: Four members of the Who's New Club pose together at the Who's New fall luncheon. Two of the women wear leaf-shaped name tags.
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Who's New Club Members

Date: 09 13 1966
Description: Four members of the Who's New Club pose between wagon wheels at the Who's New fall luncheon. Each woman wears a leaf-shaped name tag.
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Honoring Eugene Gerlach

Date: 1975
Description: "Eugene Gerlach is honored for his many years in the Fire Department. He is flanked by his grandson, Gene Koll, & Chief Bernard Adelmeyer."
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First Veterans Day Proclamation in Wisconsin

Date: 10 29 1954
Description: Governor Walter Kohler signs a proclamation making November 11, 1954 the first Veterans Day in Wisconsin. Looking on, left to right, are: Francis Lorbecki ...
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Gardner Baking Co. Employees' 25-Year Club

Date: 11 29 1957
Description: Four people standing beside each other during the Gardner Baking Company's 25-Year-Club celebration. They include Norman and Florence Schroeder; and Mrs. a...
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Gardner Baking Co. Employees' 25-Year Club

Date: 11 29 1957
Description: Janet Pond (left) and Teresa Dexter stand beside their husbands, James Dexter and Gill Pond. They are possibly members from Colvin Baking Co., a firm asscc...

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