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Harry Thomsen Danish Boy Scout

Date: 07 01 1949
Description: Pictured at right is Harry Thomsen, twenty-one year old Boy Scout from Denmark. Thomsen is spending a few days in Madison visiting friends in the Four Lake...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 06 09 1949
Description: Frankie Meyer, the 1948 Soap Box Derby champion, stands next to his Wisconsin State Journal-sponsored racer. He is wearing the shirt and helmet given to h...
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Dudgeon School Cub Scout Pack

Date: 10 21 1949
Description: A group portrait of Cub Scout Pack 230 at Dudgeon School that welcomed forty-three new "Bobcats" to the membership. The cubmaster is Win Guenther.
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Red Feather Drive Thermometer

Date: 10 24 1949
Description: Peter H. Norg, executive director of the Four Lakes Council of Boy Scouts (a Red Feather service of the Madison Community Chest), adds some red paint to th...
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Boy Scouts in Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1944
Description: A group of Boy Scouts, led by the Scout Leader, playing drums in a Fourth of July parade. They are walking down a street and a crowd of spectators is in th...
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Recreation Student Teaches Brownies

Date: 11 23 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin recreation student Barbara Burrell teaches Brownies to play "Duck, Duck, Goose." Shown are Dudgeon School Brownies Troop 102: Maril...
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Nakoma Girl Scouts, Troop 42

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: In preparation for Christmas, Girl Scout Troop 42 of Nakoma School made 30 stuffed animals for children at the Washington Orthopedic school, and 100 Christ...
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Cub Scout Christmas Party

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: Cub Scouts of Pack 333 gather around the Christmas tree at Lowell School for their annual Christmas party. Standing in ther back row, left to right, are: J...
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Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps Dinner

Date: 12 29 1949
Description: Group portrait of people at the head table at a banquet held at the Naval Reserve Training Center, 1046 E. Washington Ave. L to R front row: Mildred Norg (...
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Men Working a Game Booth

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Men from the armed forces working a game booth at a Civilian Defense Rally. Their hats are embroidered with the text "Greendale Wisconsin."
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Booths at Civilian Defense Rally

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Elevated view of people crowding around booths at a Civilian Defense Rally, "Poker Dart, Holy Name Society," "Meat mart, American Legion," "[obscured]Jap! ...
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Cub Scouts Throw Balls at Japanese Caricature

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Cub Scouts throw baseballs at a large caricature of a Japanese soldier during a Civilian Defense Rally. A man is sitting in a dunk tank on the left in a bo...
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Girls Behind Counter at Ice Cream Booth

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A group of girls working behind the counter at the ice cream booth at the Civilian Defense Rally take a moment to pose for a picture. Two of the girls are ...
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Crowd near Stage

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A crowd of people, mainly women and girls, have gathered for a Civilian Defense Rally. People lean on the edge of a decorated stage and booths are visible ...
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Women Preparing Baked Goods

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Side view of a group of women at a Civilian Defense Rally standing behind a counter with loaves of bread. Behind them is a table of covered cake pans and o...
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Children on Tricycles

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A group of children pose on tricycles at a Civilian Defense Rally. Booths and crowds are visible in the background, including a game booth where you can "D...
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Shooting Gallery

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Side view from behind the shooting gallery at a Civilian Defense Rally. Women and boys are shooting at targets while Boy Scouts and other men stand around....
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Boy Scout Investiture

Date: 02 05 1950
Description: Fred Fleury, Senior troop leader of the Our Lady Queen of Peace Troop Number 15, is being invested by Rev. F. L. McDonnell as the Rev. Josef V. Cieclorka, ...
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Abraham Lincoln Recognition

Date: 02 10 1950
Description: Rev. O.B. Ransopher of Wisconsin Rapids, president of the Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, placed a wreath at the foot of the Abraham Lincoln statue in fro...
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Governor Invited to Jamboree

Date: 02 11 1950
Description: Governor Rennebohm (right) is shown receiving an official invitation to the 1950 National Boy Scout Jamboree. Explorer Scout Richard Kessenich of DeForest...

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