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Street Dance

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Young people dance in the street on Bowen Court as part of city Recreation Department summer activities. Girls are dancing with girls and boys are dancing ...
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Tinkering with the Car

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Description: A man shows two teenagers the intricacies of what is under the hood of the family car.
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Senior Service Girl Scouts

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Senior Service Girl Scouts of Troop 22 from East High School posing on the stairs after having hung Christmas greens at the USO club. The girls are (left t...
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Decorating YWCA Christmas Tree

Date: 12 1943
Description: Two young women decorate the Christmas tree at the Madison YWCA.
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Elevated view of a mass of cars turning from North Pinckney Street onto East Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square celebrating V-J Day, August 15, the day o...
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Junior Red Cross

Date: 05 26 1944
Description: Group portrait of Governor and Mrs. Walter S. Goodland at the Junior Red Cross picnic with new and retiring officers. From left to right: Mrs. Gertrude And...
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Girls in YWCA Camp Bunks

Date: 07 06 1944
Description: Young girls posing on the top and bottom bunks at YWCA's Camparia Olbrich on Lake Mendota. In the upper bunk, left to right: Kathryn Eye, Barbara Fellows,...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 26 1947
Description: Crowd and officials watch Soap Box Derby contestants at the finish line on East Gorham Street.
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Girls Drinking from Soda Bottles

Date: 03 10 1944
Description: Three girls at the recreational center for school pupils at the Cottage Grove Town Hall drink from Nehi soda bottles.
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Christmas Pageant at Zion Lutheran Church

Date: 12 24 1946
Description: Christmas Pageant at Zion Lutheran Church. The angels are, left to right: Arlene Jenkins, Mary Sachtjen, Elsa Splett, Shirley Schumann, Joanne Groff, Joan ...
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Two Boys at Refreshment Counter

Date: 01 09 1956
Description: Rees Thomas and Billy Putnam at an ice skating party at the Truax Field clubhouse refreshment counter holding soda bottles.
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Quartet of Brass Horn Players

Date: 03 29 1953
Description: A quartet of horn players, first row David Lewis and William Howard, back row Robert Reuter and Jim Christensen, play for Easter services at Luther Memoria...
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Two Girls Putting on Ice Skates

Date: 01 09 1956
Description: Winnie Chapman and Kathy Cline at the Truax Field skating rink, putting on ice skates.
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Students at a Refreshment Stand

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: Seven boys and one teacher from Cherokee Heights School at the refreshment counter at a school dance. Four of the boys, Jerry Meulenberg, Douglas Green, Mi...
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Cherokee Heights School Dance

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: One chaperon and two students drinking sodas at a Cherokee Heights School Dance.
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Students at a Refreshment Counter

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: A group of students buying sodas at the refreshment counter at the Cherokee Heights School dance.
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Preparations for Young People's Assembly Holiday Party

Date: 12 01 1956
Description: David Ahlgren, Fritz Hasler, Ellen Cline, Sally Wagner, Kathy Taylor and John Washa making decorations for the Young People's Assembly holiday party to be ...
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Students at a High School Dance

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: Four students, Kris Roisum, Karen Nelson, Charles Leveque, and Rick Radder, drinking sodas and chatting with Principal Emery Bainbridge at a Cherokee Heigh...
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Cherokee Heights School Dance

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: Students singing and clapping while doing the Hokey-Pokey at the Cherokee Heights School dance. In the foreground are Linda Billington, Ann Herreid, Merry...
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Cherokee Heights School Dance

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: Students dancing in a circle doing the Hokey-Pokey at the Cherokee Heights School dance. In the foreground are Linda Billington, Ann Herreid, Merry Bliss, ...

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