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Red Cross Sponsored Singing Group

Date: 06 07 1945
Description: Group portrait of Red Cross sponsored group, "Parlor Tricks," who entertain convalescent patients in the Army Air Force's regional hospital at Truax Field....
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Help for Fire Victims

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Bertha Atkinson, Baron Brothers Department Store buyer, fits a bootie on Norma Widener, 11-months old, being held by her mother Valera Widener. In the fore...
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Son Gets Six-Month Term for Beating Up Father

Date: 12 04 1958
Description: Herbert Hilgendorf was sentenced to six months in jail for beating his father, Louis Hilgendorf, a town of Roxbury farmer.
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Ruined Kellor Store

Date: 09 19 1960
Description: Carroll Kellor, right, talks to Oregon Fire Chief Norman Champion after escaping from the rubble of his explosion-wrecked store on Highway 14 (Oregon Road)...
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University of Minnesota Football Team's Victory Over the Badgers

Date: 11 19 1960
Description: The University of Minnesota football team beat the University of Wisconsin Badgers 26-7. The victory gave the Minnesota Gophers a tie with Iowa for the Big...
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Sauk Slaying Trial

Date: 03 26 1962
Description: Accused police slayer Richard Nickl ducking photographers as spectators crowd the door to watch him leave Circuit Court. His left leg in cast was fractured...
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National Hospital Week

Date: 05 08 1958
Description: Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen visiting a patient at Madison General hospital after proclaiming the week as National Hospital Week. The nurse on the left is ...
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Vice President Richard Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon helps lift crutch-clutching Lynn Cooperman to the speaker's platform during a campaign stop at the Madison Municipal Airport. She...

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