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Filter: Creator Name of Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
| Date: | 05 14 1950 |
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| Description: | Accompanying President Truman on his visit to Madison are the First lady, Mrs. Harry (Bess) Truman and their daughter, Margaret, pictured here at the cerem... |
| Date: | 05 21 1950 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 01 1950 |
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| Description: | City Manager Leonard G. Howell turns the first shovelful of dirt for the first of eleven houses to be built by Madison builders under the Good American Hom... |
| Date: | 06 01 1950 |
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| Description: | A book on Girl Souting by a Wisconsin author is presented to Mary Rennebohm, wife of Governor Oscar Rennebohm, for her Wisconsin library. Pictured during t... |
| Date: | 06 17 1950 |
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| Description: | Two men, one of which is possibly Manchester Morgan, presenting or receiving what appears to be a blanket in Memorial Union Theater(?). |
| Date: | 06 16 1950 |
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| Description: | One of three negatives taken for a panorama of the University of Wisconsin graduation ceremony in the University of Wisconsin Fieldhouse. |
| Date: | 06 19 1950 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred (left) accepts a $6,000 Steinway concert grand piano from the Class of 1925 on Alumni Day. John L. Bergstresser... |
| Date: | 06 16 1950 |
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| Description: | Carl Runge (right), 91, U.W. Madison 1886 alumni and a former Milwaukee judge, is shown receiving a gold top cane to honor his being the oldest alumnus in ... |
| Date: | 06 25 1950 |
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| Description: | New officers of the Women of the Moose Lodge pose for a portrait at their installation rites. Seated, from left, are: Mrs. Jack Meier, Jr., graduate regent... |
| Date: | 08 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Men stand on a platform during the cornerstone-laying dedication ceremony for the reconstructed Norway Grove Lutheran church. Taking place in the ceremony,... |
| Date: | 08 06 1950 |
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| Description: | A crowd gathers for the cornerstone dedication ceremony of the new reconstructed Norway Grove Lutheran church in DeForest. The present DeForest Lutheran ch... |
| Date: | 09 15 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison's first home show in thirteen years was officially opened by Acting Manager George Forster when he cut the ribbon at the entrance to the exhibit ar... |
| Date: | 09 30 1950 |
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| Description: | Five members of the University of Wisconsin 1900 football team who were honored during the pregame ceremonies of the Wisconsin vs. Marquette game kneel alo... |
| Date: | 11 04 1950 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin senior law students participate in the traditional ceremony of tossing their canes over the south goal post's bar at the homecoming... |
| Date: | 11 11 1950 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a procession being led out of St. Raphael's Cathedral by Bishop William P. O'Connor in honor of the Madison Knights of Columbus 5... |
| Date: | 11 11 1950 |
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| Description: | Red Arrow division national guardsmen observe wreath bearers at the State Street corner of the Capitol Square. |
| Date: | 11 11 1950 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Minnie Wiese of 317 West Washington Avenue, representing the Grand Army of the Republic, places a wreath at the base of the cenotaph at the Armistice ... |
| Date: | 01 01 1951 |
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| Description: | Chief Justice Oscar M. Fritz and incumbent Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. stand at the podium on inauguration day. |
| Date: | 01 01 1951 |
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| Description: | Women standing while watching Walter J. Kohler Jr.'s inauguration from the East Wing of the Capitol Building. They are, left to right: Mrs. Fred Gimbel, Ne... |
| Date: | 02 11 1951 |
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| Description: | Five Catholic boy scouts from two Janesville parishes receiving the Ad Altare Dei Medal from Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison diocese in St. Rapha... |
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