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Coffee Hour for New Citizens

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: Three former German nationals attend a coffee hour for new US citizens hosted by Lawyers' Wives of Dane County. Left to right: Gertrude Miller and John and...
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Coffee Hour for New Citizens

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Franz Hofbauer (left) of Cross Plains, originally from Germany, and Sister Pirmina of Watertown, from Austria, chat at a coffee hour for new U...
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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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Coffee Hour for New Citzens

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: Waltrud Gartzke (left), a hostess for the coffee hour for new U.S. citizens, visits with Catherine Brunn from Germany, now living in the Wisconsin Dells.
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American Citizenship Course

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Two students reviewing "Our Constitution and What It Means" for a citizenship course. They are Mrs. Gertrud Wood, Germany, and Mrs. Sucko Miller, Japan.
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Citizen Procedures for Foreign Doctors

Date: 05 26 1964
Description: New citizens Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Vognar of Ft. Atkinson, with their twin daughters, Daniella (left) and Stella, at the Naturalization ceremonies. They are...
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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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Lamont and His Wife

Date: 1849
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Lamont and his wife, Scottish immigrants. Waist-up portrait, seated facing forward. He is wearing a suit and tie, and she is w...
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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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Ballet Classes in Lake Mills Garage

Date: 12 05 1958
Description: Tibor L. Zana, a 23 year old Hungarian dance instructor and student at Carroll College, teaches ballet to about 60 residents of Lake Mills in a room over a...
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Ballet Classes in Lake Mills Garage

Date: 12 05 1958
Description: Tibor L. Zana, a 23 year old Hungarian dance instructor and student at Carroll College, teaches ballet to about 60 residents of Lake Mills in a room over a...
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Ballet Classes in Lake Mills Garage

Date: 12 05 1958
Description: Tibor L. Zana, a 23 year old Hungarian dance instructor and student at Carroll College, teaches ballet to about 60 residents of Lake Mills in a room over a...
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UW Graduate Teaching Assistant Gets Post at Lycoming College

Date: 05 15 1959
Description: Sigmund Birkenmayer, a graduate teaching assistant in Slavic languages at the University of Wisconsin, has been appointed an assistant professor in Russian...
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Arkady Joseph Sack

Date: 11 12 1917
Description: Waist-up portrait of A. J. Sack, who was director of the Russian Information Bureau and author of The Birth of the Russian Democracy, America's P...
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George Gillette

Date: 1900
Description: Portrait. Caption reads: "George Gillette. Born in London, England in 1811, died Swaledale, Iowa in December 1908. Farmed at Springfield Corners, Wisconsin...
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Edward Gilley

Date: 1890
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Edward Gilley, an English immigrant and farmer near Cooksville.
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Reverend James A. Gillespie

Date: 1870
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of a man seated, with a woman standing next to him. Caption reads: "Rev. Jas. Gillespie & wife. Preached in Necedah over 50 years ...
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Lars Aaker

Date: 1881
Description: Oval-framed waist-up portrait of Lars K. Aaker, a Norse immigrant, farmer, Civil War veteran and Minnesota state legislator. He emigrated to the United Sta...
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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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