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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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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 154-160

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Description: Patience we learned and requiem
to rest the tense who die
For we forgot the brazen earth
in courtship of the sky
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 178-186

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Description: The fife and drum are not so innocent
the vulture's eye is on the dance
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 522-531

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Description: It's a day for celebration, just to be so cheering glad and everyone to know
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 599-606

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Description: All about, wherever a thought stirred,
are the memorabilia of its traces.

As it is spoken, so is it written;
as it is crucified, so is it grav...
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 727-734

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Description: That time of year.

Let's go watch the big wheels

The Saint, the King of Breakup with his Fool, parade the tarot Jack of Dice,
their drumme...
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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 784-792

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Description: Although they remembered everything that could not be tolerated,
their better natures,
surfacing through waves of church-worn care,
prevailed over...
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Thirteen Club Feast by the Sea Menu

Date: 08 07 1886
Description: Menu from the midsummer dinner of the Thirteen Club, with the seal of the club on the front cover: the legend, "Morituri te salutamus" ("We who are about t...
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Senior Reception Menu

Date: 06 28 1887
Description: Menu for a senior reception catered by W.H. Burleson, with a wide border of pig or demon half-faces, and in the center a figure in a kimono and sandals wit...
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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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