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Italian Displaced Person in Madison

Date: 12 30 1951
Description: Pietro Palumbo, seated at a table, visits with his sponsor Matt Lombardino about his plans for a "new life" in Madison after arriving here as a displaced p...
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William Evans of Fall River Canning Company

Date: 1969
Description: Fall River Canning Company's president William Evans stands in the center with migrant farm workers around him after their walkout.

Eighty workers of His...

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Workers Gathering at Cucumber Receiving Station

Date: 1967
Description: Workers gathering at a cucumber receiving station after striking.

Strikes in Wisconsin were organized by the Obreros Unidos (United Workers),as an indepe...

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Tribute for Armand Ketterer

Date: 02 11 1958
Description: Jack Burke standing at a podium onstage while reading a tribute and life story of Armand F. Ketterer, principal of Franklin school, standing at right.
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American Citizenship Course

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Lt. Charles Grimminger Jr., Truax education officer, left, hands a Certificate of Training to Mrs. Midori Fugate of Japan and Romeo Downer from British Wes...
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Coffee Hour for New Citizens

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: George Garner of Germany and Madeline Boderman from Canada visit during a coffee hour for new US citizens. The coffee hour was hosted by members of the Law...
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Madison West Relays

Date: 04 09 1961
Description: Greg Gard, a Granville track star, won the mile run at the Madison West high school relays.
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Johan F. Glaaser Contributes to the United Givers Fair Share Club

Date: 09 17 1965
Description: Johan F. Glaaser, 4801 Rothman Place, is a contributor to the United Givers Fair Share Club program. Glaaser, originally from Amsterdam, Holland, works as ...
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Mrs. Mary Kundrat, Czechoslovakian Immigrant

Date: 11 06 1965
Description: Mrs. Mary Kundrat, age 85, moved to the United States from Czechoslovakia in 1907. She describes her life in places she has lived and the work she has done...
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Middleton Sportsmen's Junior Rifle Club

Date: 05 1955
Description: Jan Bruhn, 15, chatting with her grandfather, A.T. Bruhn, at the Club. He headed a Junior Rifle Club in Denmark in 1884-1886 at the age of 9.
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Reverend Monseigneur P. M. Abbelen

Date: 1890
Description: Oval-framed quarter-length portrait of Reverend Monseigneur Peter Matthias Abbelen, who was vicar general of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, and later spirit...
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Reverend Ole Amble

Date: 1880
Description: Waist-up portrait of Reverend Ole Amble, a Norwegian immigrant and Lutheran pastor. Amble emigrated to the United States in 1871. He was ordained a year la...
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Reverend Ole Amble

Date: 1872
Description: Waist-up carte-de-visite portrait of Reverend Ole Amble, a Norwegian immigrant and Lutheran pastor, taken around the time he was a seminarian at Augsburg S...

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