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Madison Turnverein Acrobats

Date: 06 22 1933
Description: Twelve boys and girls, coached by J.C. Haberman, in an acrobatic/gymnastic pose at the Madison Turners Hall, 21 South Butler Street. They performed seven "...
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Americanization Pageant

Date: 05 18 1919
Description: Scene from Poale Zion Chasidim, an Americanization pageant held in the Milwaukee auditorium to welcome Milwaukee's new citizens.
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Turnverein Acrobats in Adagio Formation

Date: 06 23 1933
Description: Madison Turnverein acrobats/gymnasts posing in an adagio formation, tutored by J.C. Haberman, at Madison Turner Hall, located at 21 South Butler Street.
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Madison Turners

Date: 1863
Description: Black & white lithograph by Milwaukee lithographer Louis Kurz depicting the Madison Turners or Turnverein at a shooting party on the Madison lakefront. Th...
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Hazel Anderson and Lucile Wilcox, as Gymnasts

Date: 1905
Description: Hazel Andersen with her friend Lucile Wilcox, both members of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as gymnasts, holding on to climbing ropes. ...
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Portrait of Rabbi Mayer Relles in Swiss Refugee Camp

Date: 06 1944
Description: Portrait of Holocaust survivor Rabbi Mayer Relles during the time he worked in a refugee camp; Rabius, Switzerland.
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Salvator and Thelma Moshe Picnicking

Date: 1950
Description: Holocaust survivor Salvator Moshe and his wife, Thelma, picnicking at Southshore Park.
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German-American Wurst Roast

Date: 1913
Description: The Benedict Goldenberger family enjoying a wurst roast in the Madison vicinity. Ben Goldenberger is the leftmost standing man, he was a cooper and vinegar...
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Green Bay Food Company Camp

Date: 1966
Description: Buildings along an unpaved road served as a camp for migrant farm workers working for the Green Bay Food Company.

In 1946, more than 4,000 farmworkers fr...

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Central Wisconsin Labor Camp

Date: 1967
Description: A central Wisconsin labor camp consisting of a row of wooden framed building with asphalt siding which housed migrant laborers. At the center, three childr...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: Playtime

Date: 1925
Description: Page from an album kept by Neighborhood House, with images of infants and young children being cared for at the settlement house, including a group outside...
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Wisconsin-Notre Dame Basketball Game

Date: 12 13 1958
Description: Action photograph of the basketball game between the University of Wisconsin and Notre Dame in the fieldhouse.
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Blessed Sacrament Basketball Team

Date: 03 01 1960
Description: Blessed Sacrament tied with St. Bernard for first place in the Madison Parochial School league basketball race. They then lost to St. Bernard in the champi...
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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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Ski Jumpers

Date: 01 02 1955
Description: Ingvar Arneson, Sr. (left) and his 19-year-old son, Ingvar Jr., both of Wisconsin Rapids, were among the jumpers taking part in the Blackhawk Ski Club jump...

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