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Little Girl with Dog in front of Christmas Tree

Date: 12 26 1934
Description: Little girl sitting on the floor in front of a Christmas tree, holding a dog.
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Wilbur Emery Wins Hero Medal

Date: 11 22 1932
Description: Wilbur Emery, 11, wins hero medal for saving Evelyn Schulz, 9, from drowning at second ward beach on Lake Mendota. Emery would later serve as Chief of the ...
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Two Boys at Refreshment Counter

Date: 01 09 1956
Description: Rees Thomas and Billy Putnam at an ice skating party at the Truax Field clubhouse refreshment counter holding soda bottles.
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Speed Skaters Posing with Trophy

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Description: Junior Girls Speed Skaters Co-Champs, Andrea Melin, of Superior, Wisconsin, and Linda Schubert, of West Allis, posing together with their trophy.
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Roger Mott

Date: 03 13 1945
Description: Roger Mott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Mott, 20 Lathrop Street, holding a letter he received from General Douglas MacArthur in the Philippines. Roger, ...
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Edgewood Students with Trophy

Date: 03 14 1945
Description: Steve Slattery and John Eichman, co-captains of the 1945 Crusader cage team, hold the trophy awarded to the winners of the annual St. Norbert College State...
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Stoughton Home Talent League Champions

Date: 11 01 1945
Description: Curtis Strand and Roundy Coughlin, the speaker at the banquet of the Stoughton Home Talent League champion baseball team.
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Ernest Maulwurf, Jr. with Nativity Scene

Date: 12 19 1947
Description: Ernest Maulwurf, Jr., a senior at Central High School, is pictured with a Nativity scene under his Christmas tree.
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Phyllis Berg and Richard Pigorsch, Youth Journal

Date: 02 04 1948
Description: Phyllis Berg plays Cupid with Richard Pigorsch in preparation for a Valentine's Day dance as an example of the various seasonal dances held by different hi...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Pierre Slightam (right), winner of the 11th annual Madison Soap Box Derby, is congratulated by Warren Jollymore, director of the Wisconsin State Journal...
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Ski Jumping Winners

Date: 01 01 1950
Description: John Bednarz (left), and Paul Jacobs, both from the Kiwanis Club of Iron Mountain, Michigan, are two of the four ski jumping winners in the third annual Bl...
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The Loft Community Center Anniversary Dance

Date: 01 30 1950
Description: Bob Firehammer (left) and Bob Haukedahl sit on a ping pong table at the anniversary dance at the Loft Community Center, 16 East Doty Street.
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Clean-Up Week Planning

Date: 04 12 1950
Description: Sherwyn Woods (right), president of the Madison Youth Council confers with Marilyn Erickson, co-chairman of publicity for the upcoming Clean-Up Week.
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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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Syl with Cake and Christmas Tree

Date: 1901
Description: Syl sitting at a table with a birthday cake with eight candles. There is a Christmas tree in the background.
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Holloway Wedding Portrait

Date: 1903
Description: Studio wedding portrait of W.V.B. (Will) Holloway and Lorena Taylor Holloway, Richard Quinney's maternal grandparents.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 18 1937
Description: Roundy Coughlin handing Madison soap box derby champion Ken Johnson, age 15, the M.E. Coyle trophy while the crowd applauds in the background. The rac...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 06 28 1952
Description: Roddy Botts, the 1951 soap box derby champion, is shown dressed in his champion's uniform and holding the trophy for the city champion in the 1952 race. In...
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Nakoma School Graduation Parties

Date: 06 10 1953
Description: Dick Guerny, left, and Gordon Doefer, Nakoma School eighth grade graduating students, stand next to a jukebox during a dance at Nakoma Country Club.
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Rainbow Dance King and Queen

Date: 07 07 1953
Description: Portrait of Karen Takle and Thomas Stephan, who will reign as queen and king of the formal dance for the Order of Rainbow for Girls at the Masonic Temple.

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