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Hugh Flannery Receives $100 War Bond

Date: 01 29 1945
Description: With a backdrop of celebrity portrait photographs and stacks of coins on his desk, Hugh Flannery, manager of the Orpheum Theatre, is receiving a $100 War B...
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Three Men with $5000 Check

Date: 03 30 1936
Description: Three men displaying $5000 check issued by U.S. Treasury Dept. to Richland Cooperative Electric Association for Rural Electrification Program.
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Wisconsin Banking Commission

Date: 11 05 1944
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Banking Commission shown examining a State Historical Society collection of coins and currency, and bank notes signed by some of W...
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Boy Scout Recognition

Date: 02 24 1948
Description: Scout Charles Anderson is being presented with a $500 check by Edward Fischer, Sheriff of Dane County, safety director and past commander of the Veterans o...
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How to Become a Wisconsin State Journal Newspaperboy

Date: 09 29 1948
Description: Ronnie Hinrichs, a recently hired newspaperboy for the Wisconsin State Journal, is shown as he delivers the paper to a customer, Mrs. Ida Mealy, and...
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Baking Contest Winner

Date: 11 26 1949
Description: Mrs. LaVone Wipperfurth of 2526 E. Dayton Street receiving a $200 prize check from J.R. Warren, Milwaukee, branch manager of Pillsbury Mills. Mrs. Wipper...
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Chevrolet Dealers' Slogan Contest Winner

Date: 11 26 1951
Description: Ralph Hult, president of Hult's Capital Garage, Inc. presents a check to H.A. Habeck who won the Chevrolet Dealers' Association "OK" slogan contest that wa...
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Rennebohm Drug Store 25-Year Club

Date: 05 20 1952
Description: Oscar Rennebohm, president of Rennebohm Drug Stores, Inc., welcoming two new members to the Rennebohm Drug Store 25-year club at the firm's annual pension ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winner

Date: 07 23 1952
Description: Larry Jacobson, 11-year-old Soap Box Derby racer, receives a $25 savings account from Herman J. Kneubuehl, manager of First National Bank. The bank annuall...
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Empty Stocking Fund Donation

Date: 12 24 1953
Description: Bill Doudna of the Wisconsin State Journal (left) receives a $400 check for the Empty Stocking Fund from the Madison Barbershop Quartet organization...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Empty Stocking Club Donation

Date: 12 12 1960
Description: Kimball Dyer, holding his daughter Meg, hands a check from the Madison Sports Car Club to Sally Hoeveler for the Wisconsin State Journal's on Empty ...
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Dietetics Scholarship Award

Date: 01 15 1955
Description: W.P. O'Brien, representing the DuBois Company of Cincinnati, presenting a check for $200 to Martha Study, president of the Wisconsin Dietitians Association...
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Receipt for Mowing Machine Purchase

Date: 1900
Description: Receipt from city of Philadelphia for mowing machine purchase, for $200.00.
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Gisholt Workers Posing with Safety Sign

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Description: Workers posing outside a factory building at Gisholt Machine Company by a large sign for an employee contest that reads: "Safety Pays at Gisholt." The sign...
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Notgeld in Czernowitz (Chernivtsi)

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Description: Notgeld was government issued scrip as a substitute for money during emergencies.
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Newspaper delivery boy Sidney Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, collecting money for the delivery subscription of the Wisconsin State Journal from custome...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Brothers Malcolm, Mathew and Sidney Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, line up to pay their bill for copies of the Wisconsin State Journal that they delive...

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