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Wisconsin State Student Nurses Association Convention

Date: 09 18 1954
Description: Mary Verhagen of St. Mary's Hospital and Nancy Reid of University Hospitals present a check to Harold Gauer, Wisconsin director of CARE.
Book or Pamphlet

Samson Tractor Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a brochure produced by Samson Tractor Company, a division of General Motors Corporation, to advertise the Samson "Iron Horse." The cover fea...
Photograph

Dorothy Hatfield

Date: 04 24 1955
Description: Dorothy Hatfield receives a bag of silver dollars as her award from J. Jesse Hyman Sr., President of the Emporium Company, in recognition of her 13 years s...
Photograph

Women of the Moose

Date: 03 13 1956
Description: A donation to Blessed Martin House is presented to Monsignor Jerome Hastrich by members of the Women of the Moose. On left is Elsie Bostock. Others shown a...
Print

Elgin Tractor

Date: 1918
Description: Advertising mailer for the Elgin tractor, featuring an illustration of a man using a tractor and disc harrow to plant coins marked with a dollar sign.
Photograph

Queen of Peace Queen's Guild

Date: 06 12 1957
Description: Four members of the Queen's Guild of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church present a check of $6000 for the church's building fund to Msgr. F.L. McDonnel...
Photograph

Dane County Medical Assistants Scholarship

Date: 07 24 1957
Description: Donna Lou Ritchie, left, receiving a $100 scholarship from the Dane County Medical Assistants organization. She will begin nursing studies at Madison Gener...
Photograph

Dane County Mental Health Association

Date: 09 11 1957
Description: Howard Herschleder, president of Dane County Mental Health Association, presenting a check for the Dane County home at Verona. Receiving the check are Fran...
Photograph

Roundy's Fun Fund Committee Members

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: Shown left to right, are Barney Gill, James Geisler, chairman of "Roundy's Fun Fund" committee, Dagney Wang, recording secretary, and Joseph R. "Roundy" Co...
Photograph

One Penny Buys $300 Hearing Aid

Date: 03 11 1958
Description: A man and woman examine a rare penny. The penny was a 1856 Indianhead, called a Flying Eagle Cent. Only 1,000 of those coins were struck. The penny was wor...
Poster

Demonstrate No Confidence

Date: 1976
Description: Political poster urging citizens to "Demonstrate No Confidence" in neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. The poster has a cartoon of the Republican el...
Photograph

Bowling at Schwoegler's Lanes

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Chuck Medcraft (left) and Gilly Fischl receive checks from Connie Schwoegeler and Mel Schwoegeler for bowling a perfect 300 game and a 299 game respectivel...
Photograph

Mike Ubber and Roundy Coughlin with Fun Fund Donation

Date: 12 09 1958
Description: Mike Ubber of 526 Spruce Street, a worker at the Olin Avenue dump, saves a little money from his salvage business each year to donate to "Roundy's Fun Fund...
Photograph

Crime Re-enactment

Date: 04 23 1986
Description: This image was captured during the re-enactment of a crime that took place at a convenience store on Tuesday, April 22nd, 1986. The killing of Andrew N. Ne...
Photograph

Madison Moose Lodge Donating to Muscular Dystrophy Association

Date: 04 09 1959
Description: Four members of the Madison Moose Lodge present a check to George Fess, right, president of the Madison Muscular Dystrophy Association. The money was raise...
Photograph

Hult's Capital Garage Employee Receives Savings Bond

Date: 06 18 1959
Description: Ralph Hult (left), president of Hult's Capital Garage, presents a $1,000 savings bond to George Grover (right), a mechanic who completed 40 years with the ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 79-84

Date: 
Description: A working lifetime minted these good coins – every day
devoted to circulating them through the same routine streets
wore them thin into retirement
Photograph

Man at a Parking Meter

Date: 1955
Description: Man inserting a coin in a parking meter.
Photograph

Sertoma Gives to Polio Fund

Date: 10 01 1959
Description: The Madison Sertoma Club presented a check for $100 to the National Foundation to aid polio patients. Dr. Robert Harmon, right, Dane County chapter emergen...
Photograph

Modern Woodman Donation

Date: 07 1995
Description: District Representative Dennis Bogenschneider is pictured presenting a check for $1,139.06 to Chuck Trauba, Theresa Ambulance Service Coordinator from Mode...

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