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Wendell Willkie with Carroll L. Coon

Date: 03 25 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie speaks with Carroll L. Coon, Commander of Madison's William B. Cairns American Legion Post No. 57, during Willkie's 1944 campaign for the P...
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Junior Red Cross

Date: 05 26 1944
Description: Group portrait of Governor and Mrs. Walter S. Goodland at the Junior Red Cross picnic with new and retiring officers. From left to right: Mrs. Gertrude And...
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Community Center Young Adult Club

Date: 03 05 1947
Description: Francis Beecher and Dorothy Rawlings indulge in a drink and conversation celebrating the 1st Anniversary of the Community Center's Young Adult Club.
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: William Thorp and Hattie Reed bow their heads in prayer before Thanksgiving dinner is served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its Sunset Club.
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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Members of the Volunteers of America Sunset Club eating a Thanksgiving dinner.
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Men Planning a National Elks Bowling Tournament

Date: 09 04 1955
Description: Harold Lampert and E.N. (Pim) Quinn discussing their proposal to bring the 1958 Elks National Association bowling tournament to Madison in 1958. They will ...
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West Side Benefit League Officers

Date: 12 17 1952
Description: Newly installed officers of the West Side Benefit League which was organized by the West Side Business Men's Association to furnish immediate funds to the ...
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Boys' High School Basketball Team

Date: 03 20 1953
Description: Group portrait of boys' high school basketball team, celebrating in the locker room with two coaches after a WIAA Basketball Tournament game.
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University of Wisconsin Budget Hearing

Date: 02 05 1953
Description: Joint Finance Committee of the 1952 Wisconsin Legislature listening to arguments for and against the $5,000,000 cut Governor Walter Kohler proposed in the ...
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Older Adult Klub String Trio

Date: 09 29 1955
Description: The string trio of the Older Adult Klub (OAK), Gus Torgerson, Henry Brenneman, and Julia Bennett, rehearsing for a senior citizen workshop on recreation fo...
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Governor Walter Kohler and Polio Victims

Date: 01 07 1953
Description: Governor Walter Kohler sits with 2 1/2 year old Deborah Foster and her mother Ruth Foster, both polio victims. Governor Kohler is proclaiming January as "M...
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Holy Name Society Procession

Date: 01 11 1953
Description: An honor guard of Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus leads a procession of 300 members of the Catholic Holy Name Society up the steps of St. Raphael's Cathe...
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Members of Madison Literary Club

Date: 11 10 1952
Description: Dean Harry Russell, director of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and a veteran member of the Madison Literary Club, is shown talking with Katherine...
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Christmas Party for Dane County Home Residents

Date: 12 15 1952
Description: Mrs. Jack Westra is serving punch at a Christmas party to three residents of the Dane County Home. The party was sponsored by the Madison Association of Un...
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Christmas Party for Dane County Home Residents

Date: 12 14 1952
Description: A man is delivering gifts to a Christmas party for residents of the Dane County Home. Four other people are standing near a Christmas Tree. The party was s...
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Lowell School Cub Scout Christmas Party

Date: 12 19 1952
Description: Lowell School Cub Scouts at a combined Christmas party and "Webelos" ceremony. Seated are boys James Kernan, Richard Schnurbusch, Ronald Wornson, Donald No...
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Knights Templar Conclave

Date: 05 25 1955
Description: Masonic group making plans for the 97th annual state-wide conclave. Left to right: Orrin St. Clair, A.W. Heisig, E.C. Jamison, Floyd McBurney and Ida Heisi...
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Drum and Bugle Corps Officials

Date: 04 17 1955
Description: Three men at a table at a contest clinic for drum & bugle corps officials held at the Madison Community Center.
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East Side Business Men's Dinner

Date: 01 26 1944
Description: Three men seated at table at an East Side Business Men's Association dinner.
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Louis Hirsig

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Louis Hirsig, chairman of the Red Cross campaign for Madison.

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