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Nativity Christmas Pageant

Date: 12 1943
Description: The cast of the Nativity Christmas pageant of Blessed Sacrament Church, posed on a stairway in their costumes.
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Senior Service Girl Scouts

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Senior Service Girl Scouts of Troop 22 from East High School posing on the stairs after having hung Christmas greens at the USO club. The girls are (left t...
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William Hobbins in Costume

Date: 02 08 1955
Description: William Suhr Hobbins, master of ceremonies for the Madison Art Association Beaux Arts Ball, in a large nightgown on which he painted a modernistic art pict...
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Court of Honor for the 25th Little International Show

Date: 02 01 1944
Description: University of Wisconsin home economics students and members of the Court of Honor for the Queen of the 25th Little International Show. Left to right: Phyl...
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Couple at High School Sorority Dance

Date: 02 12 1944
Description: Anne Lunde and Lyle Larson arriving at a Beta Gamma Chi and Mu Delta Chi high school sorority dance at the Loraine Hotel.
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Wisconsin Delegates to Republican National Convention

Date: 06 26 1944
Description: Two Wisconsin delegates to Republican Party National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman, left, Edwin W. Shear, Hillsboro...
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Jane and Janet Brandenburg in Easter Outfits

Date: 03 27 1945
Description: Jane and Janet Brandenburg, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs. (Marian) Harold Brandenburg, 4134 Hiawatha Drive, posing in their identical Easter outfits.
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Shrine All-City Football Team

Date: 11 14 1945
Description: Group portrait of Zor Shrine All-City high school football team, left to right, top row: Duane Sydow, East High; Jim Toepfer, East High; Bob Johnson, West ...
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Margaret Coughlin and Daughters

Date: 12 30 1947
Description: Mrs. Thomas B. (Margaret) Coughlin, 510 West Shore Drive, and her eight daughters who are home for the Christmas season with their families. Seated are: Mr...
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Jane Brickbauer

Date: 01 07 1948
Description: Bride Jane Brickbauer standing by a stairway dressed in her wedding gown.
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Dane County Jail - Circular Stairway

Date: 06 01 1948
Description: Dane County Jail showing metal circular stairway, the only exit from the cell blocks of the jail's second and third floors.
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Flood Damage

Date: 07 20 1948
Description: Flood damage, including a collapsed ceiling, to the interior of the Lark Cocktail Lounge at 2554 University Avenue.
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Kappa Alpha Theta Madison Pledges

Date: 10 18 1948
Description: Kappa Alpha Theta Madison pledges are: Mary Clare Koltes, Mary Lou Sorensen, Patricia McGovern, Barbara Hampton, and Gretchen Jorgensen. Susan Norris, was ...
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Fire at 15 S. Bedford Street

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Charred remains of the open stairway, which was the closest means of escape for the families who lived upstairs at the rear of the building at 15 South Bed...
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Fire at 15 S. Bedford Street

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Fireman Orrin Zebarth is shown at the foot of the narrow, steep front stairs which occupants were forced to use when flames cut off escape routes at the re...
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Six Members of the East Side Women's Club

Date: 12 14 1948
Description: Six members of the East Side Women's Club with a dollhouse to be given to the chi:ldren at the Morningside sanatorium. Seated in front, left to right, are ...
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Holiday Benefit Dance

Date: 11 27 1948
Description: Arriving for the holiday benefit dance for the young marrieds and college age crowd at the Turner Hall are Robert Hamilton of Maple Bluff and Rae Marie Roc...
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Eagle Heights Apartment Interior

Date: 01 26 1949
Description: Mrs. J.E. Hurff standing on the stairway of her Eagle Heights apartment, furnished with Chinese art objects purchased during Captain J.E. Hurff's naval dut...
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Mrs. Ivan Williamson and Sons

Date: 02 14 1949
Description: Beulah Williamson, wife of the University of Wisconsin's new football coach, with her twin sons, Jack and David.
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Badger Spelling Bee Finalists

Date: 04 09 1949
Description: Twenty-four Madison students who were contestants in the city finals of the Wisconsin State Journal's Badger Spelling Bee stand on stairs in front o...

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