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Emil Frautschi Family

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Emil J. Frautschi, prominent Madison business, church, and civic leader, shares his day of honor at the Rotary Club meeting with members of his family. Sea...
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Donald Rock Wayside Park Dedication

Date: 06 27 1954
Description: Vona Donald poses next to a newly dedicated plague. The occasion was the opening of a new wayside park located along Highway 92 between Mt. Horeb and Mt. V...
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Passport to Happiness

Date: 10 20 1954
Description: Portrait of Fricis Brakmanis, age 41, and his bride-to-be Maija Smeils, 40, holding their wedding license. Both had spent time in Latvian forced-labor camp...
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Gardner Baking Co. Employees' 25-Year Club

Date: 11 29 1957
Description: Four people standing beside each other during the Gardner Baking Company's 25-Year-Club celebration. They include Norman and Florence Schroeder; and Mrs. a...
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Gardner Baking Co. Employees' 25-Year Club

Date: 11 29 1957
Description: Louis Gardner (center) stands and chats with Bernie Reese (left) while his wife, Mrs. Gardner (right), gazes up at him. Louis Gardner was chairman of the b...
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Historical Society Founder's Day Banquet

Date: 02 1959
Description: Attending the State Historical Society Founder's Day banquet are, left to right, W.B. Hesseltine, University of Wisconsin history professor; Dr. Donald R. ...
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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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Young Columbus Contest Winner

Date: 04 07 1960
Description: Contest winner George Byrne, surrounded by his family, wears an overcoat, white shirt, tie and fedora (hat) while holding a TWA travel bag. The original ca...
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Wedding Portrait

Date: 06 19 1928
Description: Wedding portrait of Mr. and Mrs. E. Randall Sears posed on front porch steps. On June 19, 1928 Catherine McCaffrey married E. Randall Sears at the Christ ...
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Postal Clerks Local 241 January Christmas Party

Date: 01 08 1961
Description: Cecelia and Ken Miller and Dorothy and John Switzky share a moment of laughter.
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Mr. and Mrs. George Paine Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary

Date: 08 06 1957
Description: Mr. and Mrs. George Paine (29 N. Sixth Street) celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception in their honor at their son, Leslie Paine's, home ...
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Inaurgation Day and Attorney General John Reynolds

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: Attorney General John Reynolds and Mrs. Reynolds receive congratulations at a reception during Governor Nelson's inauguration.

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