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Volunteers of America Dinner

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its...
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John Simpson

Date: 02 28 1945
Description: Portrait of John Simpson, who after an absence of several weeks caused by a broken hip suffered by a fall early in December, returned to Muller-Simpson Co....
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Evan M. Hughes, Capitol Theatre Doorman

Date: 05 17 1945
Description: Evan M. Hughes, 68, a war-time replacement as doorman at the Capitol Theatre. Mr. Hughes had a son, Pvt. Robert E. Hughes, who was a prisoner of war by the...
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Ellen Sabin

Date: 11 29 1945
Description: Miss Ellen C. Sabin, president emerita of Milwaukee-Downer College, on her 95th birthday. Miss Sabin was one of America's most eminent woman in the field o...
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Robert E. Guild

Date: 02 19 1947
Description: Robert E. Guild, Madison native, Milwaukee Railroad engineer, and Holyoke, Colorado, movie theater operator from 1916 to 1939.
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Portrait of Charles F. Kirwin

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: A portrait of Charles F. Kirwin taken on his 83rd birthday. He was employed by the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Railroad for 56 years.
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Ferdinand Heim

Date: 05 24 1948
Description: Outdoor portrait of Ferdinand Heim, long-time resident of rural Middleton.
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Craig Ralston

Date: 12 23 1948
Description: Portrait of Craig Ralston, Madison-based State Capitol reporter for the Milwaukee Journal. News article includes his memories of the Robert La Folle...
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August F. Klitzman

Date: 01 27 1949
Description: August F. Klitzman, elevator operator at the Dane County Courthouse, at the controls in the elevator.
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Charles F. Kirwin

Date: 04 08 1952
Description: Portrait of Charles F. Kirwin in celebration of his 87th birthday. At the age of 87, Charles had been a resident of Madison for 52 years. He was an employe...
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One-Hundred Year Old Madison Resident

Date: 07 03 1952
Description: Alba Knight sitting on the porch of his residence at 20 South Broom Street. He is about to turn one-hundred years old. He came to Wisconsin from Maine when...
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Guy S. Keefer, Senior Citizen

Date: 08 03 1958
Description: Guy S. Keefer, a senior citizen who is "past 81" years old.

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