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Menu for Farewell Dinner on Board R.M.S. Volendam

Date: 01 22 1939
Description: Exterior and page from the interior of the menu for the farewell dinner aboard the R.M.S. Volendam, with party streamers and dinner guests in formal...
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Middleton Piggly Wiggly Store

Date: 05 19 1959
Description: Two men are posing in front of a new Piggly Wiggly grocery store. The new store was located in Middleton at the intersection of Gateway Street and Universi...
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At Muscoda's First Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Man sitting in driver's seat of a Skelly Truck promoting itself with banners and streamers. In the background on the right is a church.
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At Muscoda's First Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Group portrait of children in costume posed on the back of a truck decorated with streamers for the Cheese Day Parade. Some of the children hold handwritte...
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At Muscoda's First Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Group portrait of children posed on flatbed truck decorated with streamers as a float for Cheese Day. A sign reads: "Cheese is King," and a boy dressed as ...
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80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: A chorus of men singing on stage with a crowd watching. A group of officials seated on the right. Rolling farmland in the background.
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80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: View of field full of parked automobiles at the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Swiss Colony at New Glarus. A log structure in...
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Syttende Mai Observance

Date: 05 15 1959
Description: Four men visit at the observance of Norway's Syttende Mai Independence Day, sponsored by the Ygdrasil Literary Society at the Wisconsin Center. From left a...
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Syttende Mai Observance

Date: 05 15 1959
Description: Two couples visit at the observance of Norway's Syttende Mai Independence Day, sponsored by the Ygdrasil Literary Society at the Wisconsin Center. Left to ...
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Syttende Mai Observance

Date: 05 15 1959
Description: Two couples attend the observance of Norway's Syttende Mai Independence Day, sponsored by the Ygdrasil Literary Society at the Wisconsin Center. Left to ri...
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Syttende Mai Observance

Date: 05 14 1959
Description: Four people chat about the "old country" during the observance of Norway's Syttende Mai Independence Day, sponsored by the Ygdrasil Literary Society at the...
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Three Madison Policemen Honored

Date: 05 11 1959
Description: Edward Schultz, left, director of the Wisconsin Policeman's Protective Association and Ft. Atkinson police chief is shown presenting a "meritorious service...
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Menu Cover for Dinner for Delegations to the 5th Session of the Assembly General of the United Nations

Date: 11 27 1950
Description: Front cover of the menu for a dinner given by Nazrollah Entezam, President of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly during its fifth session and leader ...
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Dr. Lester McGary; Pathologist Honored

Date: 08 29 1959
Description: About 70 persons attend a dinner held in the Cuba Club honoring Dr. Lester McGary, a pathologist and a Madison General hospital staff member since 1923. In...
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Dr. Lester McGary; Pathologist Honored

Date: 08 29 1959
Description: Dr. Lester McGary (shown second from right), pathologist emeritus at Madison General hospital, is honored for his 36 years of service starting in 1923. Sho...
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Memorial Day

Date: 1976
Description: On Memorial Day American Legion Member Oliver Krueger drops a wreath into the Rock River.
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University Hospital Employee Recognition

Date: 09 18 1959
Description: Vern and Donna Schultz (left) and Vincent and Helma Norris attend a recognition ceremony for non-academic employes of University Hospital who have worked m...
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Ladies at Tea

Date: 1925
Description: Group of ladies at an outdoor tea during "homecoming." Behind the woman on the left is a large spinning wheel. An American Flag is standing on the lawn in ...
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Episcopal Churchwomen Convocation

Date: 09 17 1959
Description: Bishop Donald A.V. Hallock (right) of the Milwaukee diocese of the Episcopal church is shown with officers of the Episcopal Churchwomen of the Northwest Co...
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Veterans Day Program Planners

Date: 10 22 1959
Description: Five committee members of the Madison Veterans council going over plans for the ceremony and parade to be held Veterans Day, November 11. Left to right: Go...

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