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NAA Championship

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Description: A souvenir from a national model airplane competition. A member of Hangar 13 of Beloit, Wisconsin was a contestant in this event and added this item to his...
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LOFT's New Year's Party

Date: 12 31 1946
Description: Five young people enjoying the LOFT's New Year's Eve party at the Community center are: (standing left to right) Burdick Myre, Paul Raymond, and Mary Ellen...
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LOFT's New Year's Eve Party

Date: 12 31 1946
Description: LOFT's New Year's Eve party. Left to right: Dick Price, Martha Truog, Walter Schar, Miriam Fansler, Jean Joyce, Don Grubb, and Jan Kleinheinz.
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LOFT's New Year's Eve Party

Date: 12 31 1946
Description: Playing checkers at the LOFT's New Year's party in the Community Center are, (left to right) David Rendall, Joan Scheiwe, watching are Tom Roth, and Gordon...
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Young Adult Club 1st Anniversary

Date: 03 05 1947
Description: Young Adult Club 1st anniversary dance. Leaders in the Young Adult Club founding, Wilma Kirch and Frances Casper, are shown with the "YAC" anniversary cake...
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Young Adult Club Christmas Dance

Date: 12 17 1947
Description: Agnes Dooley, John Fahning, Joe Ann Higgins, Ben Prochaska, Mildred Leach, and Tom Maloney in formal dress standing next to a reindeer and Santa Claus deco...
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East Side Youth Activities Council Members

Date: 04 22 1948
Description: Nine members of the Madison East Side Youth Activities Council taking the oath of office being administered by Dane County Judge Fred M. Evans at the East ...
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Madison Youth Council Officers

Date: 06 17 1948
Description: Madison Youth Council outgoing vice president, Mel Wade at left, wishing good luck to the newly elected recording secretary of the organization, June Clear...
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LOFT Membership Registration Table

Date: 09 20 1948
Description: Crowd of youth at the LOFT (lots of fun times) membership registration table during a dance at the Community Center.
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Adult Advisors for Youth Council

Date: 09 22 1948
Description: Recently elected adult advisers to the Madison Youth Council taking the oath of office from Youth Council president, Dick Roberts. Advisers are, left to ri...
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Children of the American Revolution

Date: 03 13 1951
Description: Members of the Timothy Hatch Society of the Children of the American Revolution take part in the commemoration ceremony in recognition of the founding of M...
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New Madison Youth Council Officers

Date: 10 24 1951
Description: New officers of the Madison Youth Council are given their oath by City Clerk A.W. Bareis, at far right. Left to right are: Harold Haak, treasurer; John Hob...
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Loft Sixth Anniversary Celebration

Date: 01 23 1952
Description: Erin "Ace" Karp, advisor for the Loft, is shown discussing arrangements for the celebration in honor of the Loft's sixth anniversary with Carolyn Ames, pro...
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Reunion of Company F, 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 06 18 1890
Description: Group portrait outdoors of the reunion of Company F, 16th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, held at the farm of George W. Dibble in Rock County. Back row, left...
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Loft Christmas Party

Date: 12 08 1953
Description: Portrait of Larry Brown, West High School student, and Donna Tupper, East High School, seated by Christmas wall decorations at the Loft, a Madison teen org...
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Rai-Molay Christmas Dance

Date: 12 18 1953
Description: Stephen Weiss and Susan Deanovich are shown at the "Snow Flake Whirl," a dance sponsored by the Order of Rainbow for Girls and the Order of De Molay at the...
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Rai-Molay Dance Royalty

Date: 03 22 1954
Description: Group portrait of the "royal family" for the spring semi-formal dance of the Order of De Molay and Order of Rainbow for Girls to be held at the Masonic Tem...
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Rai-Molay King and Queen

Date: 03 22 1954
Description: Portrait of Leland Briggs and Mary Lyon, king and queen of the spring semi-formal dance of the Order of De Molay and Order of Rainbow for Girls.
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Rai-Molay "Royalty"

Date: 01 10 1957
Description: Group portrait of "royalty" for the Rai-Molay dance. Seated are the queen and king, Janet Geller and David Lewis. Standing are members of the court: Jackie...
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Presenting the Key to Wade House

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, presents the key to Wade House to Dr. William McKern, of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. The century-old stagecoach inn and...

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