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Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen and Family

Date: 1874
Description: The Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen (1825-1904), his wife Cathinka Doderlein Ottesen and family posed in front of their home. A man on the roof holds out a Nor...
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Florence Schlimgen and Four of Her Sons

Date: 09 28 1948
Description: Mrs. Arthur E. (Florence) Schlimgen and four of her sons who are or were Wisconsin State Journal newspaper boys. Pictured from left to right are: La...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 22 1956
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby winner Alan Strauss holding his trophy and standing with his family on East Washington Avenue. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 20 1952
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby winner Larry Laverty sits in his racer while holding his trophy. His family is gathered around him. The race was held on East Gorham...
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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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Young Columbus Contest Winner

Date: 04 07 1960
Description: Contest winner George Byrne, surrounded by his family, wears an overcoat, white shirt, tie and fedora (hat) while holding a TWA travel bag. The original ca...
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Lee Wikoff Gets Eagle Scout Badge

Date: 10 11 1960
Description: Lee Wikoff receives the badge for Eagle Scout during a Scout court of honor held at the Midvale Community Lutheran Church, Tokay Boulevard. Shown, left to ...
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Eagle Scout Presentation

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: Catherine Moore pins the Eagle Scout badge on her son, Bill, at Luther Memorial Church. Bill's father, Wayne, who is the chairman of the troop, looks on wi...
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Eagle Scout Presentation

Date: 02 12 1961
Description: Ernest N. Wackwitz, Sr., scoutmaster of troop sixteen at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, pins an Eagle Scout badge on his son Ernest (Bud) Wackwitz, Jr....
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Roger Boeker Earns Eagle Scout Badge

Date: 03 24 1961
Description: Roger Boeker, Scout Explorer and University of Wisconsin freshman, is presented the Eagle Scout award. Shown (L-R) are: Mrs. Arthur Boeker, aunt; Mr. Leona...
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Group Portrait at High School Graduation

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Description: Group portrait of six people at a high school graduation. The graduate is wearing a blanket with a Native American motif draped over one of his shoulders, ...
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Honoring Mothers

Date: 05 05 1955
Description: A young man is standing and smiling and looking at a woman sitting on the left, while another young man sitting on the right is looking on. In front of the...
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Nellie Jones Attending a Circus

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Entering the grounds of the Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Economics Extens...
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Drug Store Interior

Date: 1915
Description: Interior view of the drugstore owned by Jerome Francis Franklin Jr., located next to the Franklin Hardware Company/Eland Post Office. In the foreground are...
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Brumder Family in Florida

Date: 04 1953
Description: Edward J. Brumder, Jr., center, posing with a sailfish which is hanging on a rack with other fish. A sign identifies the location as the Boynton Inlet Dock...
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Youths Are in the Clover

Date: 07 23 1960
Description: Two children search through a clover field. Caption reads: "FOUR-LEAF CLOVERS seem to stand out from the common three-leaf plants for Alan and Susan...

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