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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Rally

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: A barbershop quartet of U.W. students singing on behalf of prom queen candidate, Mary Gisvold of Chippewa Falls, at the rally in the Memorial Union Rathske...
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Madison Vocational School Cooking School

Date: 01 25 1954
Description: Instructor E.L. Heiser looking on as students Jean Burik, Bob Knoelke, and Delwin Henriksen are preparing a salad in the cooking school at Madison Vocation...
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Madison Vocational School Cooking School

Date: 01 25 1954
Description: Student Warren Olsen flipping over a roast in the cooking school at the Madison Vocational School.
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Vocational School Speech Class

Date: 02 04 1954
Description: As preparation for speech class at the Madison Vocational School, Olga Toltzien is reading from The American Observer.
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West High PTA-Sponsored Play Rehearsal

Date: 02 15 1954
Description: West High school students, Alice Ragatz and Roberta Caldwell, at a rehearsal for the PTA-sponsored production of "Ship Ahoy" put on to raise money for unde...
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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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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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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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Teenagers Wield Power

Date: 04 12 1957
Description: Larry Bolen, of 1233 Jenifer Street and a senior at East High School, works after school at a local service garage to earn spending money.
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Madison Schools Safety Patrol Trip to Washington, D.C.

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: Madison Schools students chosen as Safety Patrol members by their schools board the train to Washington, D.C. to attend the National Assembly of School Saf...
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Madison Altrusa Club Annual Country Fair

Date: 04 25 1958
Description: One of the philanthropic projects of the Madison Altrusa Club's annual country fair proceeds is scholarships for young women to take the practical nurse's ...
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Edgewood High School Graduates

Date: 06 02 1959
Description: The top three students of the 1959 graduating class are, left to right, Nicholas Frost, Elizabeth Bergemann, and Thomas Kuehn.
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New Third Grade Teacher in Sun Prairie

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: Members of Diane Schmitt's Sun Prairie school's third grade are greeted by Volunteer Fire Department chief Ben Blaschka during a tour of the fire station. ...

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