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Unitarian Church's Work Day

Date: 1950
Description: People gather around a table of food for the First Unitarian Society's "Work Day". The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and some of the construc...
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Chief McCormick Buying Forget-Me-Not

Date: 09 29 1932
Description: Chief of Police William McCormick buying the first Forget-me-not from the Disabled American Veterans on the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. Left to right: L...
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Burning Building and Volunteer Fire Fighters

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Description: Volunteer fire fighters prepare to put out a fire on a roof. The fire company's hose cart is the vehicle with two large wheels which was attached to any av...
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Salvation Army Bell Ringer with Kettle

Date: 12 19 1944
Description: Mrs. Virginia McFadden, a worker at a Salvation Army kettle, receiving a contribution from Roger Helgesen, son of Floyd and Marian Helgesen, Milton.
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Hubert Humphrey Campaigning

Date: 1960
Description: Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota campaigning for the presidential nomination in southwestern Wisconsin. Humphrey stands at the historical marker in Co...
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Gray Ladies of the Dane County Red Cross

Date: 11 01 1948
Description: Gray Ladies of the Dane County Red Cross reading outdoors to patients of the Mendota hospital for the mentally ill. Shown standing, at left, is Mrs. Willia...
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Red Cross Gray Ladies

Date: 07 07 1953
Description: The Gray Ladies (volunteers) of the Red Cross do shopping as part of their hospital duties. Mrs. Tracy W. (Anne) Allen is shown in her car, returning from ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: Two racers streak down the soap box derby track on E. Gorham Street as a large crowd watches from behind a fence along the sidewalk.
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Nakoma Welfare League

Date: 05 26 1954
Description: Nakoma Welfare League members look on as a ceremony takes place to install new officers. The event took place outdoors at the Anderson home at 4014 Cheroke...
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Nakoma Welfare League

Date: 05 26 1954
Description: Nakoma Welfare League member, some standing, others sitting on blankets on the ground while viewing the ceremony to install new officers. The ceremony took...
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Civil Defense Mass Feeding Practice

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Mrs. Ryerson (left) and Melvin Dykman use shovels to build a brick stove during a Civil Defense emergency mass-feeding practice. Katheryn Henning stacks la...
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Nakoma PTA Blood Drive

Date: 01 04 1954
Description: Girl Scout Betsy Paddock, age eleven, talks to Lawrence and Arneita Halle in an effort to recruit donors for an upcoming Red Cross blood drive at Nakoma Sc...
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Frame 49: Signs of the Three

Date: 08 1964
Description: A nighttime rally on the Atlantic City boardwalk in support of the Mississipi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Three people in front of the group carry sig...
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Seratoma Club Members Selling Brooms

Date: 11 13 1959
Description: Five members of the Madison Seratoma Club, including, left to right, William Rowland, William Murphy, Harold Hueschen, Ray Sweeney, and Wendall Ward, holdi...
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Maple Bluff Fire School

Date: 11 12 1960
Description: A scene from a fire school held by the Maple bluff fire department for their volunteer firemen. They witnessed demonstrations on how to put out different t...
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Nakoma Welfare League Tea

Date: 09 27 1961
Description: Dr. Leslie H. Fishel, Jr., director of the Wisconsin State Historical Society and guest speaker at the tea, sharing a laugh with three of the league member...
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Mental Patients Visit the Zoo

Date: 10 20 1961
Description: Several men and women patients from Mendota State Hospital are watching the bears at the Vilas Park Zoo. A volunteer took them for the outing in her person...
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Donald Trump Merchandise

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: A man wearing a volunteer badge for the Janesville Donald Trump rally is sitting on a stool outdoors next to a small display of campaign merchandise. The t...
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"Smiling Mushroom" Relocation Project

Date: 04 2000
Description: Relocation of Sid Boyum's sculpture, "Smiling Mushroom," to the public green space on the bike path at Atwood Avenue and Dunning Street. Lou Host-Jablonski...
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Female Red Cross Volunteers

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Description: Female Red Cross volunteers in front of the Reichstag building.

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