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Young Arthur Altmeyer and Friends

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of Arthur Altmeyer as a young man posing in Wingra Park with five other young people identified as Selma, Russell, Lloyd, May Wescot...
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Shindig at the Teenbeat Club

Date: 1968
Description: Color advertising photograph of teenagers and band members gathered in and around an International Scout pickup at the Teenbeat Club owned by Steve Miller ...
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Mayor Law Buying V.F.W. Poppy

Date: 05 10 1933
Description: Mayor James R. Law buying V.F.W. poppy from Miss Jane Elizabeth Ward.
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Red Cross Donation

Date: 02 15 1944
Description: Madison East High School student, Sydney Freeman, presenting a check for the Red Cross war fund to Oscar Rennebohm and Albert Felly.
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War Bond Presentation

Date: 02 15 1944
Description: Boy Scout Troop 16 War Bond Presentation with Mayor F. Halsey Kraege signing the order to purchase $23,000 from the city insurance fund, $3,500 from Forest...
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Steinborn Studio Baseball Team

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Description: A group portrait of the Steinborn Studio baseball team, sitting and standing in a group in the outfield. The coaches are wearing suits, and the bat boys ar...
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Girl Scout Selling Cookies

Date: 03 16 1950
Description: Troop 118 Girl Scout Pauline Heland of 228 Langdon Street gets an order for Girl Scout cookies from Francis F. Bowman, Jr., president of the Madison Commun...
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Rotary Presenting Check to Boy Scouts for Statute of Liberty

Date: 06 14 1950
Description: L.J. Markwardt, president of the Madison Rotary Club, is shown presenting Marvin Rosenberry, honorary president of the Boy Scouts Four Lakes Council, with ...
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Whitehouse Conference Delegate

Date: 11 30 1950
Description: John Novotny, chosen as a delegate to the Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth, is shown receiving a check to help pay his expenses fro...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winner

Date: 07 23 1952
Description: Larry Jacobson, 11-year-old Soap Box Derby racer, receives a $25 savings account from Herman J. Kneubuehl, manager of First National Bank. The bank annuall...
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Main Street

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Description: View across Main Street, with a clothing store, livery stable, bank, and church on the right. A group of young men and boys stand on the sidewalk wearing s...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winner

Date: 08 06 1957
Description: Robert Simpson (right), wearing a soap box derby helmet, receiving a bank book with a $25 savings account as a prize for 'best sport' due to a cut hand and...
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Optimists Clubs Support Plan Aiding Hard-to-Reach Youth

Date: 12 29 1958
Description: A check for $400 is being handed over to the State Department of Public Welfare by the Associated Optimists Clubs to help in a study of "hard-to-reach yout...
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Madison Junior Achievement Officers

Date: 11 13 1959
Description: Group portrait of seventeen officers of newly established teenaged business firms of the Madison Junior Achievement program. Under the program, the teenage...
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Wilbur J. Cohen Swearing-In as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare

Date: 05 16 1968
Description: Wilbur J. Cohen, at the podium during his swearing-in as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, makes a remark that causes his wife Eloise, President ...
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Bethel Church Youth Fair Donation

Date: 05 15 1961
Description: Robert Hall (left), general chairman of the Bethel Lutheran Church youth fair, presenting a check of proceeds of the fair to Peter Sethre, youth director o...
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West High School Problems of Democracy Class

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: West High School senior Yvonne Williams interviews L.L. Oeland about insurance rates for families as part of an assignment for her Problems of Democracy cl...
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West High Problems of Democracy Class

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: West High School seniors, Geraldine Doran, right, and Gretchen Ihde look at sofas with Tom Rennels, a salesman at the Black Furniture Store, as part of an ...
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Future Business Leaders Convention

Date: 04 21 1961
Description: Five attendees at the eighth annual convention of the Wisconsin division of the Future Business Leaders of America include, left to right: Russell Meyer, J...
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Jackson County Bank

Date: 1912
Description: View across snow-covered street towards a group of men and one boy standing in front of the Jackson County Bank, located at the southwest corner of Main an...

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