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Milwaukee Public School Board Walk Out

Date: 01 21 1964
Description: Lloyd Barbee, NAACP state president, walking out of a Milwaukee Public School Board meeting when Chairman Harold W. Story refused to allow the participatio...
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PTA, Reception for Principal Marvin

Date: 06 05 1935
Description: Group portrait of large group of Draper School PTA members at a reception in Draper School, 910 W. Johnson Street, for retiring principal Miss Adeline Marv...
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Peter Engelmann, Naturalist

Date: 1867
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Peter Engelmann (1823-1874), Wisconsin educator and naturalist. Engelman founded the German-English Academy in Milwau...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Centennial Art Exhibit

Date: 02 14 1949
Description: Shown around the punch bowl at the University of Wisconsin Centennial Art Exhibit at the Memorial Union are, left to right, Mrs. E.B. (Rosa) Fred, wife of ...
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College Group Leadership Conference

Date: 01 15 1950
Description: A group of leaders from Midwestern colleges gathers at Lake Forest College on June 11-16, 1950 to discuss common problems and to plan a meeting at Bascom H...
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American Legion Essay Winners

Date: 04 05 1950
Description: Group portrait of the winners of the American Legion Essay Contest, a school official, and officers of the American Legion Auxiliary. Seated, left to right...
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AAA Dual Control Training Car

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: The Madison board of education's summer driving program for high school students acquires another American Automobile Association (AAA) dual control car, a...
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University of Wisconsin Founders' Day Banquet

Date: 02 07 1951
Description: Shown at the speakers' table at the University of Wisconsin Founders' Day banquet are, (left to right): Walter Frautschi, member of the board of the Madiso...
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Wisconsin Alumni Association Officers

Date: 06 19 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred is shown talking with the Wisconsin Alumni Association's newly elected top officers, including Gordon Fox, asso...
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Madison Art Foundation

Date: 08 11 1953
Description: Portrait of supporters of the recently incorporated Madison Art Foundation. Philip Falk (left), superintendent of Madison schools, shows a piece of artwork...
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AAA School Safety Program

Date: 08 31 1953
Description: Stuart B. Wright, AAA general Manager, presents school safety signs to Mayor George Forster, Supt. of Schools Philip H. Falk, and Police Chief Bruce Weathe...
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University of Wisconsin Red Cross Unit

Date: 09 23 1954
Description: Members of the new University of Wisconsin Red Cross unit meet with university officials on the Union Terrace. They include, from left: Susan Chapin, unit ...
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University of Wisconsin Grant for Heart Disease Research

Date: 10 29 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred receives a check from Dr. Robin Allin of the Wisconsin Heart Association. Looking on is John Wrage, chairman of...
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YWCA Benefit Tea

Date: 03 25 1956
Description: Louise Troxell, honored guest of the YWCA Benefit Tea for internationally speaking University of Wisconsin foreign students, chats with two foreign student...
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Mary Lee Griggs and Children with Blocks

Date: 1941
Description: Mary Lee Griggs, head of Parent Education and director of the Play School at Neighborhood House, with Catherine Oliva, Delores Caire, and Sam Moskowsky. Th...
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Mary Lee Griggs and Children at Neighborhood House

Date: 1967
Description: Mary Lee Griggs, director of the Play School at Neighborhood House, with Elizabeth Schuch, Joseph Oliva, Joseph Pelitteri, and Yoshi Goto. Two of these chi...
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Neighborhood House Album: Play School

Date: 1932
Description: Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House with images from the Play School: a group of children posing outdoors with buckets and a parasol, director...
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American Cancer Society Dinner

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Among the guests at an American Cancer Society dinner are Madison Public Schools superintendent Philip H. Falk with his wife, Ethel (left); and Mrs. Doroth...
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International Printing Week

Date: 01 14 1958
Description: Four men present at a dinner observing International Printing Week. They include, from left to right: Emil. J. Frautschi, president of the board of directo...
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Wisconsin Alumni Association Banquet

Date: 06 14 1958
Description: Retiring University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred, left, receives honors at the Wisconsin Alumni Association Alumni Day banquet. At right is John Keenan...

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