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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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Souvenirs from Norway

Date: 11 1947
Description: Left to right, Dorothy Kobs, Wisconsin High School student, James McDonald, Central High School student, and Amelia Brueckner, West High School student, lo...
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Rural Schools Eighth Grade Commencement

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: Eighth grade students from Dane County rural schools attending a mass commencement ceremony at Madison West High School auditorium. The ceremony was part o...
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LOFT Halloween Party

Date: 10 18 1948
Description: Admiring the decorations which the LOFT is making for the upcoming Halloween party and dance are Dolores Nemec, at left, and Georgia Kenyon, right. Both gi...
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Washington School Hobby Show

Date: 05 27 1949
Description: Pat Rohr, 16 North Bassett Street, standing next to her salt and pepper shaker collection at the Washington School Hobby Show. Stan Fix, holding a model ai...
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Preparing for a Halloween Party at The LOFT

Date: 10 19 1949
Description: Madison high school students preparing for a Halloween party and dance at the LOFT. Kneeling is Phyllis Robinson, Central High School, director of decorati...
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Wisconsin High School Foreign Students

Date: 12 14 1949
Description: Group portrait of students who have been granted visas from foreign lands to study at Wisconsin High. Left to right: Robert Dawn, Shanghai, China; June Bin...
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Blackhawk Country Club Dance Committee

Date: 07 03 1950
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the committee in charge of arrangements for the dance to be held at the Blackhawk Country club in Shorewood Hills for the senior ...
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Lapham School Halloweem Party

Date: 10 31 1950
Description: At Lapham School, more than 800 costumed children and their parents attended one of the largest Halloween night parties held in Madison. Judges Roundy, and...
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Emerson Grade School Sketch Club

Date: 03 19 1951
Description: Members of the Emerson Grade School Sketch Club, an after-school group, are pictured preparing a giant "Happy Easter" card for the children at the Orthoped...
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All City Football Team Banquet

Date: 11 14 1951
Description: Charles Thomas of East High School, and Pat Lawrence of West High School put the finishing touches on decorations for the all-city football team banquet at...
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St. Patrick's School Wins Madison Parochial School Touch Football Championship

Date: 12 05 1951
Description: St. Patrick's School touch football team won the Madison Parochial School League championship. The team tied with Blessed Sacrament School for first place ...
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Badger Spelling Bee Winner

Date: 04 25 1952
Description: Beth Knope, 13-year-old champion of the Wisconsin State Journal's 1952 Badger Spelling Bee, with Walter W. Engelke, the principal of Nakoma school, ...
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Allis Grade School Athletic Banquet

Date: 05 27 1952
Description: Four Allis grade school athletic captains with their principal, Walter Barr, and East high school assistant football coach, Ferris "Red" McKinley, who was ...
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Girls' Relay Race

Date: 1913
Description: Students and teachers gathered in a field for the girls' relay race at an annual school festival in Belwood Park.
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Frank Allis School Father and Son Banquet

Date: 05 24 1953
Description: Sport captains for the four sports teams were honored at the annual Father and Son Banquet at the Frank Allis School. Seated, left to right, are: Don Wagne...
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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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Blessed Sacrament Grade School Athletic Banquet

Date: 05 25 1954
Description: Blessed Sacrament Grade School athletes are honored at a banquet. Left to right: Pete Regsdorf, baseball captain; Jeff Cantwell, representing all the athle...
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Christmas with Foreign Students

Date: 12 14 1954
Description: Ritva Jantunen (standing right) of Helsinki, Findland displays a symmetrical "himmelis." In Finland, a "himmelis" would be made of straw and oats and place...
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Christmas with Foreign Students

Date: 12 14 1954
Description: Hiroyoshi Yamamoto of Kurwe-shi, Japan (right) decorating a Christmas tree in the home of his hosts, the Dr. Frank K. Dean family. Tom (center) is standing...

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