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Boy Scouts with Christmas Seal Posters

Date: 11 25 1933
Description: A group portrait of Boy Scouts and adult leaders armed with tacks, hammers and posters to promote the sale of Christmas Seals.
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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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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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Paper Drive

Date: 08 11 1945
Description: Members of the Junior Red Cross, Boy Scouts of Troops 20 and 30, and boys of Madison, sitting on the back of a Truax Field army truck loaded with waste pap...
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Neighborhood Circus Promoters

Date: 1946
Description: Group portrait of 5 children who put on a neighborhood circus behind the Bonura home at 617 Spruce Street to raise money for Roundy's Fun Fund. They charg...
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Girl Scouts Cookie Sale

Date: 04 06 1948
Description: Girl Scouts Patsy Jensen, Lowell School, daughter of Mrs. Mary Jensen, and Carol Anderson, Lincoln School, daughter of Mrs. and Mrs. A.W. Anderson, make a ...
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Youth Community Chest Drive

Date: 09 17 1948
Description: Members of the youth speakers' committee of the Madison Youth Council making plans for their part in the Community Chest drive. Left to right: David Matson...
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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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Student Speakers' Bureau

Date: 09 27 1950
Description: Five members of the student speakers' bureau for the United Givers' Fund posing for a group portrait. Speaking at right: Peter Noer, West High School. Seat...
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Boy Scout Christmas Tree Lot

Date: 12 08 1950
Description: Charles Amacker, left, and Kenneth Greve, members of the Four Lakes Drum and Bugle Corps, stand in front of the Corps' Christmas tree lot located in the 11...
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Madison West High School Girls' Club

Date: 04 11 1951
Description: Four members of the Madison West High School girls' club collect newspapers, magazines, books, and cardboard for a paper drive. Proceeds will go toward sch...
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Girl Scout Cookie Sale

Date: 02 27 1952
Description: Girl Scouts Janet and Jane Brandenburg promote a Girl Scout cookie sale to Dorothy Freck.
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Easter Seal Sales Help the Handicapped

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Looking at scrapbooks of Camp Wawbeek are four pupils who attend the special orthopedic department at the Washington school in Madison. Camp Wawbeek, locat...
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Youth Red Cross Fundraiser

Date: 04 23 1953
Description: Portrait of six Monona Village youngsters who held a circus to raise money for the American Red Cross. In front are Darryl Hoffer (with "Bullet" the dog) a...
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Catholic Junior League Car Wash

Date: 09 01 1956
Description: Jane Koberstein talks to customer Mike Seaber at the Welsh and Aspinwall D-X station, 2035 University Avenue, during the Catholic Junior League all-girl ca...
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Catholic Junior League Car Wash

Date: 09 01 1956
Description: Rae Carol Rocca, left, and Rita Freibutger washing and polishing a car at the Franz Haas Standard Station at 318 South Park Street during the Catholic Juni...
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Catholic Junior League Car Wash

Date: 09 01 1956
Description: Four members of the Catholic Junior League polishing a car at George's Service Station, 5990 Monona Drive during an all-girl car wash at Madison service st...
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Catholic Junior League Car Wash

Date: 09 01 1956
Description: Three members of the Catholic Junior League wash a car at the Welsh and Aspinwall's D-X Station, 2035 University Avenue, during an all-girl car wash at Mad...
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Girl Scouts Cookie Sale

Date: 10 29 1957
Description: Girl Scouts of Mariner Ship Troop 4, Black Hawk Council, pack materials for the cookie sale to be held in 1958. Pictured: Judy Reigle, Nancy Gibson, Anne N...

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