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Junior Red Cross New Officers

Date: 12 08 1958
Description: New officers of the Madison and suburban Junior Red Cross elementary council include Janet Ficken, president; Gary Herbeck, left, vice-president; Bill Bres...
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New St. James Grade School Opens

Date: 01 04 1959
Description: The American flag is raised on the flagpole of the new St. James Catholic grade school. The three safety patrol members raising the flag are (left to right...
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New St. James Grade School Opens

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: The American flag is raised on the flagpole in front of the new St.James Catholic grade school on St. James Court. More than 300 pupils stand for the flag ...
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Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: Group of people posing among round wood cheese boxes on a flatbed truck decorated as a float in the Cheese Day Parade. One person holds a sign that says: "...
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80th Anniversary Founding of Swiss Colony

Date: 08 16 1925
Description: A chorus of men singing on stage with a crowd watching. A group of officials seated on the right. Rolling farmland in the background.
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Youth Council Installation

Date: 06 03 1959
Description: Taking the oath of office as new aldermen of the East Side Young Mayor's council are, left to right: Mary White, Janet Wegner, Pat Klein, Sean Austin and T...
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Youth Council Installation

Date: 06 03 1959
Description: Madison City Attorney, Harold E. Hanson, left, congratulates two newly elected officers of the East Side Young Mayor's Council. The officers are, left to r...
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Youth Council Installation

Date: 06 03 1959
Description: Alderman-Elect Renee Reese (left) and Gale Kocvara, retiring treasurer, gather around the refreshment table during ceremonies for the installation of newly...
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Youth Council Installation

Date: 06 03 1959
Description: Karen Mennes hands over the symbolic gavel to Mayor-Elect Ronald Mathison during ceremonies for the incoming officers of the East Side Young Mayor's Counci...
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Wisconsin 4-H Club Conference and Picnic

Date: 06 16 1959
Description: The sessions, at the 4-H picnic, centered along the theme: "Preparing Today for Tomorrow" and were held Monday through Thursday on the University of Wiscon...
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Room 2, Public School

Date: 1911
Description: Students are posing sitting sideways at their desks in the classroom for a group portrait. The teacher is standing in the back near a door.
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Class Portrait of Second Grade at Pettit School

Date: 02 04 1918
Description: Class portrait at Pettit School, also known as Saint Raphael's School. Thomas O'Dea is sitting in the 1st row of desks, 3rd from the left. All of the stude...
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Family Service Caseworker

Date: 10 27 1959
Description: Mrs. Eileen Gattshall, a Family Service caseworker, greets two young people who have come to her for help. Family Service is one of 29 Red Feather agencies...
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Sororities Plan Yule Dance

Date: 12 10 1959
Description: Members of two sororities meet to plan a Christmas dance for teenagers. Seated in front are: Mary Rendall, president of Tri-Hi, and Jean Postweiler, presid...
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Mrs. Hubert Humphrey Visits Madison

Date: 03 28 1960
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. Hubert Humphrey at the Madison airport with her son Hubert, Jr. (left), Sam Rizzo, Jr., son of the Humphrey campaign chairman in Wis...
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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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17th Badger Girls State

Date: 06 16 1960
Description: The 17th session of Badger Girls State got under way with opening exercises at the University of Wisconsin Commerce Building.
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Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps Dinner Meeting

Date: 10 26 1960
Description: Five men holding trumpets at a dinner meeting for parents of Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church.
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John F. Kennedy at Hillsboro High School

Date: 03 25 1960
Description: John F. Kennedy surrounded by Hillsboro High School students after a campaign speech. Kennedy, then a Senator, spoke at the Hillsboro High School Auditoriu...
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John F. Kennedy Speaks in Hillsboro

Date: 03 25 1960
Description: John F. Kennedy outdoors with a group of Hillsboro students and residents after a campaign speech. A man on the left is taking a group photo with a camera....

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