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| Date: | 07 20 1961 |
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| Description: | Children attend a Dress Up Day celebration at Truax Park playground. A child is finishing up her costume at center. |
| Date: | 07 20 1961 |
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| Description: | Children in costumes line up as three mothers judge their costumes. The finalist contestants are dressed as assorted characters including a hula dancer, an... |
| Date: | 11 14 1961 |
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| Description: | Forty-one men, women, and children receiving their U.S. citizenship from Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone. The Lawyers' Wives of Dane County entertain the ne... |
| Date: | 11 17 1961 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin football coach Milt Bruhn standing with his son Peter, a sophomore, before Parents' Day. |
| Date: | 06 16 1962 |
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| Description: | The image centers on five unnamed faces in the crowd at the 1962 East High School graduation ceremony. Everyone is wearing graduation robes and mortar boar... |
| Date: | 09 11 1962 |
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| Description: | Miss Wisconsin, Joan Mary Engh, is cutting a symbolic ribbon signifying the official opening of the new A&P supermarket in the Hilldale Shopping Center. As... |
| Date: | 10 20 1962 |
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| Description: | An associate of U.W.'s "World-Famous" Primate Laboratory holding out a two-month old monkey for a young smiling girl to pet as her parents are looking on. |
| Date: | 10 20 1962 |
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| Description: | A small group of men viewing a satellite photo exhibit displayed at the U.W. Stock Pavilion during the Open House. Suspended from the ceiling above them is... |
| Date: | 11 29 1963 |
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| Description: | Crowded with cars and shoppers, a holiday-decorated State Street is featured as Christmas shopping begins on the day after Thanksgiving. |
| Date: | 11 20 1963 |
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| Description: | Sen. Edward Kennedy, left, chats with Betty Jane Martin, 6, who was representing Madison area mentally disabled children, as Gov. John Reynolds, right, lea... |
| Date: | 06 11 1964 |
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| Description: | The United States flag flying over the Park Motor Inn on Flag Day. |
| Date: | 06 08 1964 |
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| Description: | Woman spectator sitting at the commencement ceremony inside Camp Randall stadium wearing an "improvised sun bonnet" made of folded newspaper. |
| Date: | 08 14 1964 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Donald E.(Pauline Graven)Fugere, 5138 Juneau Road and Mrs. Clifford W. (Marjorie Lowe) Pauls, 213 N. Owen Drive, co-chairmen of Diamond Horseshoe Day,... |
| Date: | 10 27 1964 |
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| Description: | Pictured are the ten members of the Edgewood High School Homecoming court of honor. From left to right, the young people are Julie McGivern, Jerome Fahey, ... |
| Date: | 10 29 1964 |
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| Description: | Two politicians and three labor officials are standing behind a campaign sign that says: "Elect Ken Luedtke State Senator." Exchanging greetings are Willia... |
| Date: | 04 21 1965 |
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| Description: | Professional painters inside the state capitol employed by Hoffer's Certified Paint of 3501 E. Washington Avenue. A paint can is labeled "Hoffer One Coat H... |
| Date: | 05 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Three women decorating a parade float. They are U.W. student members of the Angel Flight Air Force ROTC auxiliary. Their names are, Catherine Hughes, Angel... |
| Date: | 05 26 1965 |
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| Description: | Jerry Haywood, Donald Lyons, and James Kruger were each named the best member of their various class years. The sheet metal apprentice honorees were select... |
| Date: | 07 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Low angle view looking up at the full height of the face of one wing of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. At lower right, behind a podium, is Gov. Warr... |
| Date: | 09 16 1965 |
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| Description: | Two members of the state Conservation Department being honored at their retirement. George Sprecher, left, assistant department director; and Lew Laughlin,... |
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