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Dolphin Club Swim Show

Date: 03 21 1961
Description: A quartet of University of Wisconsin mermaids are splashing through its aquatic paces in a final dress rehearsal for the annual Dolphin Club Swim Show in t...
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Annual Scholarship Tea of the University League

Date: 03 11 1961
Description: Two graduate students from Indonesia — right, Zanzawi Soejoeti of Java, and Jahja S. Lubis of Sumatra — will be among the musicians at the annual scholarsh...
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Irish Operetta at Madison Central High School

Date: 03 07 1961
Description: Jake Standifird (right, wearing a skirt) and Dawn Huett performing in a scene involving a switch of the sexes in the operetta "Bits of Blarney" which will ...
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Childrens' Party at South Side Recreation Center

Date: 03 29 1961
Description: Members of Alpha Chi Omega sorority and Evans Scholars at the University of Wisconsin gave an Easter party for young children at the South Side Recreation...
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Spelling Bee Championship in Iowa County

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: The last five spellers left in the Iowa county championship spelling bee all look a bit worried as they wait for the final rounds of the bee, held in the D...
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Spelling Bee Championship in Iowa County

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: The original caption states: "A confident winner, Julie Matthews stands before the microphone minutes before winning the county spelling title and a chance...
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Spelling Bee Championship in Iowa County

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: A happy Julie Matthews (right) receiving a hug from her mother, Mrs. Harlan Matthews (left) of Platteville, after winning the Iowa County Spelling Bee. Jul...
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U.W. Students Playing Cards

Date: 03 14 1961
Description: Four University of Wisconsin students are sitting around a table playing cards.
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Wisconsin High School Prom King and Queen

Date: 04 30 1961
Description: Ann Wegner and Kenii Higuchi will be crowned queen and king of the Wisconsin High School junior prom.
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Edgewood High School Queen and Her Court

Date: 04 07 1961
Description: Group portrait of queen Ann Topp and her court. Shown left to right are: Ann Topp, Catherine Straub, Ginny Buechner, Patricia Sweeney, and Jean Goggin. The...
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Allis Grade School Track Meet

Date: 05 12 1961
Description: Starter Steve Barr, center, going over race assignments with two contestants, Neil Dettwiler, Silver Springs School, left, and Steve Temlin, Allis School, ...
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Monona Grove High School's Homecoming Court of Honor

Date: 10 04 1961
Description: The five members of the court of honor for Monona Grove high school's Homecoming are shown. Sitting in front are Judy Jordan; Jennifer Simons of Jamaica, a...
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Wisconsin High Students March in Support of Their High School

Date: 05 04 1962
Description: Wisconsin High students march in front of Bascom Hall in protest of the U.W. Board of Regents discussions to close the high school.
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East High School 1962 Graduation Ceremony

Date: 06 16 1962
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...
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Choreographer Rehearsing U.W. Dancers

Date: 07 24 1962
Description: Visiting choreographer William Burdick, in navy blue tights, rehearsing six U.W. dancers for the play "The Servant of Two Masters." The dancers, pictured l...
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East High School Commencement Day Band Recital Scene

Date: 06 14 1963
Description: Close-up view of five trumpet players. Names (l to r) Norm Frater, Sandy Holdbrook, Marcia Ziebarth (wearing a graduation cap), Rick Moe and Ken Connor.

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English Accent Tutoring

Date: 11 15 1963
Description: Katrina Jones, a graduate nurse from London, drilling Madison Theater guild cast member Robert O'Grady in the English accent. The guild is rehearsing the p...
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East High School's Hockey Team

Date: 02 12 1963
Description: Action shot of the game where Madison East scored two goals to defeat defending hockey champion Central, 3-2, at the Madison Ice Arena. East had a 4-0 ci...
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Registration for Youth Rights Rally

Date: 02 14 1964
Description: Barbara Mani, in the lobby of East High School, is shown registering Phil Farguharson for his participation in a youth rally on human rights to be held Feb...
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County Government Day

Date: 02 25 1964
Description: A group of teens are shown inside the county jail surrounded by men in suits and ties, as they listen to Undersheriff Franz Haas (right) explain the jail's...

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