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Bancroft Dairy Outdoor Bar

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Bancroft Dairy "sidewalk fountain," 1010 South Park Street. Ruby Davenport and Dorothy Drifke are seated at an outdoor table. The table is covered by an um...
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Holy Hour at Breese Stevens Field

Date: 09 09 1945
Description: Archbishop Moses E. Kiley of Milwaukee and other clergy at the altar on Breese Stevens Field celebrating Holy Hour. Intentions of the Holy Hour for this ye...
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Two University of Wisconsin Hoofers' Equestriennes

Date: 04 19 1948
Description: Two University of Wisconsin Hoofers' Club members who will ride in the annual horse show are shown sitting on a fence holding the reins of their horses. Pi...
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Crawford County Historical Pageant

Date: 05 08 1948
Description: Crawford County Historical pageant participants depict various early citizens. Back row: Russell Kieser, card sharper; Ray Burgess, Irishman; Lawrence Geis...
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Villa Louis Tea

Date: 05 21 1948
Description: Strolling in the garden, Gwendolyn Druyfor and Shirley Adams, are dressed in costumes and carrying a parasol.
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High School Students Centennial Play

Date: 05 26 1948
Description: High school students who took part in the Centennial play, "The Thirtieth Star," at West High school recently are: in front, Gene Coffman; in the second ro...
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State Eagles Convention Parade

Date: 06 26 1948
Description: Sun Prairie Chamber of Commerce float (horse-drawn, covered wagon) in the Eagles annual parade, on East Mifflin Street. Manchester's store, at the corner ...
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Wisconsin Central Airlines Dedication

Date: 08 03 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, at left, christens the "Northliner Alice in Dairyland" with a bottle of milk at the Madison municipal airport, with N...
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Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 07 05 1949
Description: Members of the planning committee for the Wisconsin Women's Golf Association state tournament to be held at the Maple Bluff Country Club. From left are Mrs...
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Beach at Lake Ripley

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: Beach scene at Lake Ripley showing three young women under an umbrella.
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Westmorland Fourth of July Parade

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: Four girls costumed as Chinese 'coolies' carry a fifth girl seated up in a sedan chair. They are, left to right: Jean Verthein, Darlene Conner, Cindy Wheel...
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Catholic Church Ground Breaking

Date: 05 24 1953
Description: Ground breaking ceremonies at the site of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church to replace the church that was destroyed by fire in 1951. The Reverend Edwar...
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City Golf Tournament

Date: 06 21 1953
Description: Outdoor portrait of Steve Carvello, winner of the city golf tournament at Nakoma Golf Course, with his trophy.
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Madison Women's Inter-Club Golf Match

Date: 07 09 1953
Description: Five social chairmen from the three area country clubs sitting and standing around a table at Maple Bluff Country Club during the women's inter-club golf m...
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Syttende Mai Parade

Date: 05 16 1954
Description: Mrs. Walter Eggleson and her three children, Gudron, Jo Ellen, and Sally dressed in Norwegian costumes for the annual Syttende Mai parade in Stoughton.
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East High School Class Reunion

Date: 06 26 1954
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mapes (left) and Mr. and Mrs. Jalmer Raltson socialize at the East High School Reunion held at Maple Bluff Country Club. Both couples ar...
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 07 01 1957
Description: Chester L. "Grandpa" Gill cooking for his family at a backyard cookout two months after surgery that required several blood transfusions. Several members o...
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Country Club Women Leaders

Date: 06 17 1958
Description: Portrait of Elsa Johnson on the Maple Bluff Country Club porch overlooking the swimming pool. All activities of the Maple Bluff Country Club Women's Group ...
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Madison Women's Interclub Golf Play

Date: 08 07 1958
Description: Checking the scoreboard are three of the low handicap 18 hole players at the annual Women's Interclub golf play between the women golfers of the three Madi...
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Eastmorland Bike Parade

Date: 08 29 1959
Description: Four children pose on their tricycles during the Eastmorland bike parade. One of them is pulling a wagon designed to look like a pioneer covered wagon. Chi...

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