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State High School Wrestling Tournament

Date: 02 24 1961
Description: Action shot of wrestlers Loren Nordahl of Amery High School (on top) and Phil Robbins, Richland Center High School, during the state tournament at the Fiel...
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New West High School Swimming Pool

Date: 03 28 1961
Description: The new swimming pool at Madison West High School was recently filled with 125,000 gallons of water. In addition to use by the junior and senior high physi...
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Edgewood High School Baseball Clinic

Date: 03 25 1961
Description: Phils' Scout Bill Freese demonstrates techniques at Edgewood High School baseball clinic.
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Irish Operetta at Madison Central High School

Date: 03 07 1961
Description: Jake Standifird (right, wearing a skirt) and Dawn Huett performing in a scene involving a switch of the sexes in the operetta "Bits of Blarney" which will ...
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Edgewood High School Baseball Clinic

Date: 03 25 1961
Description: Phils' Scouts Bill Freese (right) and Eddie Dancisak demonstrating techniques at an Edgewood High School baseball clinic.
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Spelling Bee Championship in Iowa County

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: The last five spellers left in the Iowa county championship spelling bee all look a bit worried as they wait for the final rounds of the bee, held in the D...
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Spelling Bee Championship in Iowa County

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: The original caption states: "A confident winner, Julie Matthews stands before the microphone minutes before winning the county spelling title and a chance...
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Spelling Bee Championship in Iowa County

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: A happy Julie Matthews (right) receiving a hug from her mother, Mrs. Harlan Matthews (left) of Platteville, after winning the Iowa County Spelling Bee. Jul...
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Edgewood High School's Production of "Brigadoon"

Date: 04 11 1961
Description: Five cast members in the Edgewood high school's production of "Brigadoon." Left to right are: Ellen Bowar, Modest Richards, Mary Ann Brodzeller, John Armst...
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Edgewood Relays

Date: 04 07 1961
Description: John Huston (left) and Jim Connors, Edgewood high school trackmen, performing stretches. They will compete in the Edgewood Relays in the Camp Randall Memor...
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Brother-Sister General Motors Scholarship Winners

Date: 04 25 1961
Description: Madison Central High School senior Arlene Parmentier (right) holding a scholarship she won from General Motors. Her brother, Robert (left), is also a Gener...
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West High Girl's Club Style Show Models

Date: 05 05 1961
Description: Mary Frances Kelly, 1105 Emerald Street (foreground), and Georgia Nelson, 314 Merrill Crest (background), model for the West High Girls' Club "Around the F...
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Wisconsin High School Prom King and Queen

Date: 04 30 1961
Description: Ann Wegner and Kenii Higuchi will be crowned queen and king of the Wisconsin High School junior prom.
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Edgewood High School Queen and Her Court

Date: 04 07 1961
Description: Group portrait of queen Ann Topp and her court. Shown left to right are: Ann Topp, Catherine Straub, Ginny Buechner, Patricia Sweeney, and Jean Goggin. The...
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Monona Grove High School's Homecoming Court of Honor

Date: 10 04 1961
Description: The five members of the court of honor for Monona Grove high school's Homecoming are shown. Sitting in front are Judy Jordan; Jennifer Simons of Jamaica, a...
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Optimists Club Dinner for West High School Football Team

Date: 12 19 1961
Description: Madison West High School football coach Burt Hable (seated, right) points out some winning strategy to West Optimists president Dr. Daro Buchanan at dinner...
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Edgewood High Basketball Team, State Champions

Date: 03 06 1962
Description: Edgewood High School boys basketball team members and their coach, Dave Brown, are standing before the student body at a victory rally. They had won the st...
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Edgewood High Basketball Team State Champions

Date: 03 06 1962
Description: Dave Brown, coach of the Edgewood High Boys Basketball team, attends a victory rally after winning the State Catholic Basketball Championship. In the foreg...
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East High School 1962 Graduation Ceromony

Date: 06 15 1962
Description: An unnamed graduate receiving a high school diploma as the audience is looking on at the 1962 East High School graduation ceremony. Presenting the diplomas...
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National Farmers Organization Meeting

Date: 09 26 1962
Description: Roland Waters, Elk Mound, NFO National Director, standing onstage while addressing an overflow crowd of farmers and their wives at the Oregon High School a...

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