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Holiday Canned Food Drive

Date: 11 22 1955
Description: Thomas Constable (left) and Walter Medenski (right), pose in front of canned food gathered by pupils at the Center Street school for the Salvation Army's T...
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Daisy Bates Standing Behind Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: Daisy Bates, the head of the Arkansas NAACP, stands behind seven of the Little Rock Nine, who are seated on a sofa in her living room. They have assembled ...
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Girl Scouts at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Four girl scouts and a camp counselor starting a fire in a camp fireplace as they start to prepare dinner at Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Pi...
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Girl Scouts at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Three girl scouts and the camp director chatting while sitting on a cot in a tent at Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Pictured left to right: Mar...
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La Verne Haak, Chairman of Madison Youth Council Clean-up Campaign

Date: 04 28 1948
Description: La Verne Haak, chairman of the Madison Youth Council's second annual spring clean-up campaign, is shown with equipment to be used for the project. His tool...
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Y-Teen Club Members

Date: 10 05 1948
Description: Three Madison Y-Teen Club members placing candles in the Y-Teen emblem as an observance of Nation Y-Teen Week. Left to right are Robereta Polkinghorn, West...
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New LOFT Officers

Date: 11 30 1948
Description: Group portrait of newly elected officers of the LOFT, Madison's youth center. They are, left to right, Walter Meanwell, treasurer; Maxentia Retzlaff, corre...
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Junior Red Cross Training Camp

Date: 08 01 1949
Description: Four Madison high school youth are standing with their luggage near the entrance to a train car as they prepare to depart for the Red Cross training center...
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Matiss Briedis Family

Date: 08 16 1949
Description: The Matiss Briedis family, from Latvia, with some of the Madison men and women who have found them a new home in Madison. Seated are Matiss, 42, former Lat...
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Youth Speakers' Bureau

Date: 09 21 1949
Description: Shown preparing their talks are members of the Youth Speakers' Bureau John Vincent, chairman, Peggy Huiskamp and Dick Cyr. The purpose of the Youth Speaker...
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Teen Driving Study Committee

Date: 09 27 1949
Description: Shown formulating plans to study the subject of teenage driving are three members of the Teen Driving Study Committee. From left to right are: Jim Ketchum,...
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The Madisonians Singing Group

Date: 01 09 1950
Description: 27 teen singers stand behind a piano at the Madison YWCA. The group was formed by Don Voss (extreme right) with the cooperation of the East Side Youth Acti...
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WIAA State Prep Track Meet

Date: 05 27 1950
Description: A new state record was established when Shelvy Bandy of Beloit (left) won the Class A 200-yard low hurdles at the WIAA prep track meet held at Camp Randall...
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WIAA State Prep Track Meet

Date: 05 27 1958
Description: Jerry Witt (left) of Marshfield scored his second win of the day when he beat Don Lewandowski of Milwaukee Pulaski (right) in the Class A 200 yard dash at ...
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WIAA State Prep Track Meet

Date: 05 27 1950
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jerry Witt of Marshfield, who won both the Class A 100 and 200 yard dash at the WIAA prep track meet held at Camp Randall on the Univer...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Left to right are: Don Spring, 13-year-old Soap Box Derby racer; his dad, Fireman A.E. Spring; and Lieut. Wilson H. Donkle, chairman of the fireman's Soap ...
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Junior Red Cross

Date: 02 02 1952
Description: Making plans for a Junior Red Cross dance are, from right: Jeanne Rowley, Stoughton; Barbara Bruley; Don Schmitt; and Audrey Anderson, Stoughton.
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Wisconsin High School Science Club Cancer Education

Date: 03 05 1952
Description: Making plans for Cancer Education Week, members of the Wisconsin High School science club are shown with "Careless Charlie,' inspecting posters. From left ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsor

Date: 06 13 1952
Description: Bobby Dommershausen, entrant in the 1952 Soap Box Derby, is pictured with members of the Sertoma club which sponsored him. Sertoma members shown left to ri...
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Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Two Akron majorettes welcome Madison, Wisconsin champion Roddy Botts to the All-American Soap Box Derby.

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