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Making Telephone Calls

Date: 01 29 1953
Description: Four men and one woman seated around a table make telephone calls.
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Republican Party Picnic

Date: 09 11 1955
Description: A group of Republicans attending a picnic in Hoyt Park sponsored by the Dane County GOP, the Young Republicans and the Dane County Women's Republican Club.
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Boy Scout Sled Race

Date: 01 24 1953
Description: Group of boy scouts lined up for Klondike Derby sled race, where the boys pulled the sleds, on Monona Golf Course. Nearly 300 scouts from the Dane County a...
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Kaeser Family Boating on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: George and Jean Kaeser family in their boat on Lake Mendota with their daughters Virginia Kaeser (left), and Suzy Kaeser (right).
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University of Wisconsin Crew Rowing

Date: 02 23 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin varsity crew in a practice boat on the Yahara River. View looking south with Westinghouse Electric Supply Company, 110 North Thorn...
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Funeral of Robert M. La Follette Jr.

Date: 02 27 1953
Description: Robert M. La Follette Jr., funeral at Grace Episcopal Church. The former senator, who committed suicide, was thought to have been depressed. Some thought h...
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University of Wisconsin Crew Rowing

Date: 02 23 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin crew rowing down the Yahara River. View looking south toward railroad bridge in the 100 block of North Thornton Avenue.
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University of Wisconsin Crew Rowing

Date: 02 23 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin crew gets into their shell from the dock on the Yahara River with Trachte boat houses in the background. View looking northwest tow...
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Postal Workers Sorting Mail

Date: 08 31 1955
Description: Postal clerks Stanley A. Kolenda, William G. Spencer, and Nathan C. Hillmer sorting mail at the Madison Post Office.
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Medical Student Bob Wheaton

Date: 06 08 1955
Description: Medical student Bob Wheaton in the dispensary at the University of Wisconsin Medical School prior to receiving his M.D. degree.
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Shoppers in Grocery Store

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Two grocery store employees placing Dean's Milk in grocery cart for a woman and her two children.
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Older Adult Klub String Trio

Date: 09 29 1955
Description: The string trio of the Older Adult Klub (OAK), Gus Torgerson, Henry Brenneman, and Julia Bennett, rehearsing for a senior citizen workshop on recreation fo...
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Grocery Store Shoppers

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: A father and two children at the Kroger grocery store check out counter purchase Dean's milk, Red Dot potato chips, Kroger pancake mix, macaroni, and bread...
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Betty Hall Puchasing Dean's Milk

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Betty Hall and her 9 month old son, Wayne, purchasing Dean's milk from Harry Gerson in the Cardinal Super Market, 120 North Fairchild Street.
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Ilena Frerker Shopping at Grocery Store

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: Ilena Fierker and her children, Bobby and Dicky, buying Dean's Milk from Clarence O. Furset, manager of Piggly Wiggly Food Center, 2701 University Avenue.
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Mr. and Mrs. Kapec with Strawberries

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Local fruit farmers Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kapec, Route 2, Madison, display a crate of home grown strawberries the size of golf balls.
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WISC Staff Members

Date: 12 09 1952
Description: Ralph O. Connor, manager of WISC; Carol Cowan, known professionally as "Barbara Lane," and Henry Buslee, a staff member at WISC, sitting at a table behind ...
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Woman Purchasing Del Monte Pineapple

Date: 01 23 1953
Description: A woman purchases a can of Del Monte pineapple from a male clerk at Hi-Lo Supermarket, 2038 Jenifer Street. They are standing in front of a Del Monte "Suns...
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Arthur Vierthaler and his Sons

Date: 06 14 1955
Description: Arthur A. Vierthaler, University of Wisconsin assistant professor of art education, on the lawn of his Fox Bluff home with his four sons: Paul, Kurt, Erich...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: The Soap Box Derby held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wisconsin State Capitol. Shown are two boys in their racers on the starting ramp. Starte...

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