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Food Drive for Thanksgiving

Date: 11 18 1965
Description: Elementary school students collect nonperishable food to be distributed by the Salvation Army.
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East High School Girl's "M" Club

Date: 03 18 1931
Description: Group portrait of the East High School girl's "M" club, with the girls dressed in bloomers uniforms.
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Ruby Kubota

Date: 05 17 1944
Description: Portrait of Ruby Kubota, president of Groves Housing Co-op of the University of Wisconsin. Her father, George Kubota, came to the United States from Japan ...
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Youth Council Cleaning Street

Date: 04 09 1947
Description: Youth council spring clean-up committee cleaning the street in front of the Madison Community Center. Left to right: Rebecca Wilson, Martha Truog, George S...
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Madison Youth Council Activities

Date: 10 14 1948
Description: James Ketchum, left, and Annette Nelson, right, members of the Madison Youth Council, admire their display in the window of Moseley's Book Store, which was...
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Junior Red Cross Council Toy Drive

Date: 11 23 1948
Description: Fritz Hanson, Peggy Huiskamp, and Winifred Grant of Wisconsin High School, are shown checking on the drive for toys which the school's Junior Red Cross Cou...
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Madison Business College Spring Formal

Date: 05 02 1949
Description: Members of the advertising committee for the Madison Business College's spring formal are working on a huge streamer sign for the party. Seated at left is ...
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LOFT Honors Football Players

Date: 11 19 1949
Description: Madison youth organization the LOFT honored Madison high school football players who were selected previously for All-City berths by handing out certificat...
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Youth Council Service Committee

Date: 03 06 1951
Description: Some of the members of the Youth Council service committee work on arrangements for entertainment during the state high school basketball tournament. Seate...
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Emerson Grade School Sketch Club

Date: 03 19 1951
Description: Members of the Emerson Grade School Sketch Club, an after-school group, are pictured preparing a giant "Happy Easter" card for the children at the Orthoped...
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Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Invitational Bonspiel

Date: 02 19 1954
Description: Dignitaries gathered for the start of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Invitational Bonspiel at the Madison Curling Club. Standing, left ...
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University of Wisconsin Homecoming

Date: 11 03 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin law student Joseph L. Stone, of Chicago, in charge of the card block cheering section for football games, is shown with diagrams of...
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High School Curling Champs

Date: 02 25 1956
Description: Four members of the Wauwatosa High School curling team wearing Scottish tams while squatting around two curling stones and two brooms and admiring their aw...
Manuscript

Griggs Album: Kindergarten Goes to Vilas Park

Date: 06 1925
Description: Children posing in the back of an open truck wagon in front of the Neighborhood House Infant Welfare Clinic. The wagon is marked "Frautschi". This is the f...
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East Side Youth Council Committees

Date: 10 14 1957
Description: Two members of the decorations committee, Judy Johnson and Paul Haskenson, prepare for the annual East Side Youth Council's homecoming dance. They are work...
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Wisconsin High School Orpheus Show

Date: 03 26 1957
Description: Group portrait of writers for the Orpheus Show at Wisconsin High School. The theme for the show was "Mickey Moose Club, Anything Can Happen Night." Picture...
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We Saw You at Drama Institute

Date: 12 12 1959
Description: Drama Institute in Madison drew hundreds of high school thespians from all over the state. Members of the South Milwaukee High School Drama Club. Left to R...
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University of Wisconsin Homecoming

Date: 11 08 1963
Description: A crowd of Delta Upsilon members and others being led by cheerleaders at the "Yell Like Hell" contest on the steps of Memorial Union during Homecoming week...
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University of Wisconsin Homecoming

Date: 11 08 1963
Description: A large group of cheering students fills the area between the steps of Memorial Union and the Historical Society terrace as they celebrate Homecoming. The ...
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Presidential Political Campaign Emphemera

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Description: A yellow poster with black text for "A Bipartisan Party" for George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison which reads: "Tele...

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