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Sunnyside P.T.A. Play Scene

Date: 01 21 1931
Description: Presenting the play, "They Are Not What They Used To Be." The Sunnyside P.T.A., 3902 E. Washington Avenue, won the fourth preliminary contest in the Dane C...
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Poster Contest Winners

Date: 12 05 1947
Description: Madison Fireman's Ball poster contest winners with their posters. Shown from the left are: Sue Lentz, West High School; Jim Meier, East High School; Tom A...
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Winners of the Firemen's Poster Contest

Date: 11 09 1948
Description: Group portrait of the winners of the Madison Fire Fighters union poster contest, held in conjunction with the annual Firemen's ball. Left to right in the f...
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Jackie Mansfield, West High Winner of 100 Yard Dash

Date: 05 12 1950
Description: Jackie Mansfield of West High School crosses the finish line in the 100 yard dash to tie the city record in the annual East and West High School track meet...
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WIAA State Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 15 1951
Description: Action shot of the game between Rib Lake and Baraboo during the WIAA state high school basketball tournament.
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WIAA State Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 16 1951
Description: Action shot of a Friday afternoon game between unidentified teams participating in the WIAA state high school basketball tournament.
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Speaking for Democracy Speech Contest

Date: 11 14 1951
Description: Portrait of two of the winners in the "Speaking for Democracy" speech contest for high school students. At the left is Norman Barton, West High School, fou...
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Speaking for Democracy Speech Contest

Date: 11 14 1951
Description: Portrait of three of the winners in the "Speaking for Democracy" high school speech contest. From left are: Sandra Johnson, Cambridge High School, fifth pl...
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Maren Hetland

Date: 03 26 1952
Description: Spelling champions from twenty-three Madison public and parochial schools will take part in the city spelling finals of the Wisconsin State Journal ...
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Carol Moir

Date: 03 26 1952
Description: Spelling champions from twenty-three Madison public and parochial schools will take part in the city spelling finals of the Wisconsin State Journal ...
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Madison League of Women Voters Essay Contest Winners

Date: 03 26 1952
Description: Caryl Regan, president of the Madison League of Women Voters, presents the first place award in the Essay Contest to Peggy Cafferty, Edgewood High School s...
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Angel Food Cake Blue Ribbon Winner

Date: 1921
Description: High school student Harold Enge poses with his blue ribbon winning angel food cake during an International Harvester Company Short Course. Additional cakes...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest Winners

Date: 03 27 1957
Description: Group portrait of five Madison public school students, winners of the 1957 Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest. Left to right: Dave Olson, East High; Allen ...
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West High School Spelling Bee

Date: 03 16 1961
Description: Three contestants compete in the annual Madison West High School spelling bee. Left to right are Gretchen Crownhart, Jim Underkofler, and Bob Eccles.
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Summer Music Clinic Try Outs

Date: 05 10 1958
Description: "Almost 4000 high school musicians came to Madison for the state solo - ensemble festival, and 20 of them went home with scholarships for the 1958 Summer M...
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Formal Dress Contest

Date: 11 24 1954
Description: Two young women are holding up four sketches of dresses. Caption reads: "Modest formal dresses were sketched in a contest for pupils of Milwaukee Ca...
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Madison Spelling Bee Finalists

Date: 04 30 1959
Description: Thirty-three finalists compete at the Central High School auditorium in the annual Madison City Spelling Bee. One of the finalists is Ronald Peterson, a 6t...
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Madison Spelling Bee Finalists

Date: 04 30 1959
Description: Thirty-three finalists compete at the Central High School auditorium in the annual Madison City Spelling Bee. One of the finalists is Hermann Hansen, an 8t...
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Madison Spelling Bee Finalists

Date: 04 30 1959
Description: Thirty-three finalists compete at the Central High School auditorium in the annual Madison City Spelling Bee. One of the finalists is Barbara Allen, a 7th ...
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Madison Spelling Bee Finalists

Date: 04 30 1959
Description: Thirty-three finalists compete at the Central High School auditorium in the annual Madison City Spelling Bee. One of the finalists is Susan Nelson, a 6th g...

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