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Shorewood Corners Association

Date: 10 05 1953
Description: Portrait of T.L. Graham, vice president of the recently organized Shorewood Corners Association. He is the owner of Graham's Books and Stationery, 3238 Uni...
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Lesson on Flies in Classroom

Date: 1915
Description: A student is using a pointer to direct the attention of seated students toward a poster labeled "Life Cycle of a Fly" during a lesson on the dangers of hou...
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B'nai B'rith Girls

Date: 02 11 1954
Description: Group portrait of the B'nai B'rith girls as they plan the organization's "Sweetheart Swirl." Left to right are: Gail Chechik, Bunny Epstein, Nancy Wagner, ...
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Easter Seals Beneficiaries

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Margaret Fliegel holds a book while sitting on her bed in front of an anatomy chart. She was a senior physical therapy student and a Easter Seal grant rec...
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Soroptimist Club Committee

Date: 03 30 1954
Description: Members of the Soroptimist Club style show committee admire a poster for the upcoming style show to benefit the YWCA Camp. Left to right, seated: Mrs. Fran...
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Dane County Medical Society Women's Auxiliary

Date: 04 06 1954
Description: Three members of the Dane County Medical Society Women's Auxiliary show a Nursing Career Book to Carolyn Mitchell, who will be entering nursing school. The...
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Livestock in Waukesha Sales Pavilion

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Description: Either an auction or a judged show featuring dairy cattle at the Waukesha Sales Pavilion. Spectators are arranged on three sides of the stage. Poster on th...
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Loft Halloween Party

Date: 10 26 1954
Description: Joyce Nelson gets her hand stamped by Kristine Kaltbrunner at the Loft Halloween party. Admission cost one quarter and Dan Garson's orchestra performed for...
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Men with Table Set for Large Meal

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Description: Man posed seated and another man standing in a large room, perhaps a shop of some kind, at a table set for a large meal. Both men are wearing aprons. On th...
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Six Men and a Goat

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of six men, three standing and three sitting. On the left is a goat. Attached to the painted backdrop, a poster for the Calumet...
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University of Wisconsin Red Cross Fundraising Drive

Date: 03 12 1956
Description: Three University of Wisconsin students work on a poster in preparation for a fundraising drive for the campus Red Cross. They are, from left: William Gage,...
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Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers Convention

Date: 04 10 1956
Description: Shown with a sign advertising the Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers are, left to right: Constance Stolen and Judy Smith, two West High School stu...
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Cat in the Hat Day

Date: 02 1998
Description: Congressman David R. Obey reads from "The Cat in the Hat" to young constituents who are wearing special hats. In the background are several shelves of book...
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YWCA Benefit Tea

Date: 05 25 1956
Description: Assistant hostesses at the YWCA benefit tea for internationally speaking foreign students are left to right: Nan Rasmussen, Linda Bacon, Evelyn Gaumnitz an...
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Teens Against Polio Dance

Date: 01 14 1957
Description: Three teenagers on the planning committee for the Teens Against Polio dance look at a poster advertising the event. Left to right: Dick Togstad, West High;...
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March of Dimes Bowling Sweepstakes

Date: 01 19 1957
Description: A committee plans the March of Dimes Bowling Sweepstakes. Seated at left is Chairman Dick Whalen. Standing front row left to right: Wayne Sweeney, Jim Wied...
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Career Girls Entertain

Date: 02 15 1957
Description: Jean Ziegler cooking spaghetti for a dinner party at her apartment at 122 East Gilman Street, Apt. 205.
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Madison Art Association Beaux Arts Ball

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Mary Ellen Lathers, Judy Angevine, Alnora M. Lathers, and Jessie C. De Woody apply circus posters to the interior walls of the East Side Business men's clu...
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William Lundigan with Model Rocket

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Description: William Lundigan, who plays Colonel Ed McCauley on the television show Men Into Space, holds a model of a flight capsule and rocket. A large poster ...
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Factory Worker at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: A man wearing work clothes, a hat, and a long apron is standing and posing in front of a work station at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later kno...

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