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Gimbel Brothers Art Competition

Date: 07 21 1949
Description: Madison and University of Wisconsin artists carried off the major share of the prizes and awards in the 1949 Gimbel Brothers art competition. Seated, left...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Officials

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: Soap Box Derby officials and judges for the 1949 derby are pictured in a group portrait. Left to right, they are John Hubbins, cashier of the American Exch...
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Governor Authorizes University of Wisconsin Library

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Governor Rennebohm signs a bill which will provide the University of Wisconsin with a new library. He is using a pen once used by President John Bascom. Th...
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Wisconsin Legislative Council

Date: 09 13 1949
Description: The new legislative council for the 1949 legislative session. Front row, left to right, are: Assemblyman Alex Nicol (R-Sparta), Senator Jess Miller (R-Rich...
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Benefit Association of Railway Employees

Date: 10 04 1949
Description: Five members of the Madison Division No. 32 of the Benefit Association of Railway Employees, who were awarded gold buttons for having been in the associati...
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Eight Carrier Boys

Date: 10 30 1949
Description: Shown are eight Madison area carrier boys for Madison Newspapers who won a trip to Milwaukee to see the Green Bay Packers-Detroit Lion professional footbal...
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Declaration of Optimist Week

Date: 11 02 1949
Description: Madison City Manager Howell (right) signs a proclamation declaring the following week to be Optimist Week. Looking on, from the Madison Optimist Chapter, (...
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The Loft Honors the All-City Football Squad

Date: 11 09 1949
Description: Francesca Schumacher (left) and Kay Schramm posing with Madison sports writers Monte McCormick (left) of the Wisconsin State Journal, and Lew Cornelius, Ca...
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Rennebohms Moving to New Governor's Residence

Date: 12 13 1949
Description: Sixteen employees of the Rennebohm Drug Company carry miscellaneous furnishings from the old executive residence to the new one in Maple Bluff. The "moving...
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University Extension League Style Show

Date: 01 30 1950
Description: Three of 15 models who will display play dresses, hats, coats, suits, robes and evening gowns at the meeting of the University Extension League are, from l...
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Founder's Day Banquet

Date: 01 29 1950
Description: Three members of the board of curators of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin sitting and standing at a banquet table. They are, from left: Professor...
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Wisconsin Future Farmers of America

Date: 02 21 1950
Description: Group portrait of officers and advisory council members of the Wisconsin Future Farmers of America Council at Green Lake for a planning meeting.
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Farm Family Day

Date: 02 25 1950
Description: Group portrait of fathers and sons with Governor Oscar Rennebohm in the governor's reception room of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Farm families from eleven...
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Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumni Style Show

Date: 04 03 1950
Description: Mrs. Stephen E. (Kathryn) Gavin of 2811 Monroe Street, chairman of the Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae benefit dessert bridge party and style show, sitting at ri...
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Easter Outfits

Date: 04 05 1950
Description: Three Madison high school girls modeling their Easter outfits featuring hats, dresses, gloves and high heeled shoes. Left to right: Lois Ann Hammer, West H...
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Jaycettes' Fashion Show

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: Pictured are Mrs. Gordon (Dolly) Harmon, at left, who will be the narrator for the Jaycettes' fashion show, and some of the group who will model vacation ...
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P.A. Cary

Date: 04 28 1950
Description: Group portrait of P.A. Cary, 1602 Jefferson Street, retiring classified advertising manager of Madison Newspapers, Inc. and his staff at a farewell party...
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LOFT Newspaper Staff

Date: 05 02 1950
Description: Following a Clean-Up Week in Madison encouraged by citizens and city leaders, the LOFT newspaper editor Nancy Runkel announced that Cay Schramm would be th...
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Madison Vocational School Addition Cornerstone

Date: 05 08 1950
Description: The cornerstone for the million-dollar four-story addition to the Madison Vocational School was laid at the corner of North Carroll and West Dayton Streets...
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Newsboys Bus Trip

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: 101 Madison Newspapers, Inc. carrier boys from Madison and southwestern Wisconsin stand by three charter buses before the start of their trip to the Memori...

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