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Milwaukee Picketers Supporting Grape Boycott

Date: 1969
Description: A group of picketers supporting the nationwide United Farmworkers/AFL-CIO grape boycott in front of Kroger Supermarket. Picketers are carrying signs that s...
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Madison UFW Benefit at People's Park

Date: 1969
Description: A benefit gathering at James Rector People's Park to support the United Farmworkers (UFW) grape boycott. The UFW sign, with its eagle symbol, posted in th...
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Henry Barnbrock and Jerry Valentine

Date: 1966
Description: Half-length portrait of Henry Barnbrock and John Valentine. Written when he was a University of Wisconsin student, Barnbrock's 1916 thesis was influential ...
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We Saw You at Monona Grove Rehearsal

Date: 01 05 1960
Description: Monona Grove High School band members rehearse for the Broadway musical comedy, "Call Me Madam." Left to right: students Barbara Bresman, Janaele Duffield,...
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School of Bowling Class

Date: 01 23 1960
Description: Madison bowler Doris Hanson instructs a group of youths 9-15 years of age during the first class of the "School of Bowling" held at the Bowl-A-Vard.
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Wisconsin Pacemaker Pork Program

Date: 01 25 1960
Description: The Madison area scored top awards at the first Wisconsin Pacemaker Pork program held during the opening of Farm and Home Week. At left is Gilbert Mueller,...
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Speed Skating Champions

Date: 01 31 1960
Description: Group portrait of Madison's 1960 speed skating champions. Left to right, first row: David Singer, Freddy Davie, Jamie Thomas, Martha Lu Ferris, Jane Bush, ...
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We Saw You . . . at Eagle Scout Event

Date: 02 12 1960
Description: Eagle Scouts are honored at the first annual Eagle Scout recognition banquet at the Madison Elk's Club. Shown (L-R) are: Wally McGill, district scout execu...
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We Saw You . . . at Eagle Scout Event

Date: 02 12 1960
Description: Eagle Scouts are honored at the first annual Eagle Scouts recognition banquet at the Madison Elk's Club. Shown (L-R) discussing the banquet are: Lloyd Dil...
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We Saw You . . . at Eagle Scout Event

Date: 02 12 1960
Description: Eagle Scouts are honored at the first annual Eagle Scout recognition banquet at the Madison Elk's Club. Shown (L-R) are: John Esch, Sr., Scout executive bo...
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We Saw You . . . at Eagle Scout Event

Date: 02 12 1960
Description: Eagle Scouts are honored at the first annual Eagle Scouts recognition banquet held at the Madison Elk's Club. Shown (L-R) standing are: Eagle Scouts Cheste...
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Madison Youth Council Members Make Calls for Rooms for State Basketball Tournament Fans

Date: 02 17 1960
Description: Members of the Madison Youth Council telephone local home owners about providing sleeping rooms for young fans in town for the State Basketball Tournament....
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Eagle Scout Awards

Date: 02 22 1960
Description: Second and third Eagle Scout Awards are given to members of the John Whipple family at an Explorer Scout Post 519 court of honor at Luther Memorial Church....
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Yahara Fisherman's Club Percharee

Date: 02 20 1960
Description: Mike Merkle, left, packs away his catch after weighing in at the annual Yahara Fisherman's Club Percharee on Lake Mendota. With Mike are his sister, Marcia...
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Frank Allis Basketball Team Champions

Date: 02 22 1960
Description: Thirteen teenage boys wear matching shirts with striped collars, sleeve bands, and waist bands to pose in three rows with their coach. The four boys standi...
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Black Hawk Council Girl Scouts Plan Cookie Sale

Date: 02 23 1960
Description: Mrs. Dorothy Conrad talks over plans for the cookie sale with members of Black Hawk Council Girl Scouts of Sherman school Troop 31. Seated scouts are: Judy...
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St. Bernard Cagers Champions of Parochial League

Date: 03 01 1960
Description: Group portrait of St. Bernard's basketball team after winning the Madison parochial school championship. Left to right: front row - Bob Bosold, Bill Blood,...
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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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