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Frank Horner's Sunday School Class Reunion

Date: 07 11 1953
Description: Group portrait of members of Frank Horner's Sunday school class, seated on the lawn at the Horner home at 3515 Blackhawk Drive, who returned for a reunion....
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Raspberry Pickers

Date: 11 03 1953
Description: Myra Swingle and her two-year-old son, Lanny, picking raspberries together at their home at 2637 Hoard Street.
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Gonstead Residence

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: Mrs. C.S. Gonstead sits next to the fireplace in her home (aka "El Clare" estate) at 602 South 2nd Street in Mt. Horeb. Madison architect Herbert Fritz des...
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Gonstead Residence

Date: 05 05 1954
Description: View through the living room's south wall window of the flagstone terrace, swimming pool, and bathhouse of the S.C. Gonstead residence in Mt. Horeb. Madiso...
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Girl Scouts Play Day

Date: 05 15 1954
Description: Yvonne Egstad of Middleton takes a picture of two Sauk City fellow campers, Mary Jane Dickerson (left) and Anita Meyer. They were participating in the seve...
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Federated Garden Clubs Flower Show

Date: 05 31 1954
Description: The Charles DuBois family planting begonias in a window box. They are demonstrating the importance of gardening and flower growing as a family project for ...
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Preparing Watercress for Sale

Date: 06 11 1954
Description: Mae Chidester and her son Philip demonstrate their technique of preparing watercress for shipping to Madison retail outlets. The watercress grows on the la...
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Madison Swimming Meet

Date: 08 01 1954
Description: Group portrait of the winners of the diving competition at the annual city swimming meet held at B.B. Clarke beach. Front row, left to right: Tia Nelson, D...
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Emery Butterfield and Possible Cannonball

Date: 05 03 1955
Description: Emery Butterfield of 1614 Regent Street examines a heavy metal ball his wife found on their property, a one-time Civil War battlefield site. Experts doubt ...
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Interior Window Shutters

Date: 04 28 1956
Description: Adjustable wooden shutters cover a bay window at the home of Louis C. McGann on Lake Mendota Drive.
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Parade of Homes in Meadowood

Date: 06 12 1956
Description: A shake roof at the new home featured at 5513 Raymond Road. The house was built by Marshall Erdman for the 1956 Parade of homes.
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Otis Bersing

Date: 12 20 1956
Description: Otis Bersing, state game manager, compiles information on the trees and shrubs in the state of Wisconsin with mounted leaf specimens in his botanical colle...
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Pine Bluff Observatory Site

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Bulldozers and steam shovels prepare the site for the future University of Wisconsin Observatory site near Pine Bluff.
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Outdoor Life

Date: 05 20 1957
Description: Dorothy L. Day and Ruth E. Van Tassel show off their form as archers. They and their husbands are members of the Blackhawk Archery Club.
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Madison General Hospital Junior Aide Program

Date: 05 13 1957
Description: Madison General Hospital Junior Aide volunteer Betsy Dye delivers a plant to Mrs. M.C. Palmer at her bedside.
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Outdoor Life

Date: 05 14 1957
Description: Hariett Narowetz and Irene L. Marsh pull their golf bags across the golf course.
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Forest Hill Cemetery

Date: 07 15 1957
Description: Cemetery caretaker M.F. Chapman points to an undeveloped area west of the veterans' section at Forest Hill Cemetery that has become filled with wood debris...
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Mrs. W.F. Hintz With a Fuchsia Plant

Date: 09 11 1957
Description: Mrs. W.F. Hintz of 4603 Turner Avenue stands next to her six-foot tropical fuchsia plant, a species which usually doesn't thrive in Wisconsin's climate.
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University of Wisconsin Graduation Ceremony

Date: 06 16 1958
Description: View of the University of Wisconsin's graduation ceremonies as seen from the balcony overlooking the side of the stage. Special guests are seated on the st...
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Interior Decorating in Homes

Date: 04 10 1958
Description: There is a corner fireplace in the living room of the E.R. Welch house at 3620 Lake Mendota Drive. The fireplace forms a wall and conversation corner overl...

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