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"Easter Bunnies" Display at Vilas Zoo

Date: 04 16 1954
Description: Rabbits in a special exhibit at Vilas Zoo.
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 31 1954
Description: Children lining the street for the Memorial Day parade around Capitol Square.
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 31 1954
Description: Firing Squad of the 520th Air Defense Group at the Memorial Day parade around Capitol Square. The servicemen are aiming their rifles in the air as children...
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Tenney Park Locks Activity

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: Locktender Earl Wood swinging open the heavy lock gate for a speedboat operator passing through the lock on the Yahara River at Tenney Park. A sign above t...
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Tenney Park Locks Activity

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: Boaters and fishermen on the Yahara River moving into Lake Mendota just after the water reached exit level at the Tenney Park lock.
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Belle Richman, Rose Dolinky, and Florence Krash (wife of Rabbi Hyman Krash) are operating a bingo game at a holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hos...
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Kitchen help for the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital is provided by Birdie Seligman and Ester Goldstine, members of the Madison Jewish ...
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Leah Rothschild and Minnie Marcus folding napkins for the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital. Both are members of the Madison Jewish Welfa...
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Elizabeth Woods holding the cup while Judith Stein is pouring coffee at the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital. The women's division of th...
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Easter Church-Goers

Date: 04 21 1957
Description: Hundreds of Easter church-goers crowd the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Gorham Street on Sunday morning.
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Easter Church-Goers

Date: 04 21 1957
Description: Mrs. P. Houston adjusting a flower on the coat of daughter Marjorie on the way to Bethel Lutheran Church on Easter Sunday. Her other children are Howard, J...
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Easter Church-Goers

Date: 04 21 1957
Description: Mrs. Donald Knutson feeds her daughter Christine a bottle in a pew during the Easter service at Bethel Lutheran Church.
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Women's Club of Madison Presents "Man and His God"

Date: 04 16 1957
Description: Madison Women's Club presents an original play "Man and His God" to raise money for scholarships. Appearing as Adam and Eve (left) are Richard Aukerma of 6...
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We Saw You . . . at the Armed-Forces Event

Date: 03 16 1957
Description: Two veteran Rotarians are shown chatting at the annual Recognition Day dinner which ties in with Armed Forces Day. At the left is Louis Hirsig, chairman of...
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May Day Ceremony Held at St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: Veronica Goebel (of Racine) is carrying the crown of May flowers to place on the head of a Virgin Mary statue. Maids of Honor in dresses holding posies are...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Two nursery employees, Florance Dohm and Angeline Magnasco, examining a blooming plant among the tables full of blooming lilies ready for delivery inside a...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Faye Jorgensen is admiring the tall stems and white blossoms of the traditional Easter lily inside a greenhouse.
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Jo Clark, age 3, is sitting on a table in a department store as clerk Frances Sternberger (left) is tying the chin strap of a new Easter hat. Jo's mother, ...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Arthur Dier smiles approval as his fiancee, Evelyn Schaefer, asks his opinion of a bright flowery Easter hat at a Madison store. Ms. Schaefer, in the foreg...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Three boys are pressing their noses to the window of a pet shop on a busy Monroe Street, while viewing five rabbits. Two boys have their thumbs in their ea...

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