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Waukesha Aviation Club Youth Outreach

Date: 1945
Description: A demonstration of parachute handling for members of a local YMCA by the Waukesha Aviation Club. The club considered such educational activities for young ...
Postcard

Young Men's Christian Association Camp

Date: 1905
Description: The villa at the Young Men's Christian Association Camp. A group of girls and boys are sitting on the lawn on the left and two more people are sitting on t...
Poster

Health and Safety Poster on Employee Clubs

Date: 1916
Description: Poster or signboard with the title: "Clubs - Fostered for Good Fellowship; Recreation for Good Health." promoting International Harvester's ideas on the im...
Photograph

Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 22 1947
Description: Sailing instructor at YMCA Camp Wakanda Harry Stuhldreher Jr. is shown steering a sail boat on Lake Mendota with (L to R) Timothy Rice, Dick Lower, and Ran...
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YMCA Anniversary Dinner

Date: 03 03 1948
Description: YMCA twenty-ninth anniversary dinner meeting. Seated at the head table are: left to right, Mrs. A.F. (Madelyn) Trebilcock; Arthur Trebilcock, president of ...
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30th Annual YMCA Banquet

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Speakers table at the 30th annual YMCA dinner are, left to right: Mrs. Loren B. Cockrell; the Reverand Alfred W. Swan; Mrs. Emery Oliver; Arthur F. Trebilc...
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Y.M.C.A. Hiking Group

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Description: A Y.M.C.A. hiking group of men and boys posed standing on the edge of a sandy drop in a field. A house and trees are in the background. Most of the group i...
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Madison United Givers' Fund First Drive

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: Two solicitors for the Madison United Givers' Fund drive of 1950, Mrs. Ellis (Helen) Wertz (left) and Mrs. Howard (Evelyn) Nedderman (second to left), list...
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Y.M.C.A. Camp

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Description: A row of tents at a Y.M.C.A. camp stands in a clearing in a wooded area. A man sits on a chair in the foreground and "Y.M.C.A." is written on a surface of...
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Y.M.C.A.

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Description: A group of people poses for a portrait in front of a Y.M.C.A. building. A man dressed as a Native American chief stands at the center of the image and a w...
Print

Merry Christmas

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card with a young girl looking at herself in the mirror. She is wearing a white dress with a green sash, white stockings, black shoes and a militar...
Photograph

MGM Trackless Train

Date: 08 1925
Description: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Trackless Train" parked in front of the Hotel Loraine on West Washington Avenue. The YMCA can be seen on the right. The "Trackless...
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Who's New Club Fall Luncheon

Date: 09 14 1956
Description: Two members of the Who's New board of directors, Mrs. John Mueller, left, and Cornelia Jensen, attend the club's fall luncheon. The club is a YWCA-sponsore...
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Madison YMCA Ski Club

Date: 11 20 1958
Description: Kay Kellicutt models a white nylon parka at the Madison YMCA Ski Club's fashion show.
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Madison YMCA Ski Club

Date: 11 20 1958
Description: Beginning young skiers model ski-wear at the Madison YMCA Ski Club's fashion show. They include, from left to right: Kathy Thomas (age 10), Rusty Wixson (8...
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U.S. Army YMCA

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of the U.S. Army's YMCA building for those deployed to northern Russia during the Allied intervention there after World War I. The building h...
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Lake Geneva Auto Station

Date: 06 02 1928
Description: View across street towards a convertible automobile with a fender-mounted spare tire parked in front of the Lake Geneva Auto Station on the south side of t...
Poster

One of The Thousand Y.M.C.A. Girls in France

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a young woman wearing a YMCA uniform. She is holding three books in her left hand, and a mug with steam rising from it ...
Poster

Help Us Help Our Boys ???

Date: 1918
Description: Poster depicting a young woman wearing a YMCA uniform putting up a poster on a wall while looking over her shoulder at the viewer. A hazy reflection of the...
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Madison Stamp Club Meeting

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Milton Geier, smoking a cigarette, is examining a stamp with a magnifier, while W.L. Millar is looking on, at the Madison Stamp Club meeting at the City YM...

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