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Man Standing at a Bar

Date: 08 10 1953
Description: Man (Bob Lulling) standing at a bar with a bottle of Hunter whiskey pretending to be drunk (?).
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WKOW-TV Telethon

Date: 09 12 1953
Description: Fourteen men and women (one in a wheelchair) sitting around a dining table in a restaurant (Hoffman House?) as part of the WKOW-TV telethon (?).
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: People waiting in line to mail their letters, packages and parcels in the lobby of the United States Post Office on Monona Avenue. A woman is standing at t...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Postal worker, Ray Kindschi, is pushing a load of packages on a cart at the Williamson Street warehouse for the United States Post Office. He is usually a ...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Postal worker, Paul McConnell, loading packages onto his mail truck for delivery. He is handling different sized boxes stacked on the lowered gate of his o...
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Activities of Firemen at the Central Fire Station

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Captain Arne Lewick doubles as the fire station mechanic. Smoking a pipe, he is working at a lathe.
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West Side Business Men's Association Meeting

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Freeman Fox greeting William D. Byrns, the first president of the West Side Business Men's Association, at the meeting to install 1954 officers at the Nako...
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Ad Club Women's Night

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: "Ads & Fads," Madison Advertising Club Women's Night, was held at the Hoffman House. Members are wearing fashions from the first half of the twentieth cent...
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Ad Club Women's Night

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: "Ads and Fads," Madison Advertising Club Women's Night, held at the Hoffman House. Members are wearing fashions from the first half of the twentieth centur...
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Ad Club Women's Night

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: "Ads and Fads," Madison Advertising Club Women's Night, was held at the Hoffman House. Members are wearing fashions from the first half of the twentieth ce...
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Ad Club Women's Night

Date: 02 17 1954
Description: "Ads and Fads," Madison Advertising Club Women's Night, was held at the Hoffman House. Members are wearing fashions from the first half of the twentieth ce...
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Launch of "This is Wisconsin" Booklet-State Map Surrounded by Wisconsin Grown Foods

Date: 03 29 1954
Description: Food from every food-producing county in the state and seventy-one candles - one for each county - frames a 25-foot long map of Wisconsin at the preview ev...
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We Saw You . . . at Opti-mrs Meeting

Date: 04 01 1954
Description: Wives of members of the Downtown Optimist Club organized an auxiliary club called the Opt-mrs. The first luncheon meeting for the group was held at Kennedy...
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We Saw You . . . at Opti-mrs Meeting

Date: 04 01 1954
Description: Wives of members of the Downtown Optimists Club organized an auxiliary club called the Opti-mrs. The group held their first luncheon meeting at Kennedy Man...
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We Saw You . . . at Opti-mrs Meeting

Date: 04 01 1954
Description: Wives of members of the Downtown Optimists Club organized an auxiliary club called the Opti-mrs. The group held their first luncheon meeting at Kennedy Man...
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We Saw You . . . at Attic Angels' Meeting

Date: 04 28 1954
Description: Annual Attic Angels Association, spring luncheon meeting held at the Blackhawk County Club. Shown are (left to right): Mrs. L.M. Hobbins, Mrs. Mary Esther ...
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We Saw You . . . at Attic Angels' Meeting

Date: 04 28 1954
Description: Annual Attic Angel Association, spring luncheon meeting held at the Blackhawk Country Club. Shown are members of the board of directors (left to right): Mr...
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We Saw You . . . at Attic Angels' Meeting

Date: 04 28 1954
Description: Annual Attic Angel Association, spring luncheon meeting held at the Blackhawk Country Club. Shown are (left to right): Mrs. M.S. Tegge, Mrs. Inez Toebaas, ...
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We Saw You . . . at Attic Angels' Meeting

Date: 04 28 1954
Description: Annual Attic Angel Association, spring luncheon meeting held at the Blackhawk Country Club. Probationary members, who must complete 100 hours of work in th...
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American Legion Convention at the Hotel Loraine

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: S.C. Hull, Milton Junction (left), and Bill McCunnell (of McFarland) are holding a poster promoting the Dane County American Legion 40 and 8 baseball excur...

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