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Traffic Safety Award Ceremony

Date: 04 28 1947
Description: Harry Porter, Jr., representing the National Safety Council, Chicago, presenting a plaque to Governor Rennebohm in recognition of an outstanding state traf...
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Edgewater Hotel Opening

Date: 04 26 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm hanging a dedication plaque on the wall of the Governor's suite in the new Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue. Shown looking on...
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Episcopalians Commemorate Founders

Date: 06 23 1948
Description: Clarence Lester, Mrs. Arthur (Agnes) Peabody, and the Reverend Edward Potter Sabin, admiring a bronze memorial plaque commemorating the first vestry and fo...
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Bernhard Mautz's 50th Birthday

Date: 03 25 1949
Description: Mautz Paint and Varnish Company salesman, Alfie Ladd (right) presents a bronze plaque inscribed with signatures of the firm's sales force to company presid...
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Dedication of Drinking Fountain

Date: 09 22 1949
Description: Dedication of a drinking fountain at Central High School as a memorial to Pfc. James Hammond, son of Howard and Regina Hammond, 114 North Bassett Street. H...
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Railroad Safety Award Presentation

Date: 03 22 1950
Description: Walter S. Alcumbrac, Madison superintendent of the Madison division of the Chicago and North Western Railway Company, (right) receives a plaque for the bes...
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Edgewater Hotel Dedication

Date: 05 21 1950
Description: Edgewater Hotel dedicated to Madison contractor and civic leader John H. Findorff, builder of the hotel. Dedication is marked with a bronze plaque hanging...
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Donors Rededicate Bascom Hill Plaque

Date: 06 17 1950
Description: F. Ryan Duffy (left) U.S. Circuit Court Judge of Chicago presents Class of 1910 rededication of its "Sifting and Winnowing" plaque on Bascom Hill. Presiden...
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Veterans of Foreign Wars

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: A memorial plaque in honor of Corporal Kenneth Grosse was presented to the air force man's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grosse, center, and their daughter, P...
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Milwaukee Curling Club

Date: 12 09 1951
Description: Group portrait of members of the Hugh Sinclair Rink from Milwaukee who won the fourth event finals of the seventh annual Midwest Curling Bonspiel with thei...
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Harold E. Frye, JCC Man of the Year

Date: 03 05 1952
Description: Harold E. Frye, vice-president and general manager of the Forbes-Meagher Music Company, is shown at center as he received the Outstanding Man of the Year a...
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Disabled American Veterans Service Award

Date: 06 25 1953
Description: Three Wisconsin veterans service officers display a citation from the Disabled American Veterans for outstanding service. Holding the plaque is O.N. Marcus...
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Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Invitational Bonspiel

Date: 02 19 1954
Description: Dignitaries gathered for the start of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Invitational Bonspiel at the Madison Curling Club. Standing, left ...
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Thomas E. Jones Recognized in Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame

Date: 09 25 1954
Description: Thomas E. Jones, Sr. stands before the plaque that will honor him in the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame in the Milwaukee Arena (now the U.S. Cellular Aren...
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Madison Curling Club Invitational Bonspiel

Date: 03 04 1956
Description: Madison Curling Club members during the Invitational Bonspiel at Lavern Harmon Rink. The Madison Curling Club received the Walter C. Rhodes Trophy for the ...
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Madison Curling Club Invitational Bonspiel

Date: 03 04 1956
Description: The Rod Jamieson Rink of Poynette wins the second event of the Madison Curling Club's annual Invitational Bonspiel. Left to right: Rod Jamieson, Les Schult...
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Wisconsin Real Estate Brokers Board

Date: 12 04 1957
Description: J.S. Miller posing with the plaque he received upon retirement from the Wisconsin Real Estate Brokers board after 14 years service. Shown left to right: M....
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United Community Chest Meeting

Date: 01 28 1958
Description: Presentation of plaque awards at the annual meeting of the United Community Chest. At left are two plaque recipients, Eugene Kobey of Wisconsin Land Title ...
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University of Wisconsin Greenhouse

Date: 01 29 1958
Description: Three men are shown holding a large copy of the wording to be put on a bronze plaque to mark the ceremony of turning a 100-foot greenhouse over to the Univ...
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Press Club Picnic

Date: 07 25 1957
Description: A plaque bearing the title "Bohemian Brigade" was presented to Karl H. Fauerbach for his support of the Press Club at a picnic on the grounds of the Fauerb...

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