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Romance Koopman and Bobby Koopman

Date: 06 24 1944
Description: Romance Koopman and her son, Bobby Koopman. She did freelance writing and radio scripts, and was a winner of five national awards for writing. Her mother w...
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How to Become a Wisconsin State JournalCarrier

Date: 09 29 1948
Description: Ronnie Hinrichs is shown looking on as his mother, Mrs. Arthur S. Hinrichs, prepares to sign a contract giving Ronnie permission to become a WSJ carrier bo...
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"Typical Good Family"

Date: 10 06 1950
Description: Portrait of the Herman Fischer family. Emmy Lou, 16, and Herman, Jr., 20, are standing in the back row. Seated in the second row are Grandma Emma Fischer,...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy and Mrs. Rose Kennedy

Date: 11 24 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Sen. Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy, brother of the late president, escorts his mother, Mrs. Rose Kennedy fro...
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State Tax Office Activity at Tax Deadline

Date: 04 13 1961
Description: A mother with her baby and young son is working on her tax form at the state tax office in the City-County building as the tax deadline nears.
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Second Baby Born in Madison in 1965

Date: 01 01 1965
Description: Jayne Elizabeth Hopkins arrived at 3:14 a.m. at Methodist Hospital to be the second baby born in 1965 in Madison. She is the daughter of Frances and Steve...
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Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears

Date: 1905
Description: A seated, full-length portrait in profile of Elizabeth Farnsworth Mears (1830-1907), early Wisconsin poet and author whose work was published under the pen...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Brothers Malcolm, Mathew and Sidney Bourne discussing their finances as newspaper delivery boys with their mother, Mrs. Bailey Bourne, at their home on Lat...
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Author Marie Versace and Daughter

Date: 12 13 1957
Description: At the typewriter is Marie Teresa Rios Versace, mother of five children. At her side, daughter Tracy is reading a book. Versace has published her first boo...
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We Saw You Before Leaving for Europe

Date: 04 1958
Description: A scroll from the state of Wisconsin is being presented to 18-year-old Pat Stoycheff by Chief Justice John Martin. The scroll will introduce Pat to new fri...
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Mothers With Careers

Date: 02 02 1959
Description: Madison television personality Beverly Stark reading to her two children, Randy and Shelley, at home where she does a good share of her professional work.
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Mothers With Careers

Date: 02 02 1959
Description: Paula Suomi in her seventh grade classroom at Cherokee Junior High. She is the mother of three.

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