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Winners of the Firemen's Poster Contest

Date: 11 09 1948
Description: Group portrait of the winners of the Madison Fire Fighters union poster contest, held in conjunction with the annual Firemen's ball. Left to right in the f...
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LOFT Honors Football Players

Date: 11 19 1949
Description: Madison youth organization the LOFT honored Madison high school football players who were selected previously for All-City berths by handing out certificat...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Prizes

Date: 06 14 1950
Description: Hildur Hanson, receptionist in the "Wisconsin State Journal" editorial rooms, looks over the 25-piece tool kit which will be awarded for the best construct...
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Madison City School Art Show

Date: 05 25 1952
Description: The two award winners in the "Salon of School Art" show. On the left is the high school winner, William Bunce, a student at West high school. On the right ...
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Governor's Commission on Human Rights

Date: 10 29 1954
Description: Members of the youth advisory board and the young adult board of the Governor's Commission on Human Rights gather around Governor Walter Kohler prior to a ...
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Thanksgiving Student Artists

Date: 11 20 1957
Description: Portrait of West Junior High School student Laura Crow, age 12, who created a crayon sketch of a family scene as viewed through a large picture window.
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Blackhawk Council of Girl Scouts Art Contest

Date: 04 08 1959
Description: Top winners in the "Home Frontier" art contest sponsored by the Blackhawk Council of Girl Scouts are Betsy Van Roo, left, daughter of George and Mary Greel...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Randy Olson holds his fourth-prize winning landscape painting at the Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest for eighth graders. Admiring the painting are three...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Contest judge Mrs. Daisy Breyer (left) and Central High school art teacher Mrs. Merrie Wisiol (right) admire the painting of Beverly Fries, a fifth-place w...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Sandy Rasmussen discusses her first-prize winning painting in the Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest for eighth graders with Ruth Allcott, art director of ...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Portrait of two prize winners in the Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest for eighth graders. Mary Jo Ylitalo (left) won second prize, and Sarah Christenson ...
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Aaron Bohrod, U.W. Artist-in-Residence

Date: 04 1955
Description: University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, welcoming young visitors to his campus studio. Shown with Bohrod (left to right) are: John Drake...
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Ruthy Saunders and Robert Reznichek Win Art Competition at Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 02 15 1958
Description: Ruthy Saunders (center, 831 Prospect Place) and her painting "Prayer" won the first-place prize in the centennial art competition at Grace Episcopal Church...
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Winners in Madison Art Contest

Date: 03 25 1959
Description: Five of the six winners in the Madison Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest. In front is the first-place winner, John Woolsey. In back, left to right, are: M...

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