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Eleazer William's ("Lost Dauphin") Cabin Site

Date: 1900
Description: A young girl and a woman working a field with horses. Trees and buildings are in the background.
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St. Patrick's School Graduation Class

Date: 06 12 1949
Description: Group portrait of St. Patrick's School graduation class with priest taken on the steps of the church, 410 East Main Street.
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The Second Station of the Cross

Date: 1910
Description: A group of children are praying with their hands clasped in front of them, at the second station of the cross on Holy Hill, near Hartford, Wisconsin. Capti...
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Holy Redeemer Catholic Church Graduation Class

Date: 06 08 1952
Description: Group portrait of the graduating class of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church School, 128 West Johnson Street, including thirty graduates, a priest and a nun.
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Holy Redeemer Catholic School Graduation Class

Date: 06 14 1953
Description: Group portrait of seven boys and five girls with one nun and one priest, Holy Redeemer Catholic School, 128 West Johnson Street, eighth graduation class.
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St. Francis Xavier School Graduating Class

Date: 05 29 1953
Description: St. Francis Xavier Catholic School graduating class, with priest, taken in front of the church.
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Elevated view of a mass of cars turning from North Pinckney Street onto East Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square celebrating V-J Day, August 15, the day o...
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Junior Red Cross

Date: 05 26 1944
Description: Group portrait of Governor and Mrs. Walter S. Goodland at the Junior Red Cross picnic with new and retiring officers. From left to right: Mrs. Gertrude And...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 26 1947
Description: Crowd and officials watch Soap Box Derby contestants at the finish line on East Gorham Street.
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Old York Church

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior of the Old York Church. A group of people are standing around the entrance. The church was built in 1861 and destroyed in 1977.
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St. Clara's Orphanage

Date: 1914
Description: Exterior view of St. Clara's Orphanage, which was built in 1882 and run by the Felecian Sisters.
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Water Skiing on Lake Mendota

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Lake Mendota water skiers, Joanna (Josie) Mayer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gottfried Mayer, (523 Farwell Drive), and Jimmy Schneiders, son of Dr. and Mrs. E...
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Tia Nelson Diving into Lake Mendota

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Tia Nelson, 11, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Nelson, 3010 Oxford Road, dives into Lake Mendota. She was one of Madison's most outstanding young swimmer...
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Lake Mendota Skin-Divers

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Lake Mendota skin-divers, Dick Charmley and Gary Davies, shown with fish that they have harpooned. Dick is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Charmley, 20 Paget ...
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Boy Scout Sled Race

Date: 01 24 1953
Description: Group of boy scouts lined up for Klondike Derby sled race, where the boys pulled the sleds, on Monona Golf Course. Nearly 300 scouts from the Dane County a...
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Boy Scout Sled Race

Date: 01 24 1953
Description: Boy scout sled team participating in the Klondike Derby sled race. The boys are pulling the sled on the Monona Golf Course, with Nichols School in the back...
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Lake Mendota Skin-Divers with Harpoon

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Skin-divers Dick Charmley and Gary Davies with harpoon in Lake Mendota preparing to fish. Dick Charmley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Charmley, 20 Paget ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: The Soap Box Derby held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wisconsin State Capitol. Shown are two racers coming down the hill with the crowd along ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: The Soap Box Derby held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wisconsin State Capitol. Shown are two of the more than 100 racers crossing the finish l...
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Blackhawk Council of Girl Scouts Roundup

Date: 05 07 1955
Description: Cooking their lunch outdoors is one of the small groups of the more than 1700 Girl Scouts, Brownies, and Intermediates of Districts II and IV of the Blackh...

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