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Christopher Columbus Play

Date: 11 28 1933
Description: Four children in costume surround a cardboard cutout of a sailing ship for a play about Christopher Columbus. The play was performed at Longfellow School, ...
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Group Portrait at Camp Virgin Lake

Date: 1933
Description: Large group portrait, including six cooks, of people of the 643rd Company, C.C.C. at Camp Virgin Lake.
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West High School Basketball Team

Date: 12 11 1933
Description: Group portrait of West High School boy's basketball team in uniform.
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Boy Scouts with Christmas Seal Posters

Date: 11 25 1933
Description: A group portrait of Boy Scouts and adult leaders armed with tacks, hammers and posters to promote the sale of Christmas Seals.
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Matinee Dance

Date: 10 13 1933
Description: Couples dance to a small band at a matinee dance in the Madison East High School gymnasium.
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Central High School Football Players

Date: 10 05 1933
Description: Two Central High school football players, Captain of the team Bid Smith on the right, and an unknown teammate on the left, poing for a portrait on the play...
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Ruth L. Brissee with Rifle and Dog

Date: 09 22 1933
Description: Ruth L. Brissee holding a rifle, standing with her dog in a garden at 2437 Fox Avenue. At age 15 she is the youngest huntress in Dane County.
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Charles Motisi in Traction

Date: 09 18 1933
Description: Charles Motisi lying in a hospital bed with his foot in traction at Madison General Hospital with the first football injury of the season.
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Five Boys and Diving Apparatus

Date: 07 13 1933
Description: Five boys experimenting with diving apparatus on a diving raft. Left to right: Lyell Tullis, Edgar Tullis, and Jerry Randall fixing the diving head gear, w...
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Boys and Diving Apparatus

Date: 07 13 1933
Description: Edgar Tullis, in the water wearing a diving helmet, is assisted by Jerry Randall and Lyell Tullis, standing on a pier.
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Madison Turnverein Acrobats

Date: 06 22 1933
Description: Eight girls and women, coached by J.C. Haberman, in acrobatic / gymnastic poses at the Madison Turners Hall, 21 S. Butler Street.
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Bob Zwerg, Golfer

Date: 06 17 1933
Description: Bob Zwerg, 16, golfer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Zwerg, West Junior High School championship winner.
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Steve Bradley at Stove

Date: 06 10 1933
Description: Steve Bradley cooking on a Reliable stove, with an ice cream maker (?) in the foreground.
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President Frank Presenting Scholarship

Date: 05 20 1933
Description: University of Wisconsin President Glenn Frank presenting $4,500 Emily Jane Culver Scholarship to Charles Pfeiffer of Racine. They are standing next to the ...
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Mayor Law Buying V.F.W. Poppy

Date: 05 10 1933
Description: Mayor James R. Law buying V.F.W. poppy from Miss Jane Elizabeth Ward.
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Mills Family and Guest on a Porch

Date: 08 28 1933
Description: Mr. and Mrs. C.P. Mills and their son Charles of Route 3, Homer, Illinois. A second man, identified in the original caption as "H.G. Davis, N.A.F.E.M." sit...
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Mug Shot of Nick Bongiovanni

Date: 1933
Description: A mug shot of Nick Bongiovanni, prisoner #467, charged with murder.
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Lorin Gillett (1915-1985)

Date: 1933
Description: High school graduation portrait of Lorin Gillett. He is wearing a graduation gown and mortarboard.
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Young Man in Automobile

Date: 1933
Description: View through passenger side window of a young man seated at the steering wheel of an automobile involved in a shooting case.
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Sailing on Pine Lake

Date: 1933
Description: Three young men are working on a racing sailboat which is flying a P.L.Y.C. (Pine Lake Yachting Club) pennant. Other boats are moored alongside.

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