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| Date: | 05 1958 |
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| Description: | A father, Peter Froeming, watching as his three children George, Robert, and Roseann are playing with wooden blocks, with a small toy canoe in the foregrou... |
| Date: | 02 10 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of boy sitting on a toy fire engine, another boy dressed as a cowboy, and a girl with a toy cash register playing in the bedroom. |
| Date: | 10 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Boy with radio kit, experimenting with a two tube radio receiver. |
| Date: | 05 28 1955 |
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| Description: | The Riesen family, John, Jeanne, Linda and Jon, playing in their home. |
| Date: | 06 28 1951 |
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| Description: | Children sitting on the floor and working on art projects at tables in the nursery school at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House. The building was de... |
| Date: | 11 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Patricia Mathisen (Mrs. George), member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority alumnae group, sponsor of the Nursery School for Slow Learners at the First Congregat... |
| Date: | 11 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Dorcas Nichles (Mrs. Robert J., Jr.), member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority alumnae group who sponsored the Nursery School for Slow Learners at the First Co... |
| Date: | 03 01 1951 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Kaether's Bar shuffleboard team, which is scheduled to play in the finals of the city championship tournament. Pictured from left to ... |
| Date: | 03 01 1951 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Silver Dollar Tavern shuffleboard team, which is playing in the finals of the city championship tournament. Pictured from left to ri... |
| Date: | 01 24 1951 |
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| Description: | Three trophy winners in various tournaments and contests held at the Loft during its annual anniversary celebration sit around a table with their prizes. T... |
| Date: | 04 02 1951 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Robert F. (Jean) Wall poses for a portrait with her three children. Left to right are Nancy Sue, age 2 years, Patricia Ann, age 4 years, and Robert Wa... |
| Date: | 04 14 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of six shuffleboard tables in Turner Hall, ready for the upcoming state shuffleboard tournament. |
| Date: | 02 21 1952 |
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| Description: | Three men are squatting on the floor, and another man is standing and pointing at rubber horseshoes. Left to right are: Arlo Anderson, Paul Steul, Al Hoess... |
| Date: | 03 10 1952 |
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| Description: | Enjoying a game of checkers at the Madison Community center are three members of the Happy Hour club, a social organization for handicapped adults. From le... |
| Date: | 02 20 1958 |
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| Description: | Children who are part of the Healy Lane play group entertain themselves at the Wind home at 5410 Healy Lane in Monona. They are, from left to right, Randi ... |
| Date: | 02 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Tournament champions are awarded trophies at a party to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Loft Youth Center. They include, left to right: Joan Miller, ... |
| Date: | 05 22 1953 |
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| Description: | Six men are standing behind a shuffle board table, with one man holding a trophy, in John Gervasi's Tavern, 713 Regent Street. |
| Date: | 03 27 1954 |
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| Description: | A large group of University of Wisconsin students playing jacks, while sitting on the floor during a tournament at the Alpha Phi House. One female student... |
| Date: | 03 27 1954 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin student, Dave Hubbard, from Rockford, Illinois, is playing jacks while kneeling on the floor. He is competing in a tournament at th... |
| Date: | 03 27 1954 |
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| Description: | Sue Fehland from Wausau and Mary Heiser from Freeport, Illinois, are watching Ken Hauser from Ridgewood N.J., who is taking a turn at jacks while kneeling ... |
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