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Moving Vilas Park Zoo Alligators to Outside Pen

Date: 06 06 1960
Description: Zoo keeper Almar Baker drags a baby alligator from its winter pen in the lion house basement at the Vilas Park Zoo.
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Moving Vilas Park Zoo Alligators to Outside Pen

Date: 06 06 1960
Description: Zoo keepers Jess Butler and Dale Coyler carry an alligator from the winter pen to an outside pen at the Vilas park zoo.
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Moving Vilas Park Zoo Alligators to Outside Pen

Date: 06 06 1960
Description: Three zoo keepers move a 45-year-old, one-hundred-fifty pound alligator from its winter pen to an outside pen at the Vilas Park Zoo.
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Sherman School Girl Scouts Take Trip to Minneapolis

Date: 06 17 1960
Description: Thirteen Girl Scouts from Troop 31 from Sherman School prepare to depart on a bus to Minneapolis. The Girl Scouts will earn points for their travel badge. ...
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Hanks Garden Walk

Date: 08 03 1960
Description: Nicholas Hanks, family grandson, in the garden at the residence of Lucien M. and Mary Esther "Mollie" Vilas Hanks, 525 Wisconsin Avenue at Langdon Street ...
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Madison YWCA Children's Fine Arts Program

Date: 07 20 1960
Description: Forty girls, ages 8-16, participate in Madison's first consolidated children's fine arts program sponsored by the Y.W.C.A. Ann Hoffman of the Y.W.C.A. staf...
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Madison YWCA Children's Fine Arts Program

Date: 07 20 1960
Description: Forty girls, ages 8-16, participate in Madison's first consolidated children's fine arts program sponsored by the Y.W.C.A. Ann Hoffman of the Y.W.C.A. staf...
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Water Fight on a Hot Summer Day

Date: 09 02 1960
Description: Two African-American boys shooting water pistols at each other on a hot summer day while sitting on front porch steps.
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Boys with Nets Heading to Catch Frogs in the Lake.

Date: 09 09 1960
Description: Three unidentified boys running down the sidewalk on their way to catching frogs in the lake with their nets.
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Five-Year Madison Life Guard Returning to Spanish School

Date: 08 11 1960
Description: Angello LaBarro, a lifeguard at a Madison beach, gives some advice to some junior aids while on duty. He is a graduate of Madison East high school and has ...
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High School Campionship Football Game

Date: 11 01 1960
Description: Action shot during the Stoughton - Monona Grove football game shows halfback Paul Lysne as he ran 27 yards for the second of his three Stoughton touchdowns...
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Neurological Hospital Observes Anniversary

Date: 11 01 1960
Description: A scene at the Wisconsin Neurological Foundation, 1954 East Washington Avenue, which is observing it's 10th anniversary. Multiple sclerosis patient Lorett...
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Christmas Entertainment at Dane County Hospital and Home in Verona

Date: 12 20 1960
Description: Montrose school district students from Dane & Green County entertain residents at the Dane County Hospital and Home in Verona. The children performed a Chr...
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Nakoma Young People's Party

Date: 12 10 1960
Description: Four youth planning the Nakoma young people's party to be held at the Nakoma school posing sitting together. In back are David Knope and Jim Martin. Seated...
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Novice Sisters Profess Vows

Date: 01 06 1961
Description: During a High Mass at the Academy of St. Benedict, Novice Sisters Mary Christine, left, and Mary David in white veils profess their temporary vows in the o...
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Novice Sisters Profess Vows

Date: 01 06 1961
Description: During a High Mass at the Academy of St. Benedict, black veils are placed on the heads of Novice Sisters Mary Christine, left, and Mary David as part of a ...
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Novice Sisters Profess Vows

Date: 01 06 1961
Description: Posing for a photograph following a High Mass in the chapel of the Academy of St. Benedict during which they professed their temporary vows in the order of...

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