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Rain on a Dreary Winter Day

Date: 12 03 1953
Description: Three shoppers and two youngsters showing how you lean "left to buck the wind" when you cross Monona Avenue at the Capitol Square.
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Madison Free Library Bookmobile

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: Alice Volker, a city librarian, boarding the library's bookmobile to start the day's rounds. The bookmobile is an outfitted bus.
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City Hall Outing

Date: 07 11 1954
Description: City Hall Outing hostess, Alderwoman Ethel Brown (left) is shown laying out a picnic meal with help from Mrs. Norman Moll and Mrs. Lawrence McCormick. The ...
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Wisconsin Women's State Golf Finals

Date: 07 22 1954
Description: Joyce Ziske, 1952 women's golf champion, lifts a short iron shot onto the green during the 42nd annual state tournament of the Wisconsin Women's Golf Assoc...
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Wisconsin Women's State Golf Finals

Date: 07 22 1954
Description: Joyce Ziske, 1952 women's golf champion, shading her eyes while strolling toward the green at the Blackhawk Country Club. She is competing in the 42nd annu...
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Wisconsin Women's State Golf Finals

Date: 07 22 1954
Description: oyce Ziske, 1952 women's golf champion, celebrating sinking a putt at the Blackhawk Country Club. She is competing in the 42nd annual state tournament of t...
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Early Settlers' Picnic

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: Paul Gottschalk and Alice Brussow (wife of William Brussow) are sitting at the Sun Prairie Early Settlers' picnic, sharing reminiscences. A person (face ou...
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YWCA Summer Activities Directors

Date: 06 1955
Description: Two women posing on a dock on Lake Mendota. They are Ruth La Duke (left), acting director of the YWCA's health education department, and Ruth Edie, who was...
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West High Graduates Off to College

Date: 08 1955
Description: Seven recent graduates of West High School, all of whom have chosen to attend Colorado colleges. They are (left to right): Barbara Bowman, Catherine Clare ...
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Clothing Fashions for High School & College Coeds

Date: 08 1955
Description: Clothing outfits available at Madison stores being modeled by young women: Margaret McDowell is wearing a pleated wool and orlon skirt in Black Watch Tarta...
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Grand Opening of Chandler's Shoes

Date: 09 1955
Description: Ribbon cutting at the grand opening of Chandler's Shoes located at 10 West Mifflin Street. The salesmen have carnation boutonnieres in their coat lapels.
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Shirley Abrahamson

Date: 07 26 1962
Description: Attorney, Shirley Abrahamson, walking her Irish Setters, Brisco and Betsy-B near her Fish Hatchery Road home. She is a member of the law firm of LaFollette...
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Eiffel Tower Replica

Date: 09 17 1964
Description: Pedestrians pass a replica of the Eiffel Tower being constructed by workers at the corner of East Washington and Pinckney Streets on the Capitol Square. Th...
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Madison General Student Nurses Receive Bikes in Honor of Student Nurses Week

Date: 10 10 1957
Description: Student nurses at Madison General Hospital standing with bicycles received from the hospital's medical staff as a gift for Student Nurses Week. Shown (left...
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We Saw You Before Leaving for Europe

Date: 04 04 1958
Description: Shown outside the State Capitol after leaving the Supreme Court Chambers: (L to R): Dorothy Gregory; Mrs. Charles Doyle and daughter, Kathleen; Mrs. George...
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Armed Forces Day Air Show and Parade

Date: 05 17 1958
Description: The crowd at Truax Field watching the Armed Forces Day air show.
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Family Picnic at Shorewood Hills Home

Date: 06 25 1958
Description: Daughter Ann helping her mother setting the table for a family picnic in the backyard of the Professor Frank J. Remington home.
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Bernila Tahia Sterling Sees the U.S. for the First Time

Date: 07 17 1958
Description: Bernita Tahia Sterling (34), a United States citizen, who is the daughter of missionaries and has lived in the South Pacific and Australia for her entire l...
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Children Playing in a Hammock

Date: 07 20 1958
Description: Laurie Stein, 5 year old daughter of photographer Edwin Stein, playing in a double hammock with her friend Sara.
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Madison Golf Club Women Prepare for Start of Golf Season

Date: 04 28 1959
Description: Mrs. Robert Shea, 4410 Cherokee Drive, President of the Blackhawk Country Club women's organization, looks out over the rolling hills of Blackhawk Country ...

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