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Weighing Guests

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people on the front porch, weighing the guests. A visit was considered successful if the guests weighed more when they left.
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Playing Cards

Date: 05 10 1955
Description: Members of a musician's union playing cards together.
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Bus Card Game

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Women playing cards on a bus ride.
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Election Booths and Volunteers

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Description: Elevated view of a gymnasium that has been converted into a place where citizens can vote on election day.
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Home of the Braves

Date: 04 18 1957
Description: View from rear of two boys, in semi-silhouette, wearing baseball mitts standing and looking out over the baseball diamond from the seating area of County S...
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Children at Christmas Party

Date: 12 24 1945
Description: Group portrait of children wearing winter coats and boots, who have received Christmas gifts at a party sponsored by the Rennebohm's drug stores.
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Dutch Tavern

Date: 04 01 1941
Description: Interior of Dutch Tavern, 121 North Blount Street, featuring pinball and cigarette machines.
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Pageant Cast

Date: 11 08 1937
Description: Group portrait of east side elementary and high school students on stage at East High School rehearsing for a pageant called "The Children" to be presented...
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Madison Turnverein Banquet

Date: 06 24 1937
Description: Group portrait of members sitting at tables for Madison Turnverein (Turners) banquet at Simon Hotel.
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Methodist Church Easter Pageant

Date: 04 28 1935
Description: First Methodist Church, 203 Wisconsin Avenue. Easter pageant "At Dawning," with a large group of actors in costume in a scene on "stage" in the chancel.
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Club Marco, Interior with Crowd

Date: 10 06 1934
Description: Interior view of Club Marco (formerly French Village), Oregon Road (2323 S. Park Street), with couples dancing, and people sitting at tables in the foregro...
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Euchre Tournament

Date: 01 24 1934
Description: Large group of men sitting at tables playing in a Euchre tournament in Madison East High School cafeteria.
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Surprise Banquet for Coach Tom Jones

Date: 11 09 1933
Description: The seventeen members of "Tom" Jones club honored T.E. Jones, Wisconsin track coach, at a surprise banquet at the Loraine Hotel.
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Marble Tournament Champions

Date: 04 30 1932
Description: Outdoor group portrait of 27 marble tournament champions at Breese Stevens Field.
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Marquette School "Grocery Store"

Date: 03 16 1932
Description: Grade 3A at Marquette school playing "grocery store."
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Emerson School Card Party

Date: 10 27 1931
Description: Emerson school card party, training in social poise, Home Economics Department, Madison Public Schools.
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Blue Jay Concrete Booth at ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 12 1929
Description: Blue Jay Concrete Co., cast stone, booth at East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival.
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East High School Girls Freshman Basketball Team

Date: 03 26 1929
Description: Indoor group portrait of the Madison East High School girls freshman basketball team posing on a stage in front of theater curtains.
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East High School Girls Sophomore Basketball Team

Date: 03 26 1929
Description: Indoor group portrait of the Madison East High School girls sophomore basketball team.
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East High School Girls Athletic Board

Date: 03 26 1929
Description: Indoor group portrait of the Madison East High School girls athletic board posing on a stage.

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