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Harvesting Cucumbers

Date: 1941
Description: Catherine, Stanley and Sofia Pranica, a Polish family, harvesting cucumbers.
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Polish Mother

Date: 1941
Description: Close-up portrait of a Polish mother.
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Man Jumping into Lake Mendota

Date: 07 1943
Description: Man, wearing military "work whites" from Madison Army Air Forces detachment, jumping into Lake Mendota as part of water training.
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Visiting Nurse Service Staff Nurse on Bicycle

Date: 04 11 1944
Description: Myra Johnson, 323 West Mifflin Street, the newest member of the Visiting Nurse Service staff, with her bicycle, which she uses to make her daily rounds. Ca...
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Farm House and Children's Rheumatic Fever Home

Date: 04 11 1944
Description: William and Frederike Weber farm house on Highway 12-18, near the Yahara River south of Lake Monona. The house was also the Children's Home for Rheumatic F...
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Wisconsin State Journal Newspaper Carriers

Date: 04 14 1944
Description: Eleven boys, winners of a contest for Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carriers, and their supervisors from the circulation area standing on the st...
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Wendell Willkie with the Johnsons

Date: 03 24 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie with two men by the name of Johnson, possibly George H. Johnson and Herbert Fisk Johnson, Sr.
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Air Raid Wardens with Equipment

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Deputy Sheriff Albert Dahle and Sheriff E.A. Fischer, chief of the air raid wardens of Dane County, demonstrating gas masks on the steps of the Wisconsin S...
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Marion Kinnamon and Son

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Marion Kinnamon with son David at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo).
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Edna Krieger and Daughter

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Edna Krieger and daughter Nancy, posing on the steps of 2404 Kendall Avenue.
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Jack Kammer, Track Runner

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Jack Kammer, member of West High School track team. He won the mile race in 4:32:5.
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Dick Botham, Track Star

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Dick Botham, West High School track star who was undefeated in the 440 yard run.
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Dick Bauhs, Track Star

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Dick Bauhs, West High School track star, whose best time in the 200-yard low hurdles has been 24.9 seconds, and has leaped 20 feet 1/2 inch in the broad ju...
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Jerry Vetter, Pole Vaulter

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Jerry Vetter, West High School track star, has cleared 11 feet 7 inches in the pole vault, and 21 1/2 inches in the broad jump.
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Forrest W. Gillett, II

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Forrest W. Gillett, II, a West High School athlete who died in February 1945 after a brief illness.
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Alph Phi Sorority

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Three sorority girls attending the Alpha Phi Sorority garden party on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Alpha Phi Sorority Girls in a Boat

Date: 04 28 1944
Description: Six sorority girls in a row boat, at the Alpha Phi party on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Alpha Phi Sorority Party

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Four women at the Alpha Phi Sorority party, including Helen Kayser, Assistant Dean of Women and guest of honor.
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Alpha Phi Sorority Party

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Group of sorority girls sitting on the grass at the Alpha Phi Sorority garden party.
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Willis Jones

Date: 05 12 1944
Description: Portrait of Willis Jones, West High School athletic coach.

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