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Electric Hair

Date: 01 10 1966
Description: Gail Lukas' hair stands on end when she places her hand on a Van de Graalf generator in a demonstration by the Atomic Energy Commission for junior high sch...
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The Answer Machine

Date: 11 13 1963
Description: A question is fed into a "computer" created by the mathematics club at John Marshall Junior High School. This was a project in observance of American Educa...
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West High School Radio Club

Date: 10 31 1952
Description: Two members of the West High School radio club, Alan Frees and Bill Reeve, operating the club's "ham" station. Observing the young men are Henry Lugg, spo...
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West High School Girls' Rifle Team

Date: 02 25 1953
Description: West High School Girls' Rifle Team, front to back, Betty Newton, Rita Bisbee, and Alice Pedracine, prepare for their first competitive meet.
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Students Publishing High School Newspaper

Date: 10 24 1955
Description: Central High School students, Nancee Meyers, Jean Loy, and Colenthia Hill working on an edition of the school newspaper, "Madison Mirror."
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East High School Students

Date: 12 04 1947
Description: East High School students Betty Jensen, daughter of Nels Jensen, McFarland, John Ellestad, son of John Ellestad, Route 4, and Phil Ashby, son of Mr. and Mr...
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Youth Radio Workshop

Date: 02 07 1948
Description: Betty Booth, associate editor of Seventeen magazine, being interviewed by Madison high school students on the Madison Youth Radio Workshop program b...
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West High School Boys Basketball Team

Date: 12 22 1948
Description: The West High School basketball team will take part in a holiday double-header at the field house. The players are shown left to right: first row, Peter ...
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Madison East High School Football Banquet

Date: 11 10 1949
Description: The four main speakers at Madison East High School's 27th annual football banquet stand together beneath a clock. They are (left to right): Foster Randle, ...
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Madison West-Kenosha Football Game

Date: 11 02 1950
Description: The Madison West High School running back picks up a first down in their football game against Kenosha at Breese Stevens Field. Kenosha players are Bob Gil...
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Madison High School Party Code

Date: 11 09 1954
Description: Point 5 of the "Madison High School Party Code" is illustrated by Robert and Charlotte J. Burns, parents, with daughter Charlotte Ann Burns and her date Bi...
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Madison High School Party Code

Date: 11 09 1954
Description: Jerry Stich, East High School student, illustrates an important point in the "Madison High School Party Code" by telephoning his parents when unforeseen ci...
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Monona Grove High School Student Leaders

Date: 03 12 1956
Description: Three editors of the first year of the Monona Grove High School bi-monthly Eagle Post newspaper pose around a typewriter. They include Clare Sampley, Ruth ...
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Catholic Youth Week

Date: 10 20 1958
Description: JoAnn Hunold and Mike Reider present skits over a public address system at Edgewood High school to explain the aims of Catholic Youth Week.
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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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Junior Red Cross Blood Drive Recruitment

Date: 05 29 1958
Description: Preparing letters to high school students congratulating them on their 18th birthday and inviting them to join the Junior Red Cross "18 Club" of blood dono...
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Waunakee High School Baseketball Players LeRoy Adler, Bernie Uebersetzig and Don Keller

Date: 02 27 1961
Description: The Waunakee basketball team prepares for their first-round game of the state WIAA district basketball tournament. The team has won all twenty of their gam...

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