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| Date: | 12 20 1945 |
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| Description: | Two African American women at a counter in the USO Service Club. There is a Coca-Cola machine behind a counter. Probably taken in First Unitarian Society P... |
| Date: | 11 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Mary Hawkins, assisted by Thorwald Anderson, Checker Cab driver, arrives for a Thanksgiving dinner served by the Volunteers of America to 56 members of its... |
| Date: | 05 07 1955 |
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| Description: | Girl Scout Phyllis Sanders of Madison gathering firewood for cooking lunch during a one day Roundup of the Girl Scouts, Brownies, and Intermediates of Dist... |
| Date: | 12 01 1944 |
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| Description: | Patty, daughter of Harry and Velma Hamilton, posed with "Marie", a costumed doll, in the State Historical Society museum's exhibition: "Christmas Customs i... |
| Date: | 02 13 1947 |
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| Description: | Five drum majors of the Four Lakes Council (Madison area) Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps. Left to right: Charles Harris, Charles Butler, James Berray, Stan... |
| Date: | 07 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of eight veteran Soap Box Derby racers who will be making their second or third attempts to win the city championship. They are shown liste... |
| Date: | 07 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Soap Box Derby racer Virgil Johnson, posing with his car outdoors on a porch. This image was taken before Virgil smoothed and painted his car. |
| Date: | 10 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Three Madison Y-Teen Club members placing candles in the Y-Teen emblem as an observance of Nation Y-Teen Week. Left to right are Robereta Polkinghorn, West... |
| Date: | 06 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Curlee Seals, Jr. discussing plans for his 1949 Soap Box Derby racer with three members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce, Curlee's sponsor for the... |
| Date: | 01 04 1950 |
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| Description: | Jo Ann Walker, bowling instructor, demonstrates bowling technique to Catherine Greene and Elsa Tamminga at the Plaza Alleys as part of the YWCA winter acti... |
| Date: | 05 27 1950 |
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| Description: | A new state record was established when Shelvy Bandy of Beloit (left) won the Class A 200-yard low hurdles at the WIAA prep track meet held at Camp Randall... |
| Date: | 10 11 1950 |
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| Description: | Nurse Sadie Zum Brunnen tends to a patient, seven-year-old Bonita Gill, at Madison General Hospital. Sadie is a member of the Madison Business and Professi... |
| Date: | 01 02 1951 |
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| Description: | Madison General Hospital Auxiliary volunteer worker Goldye Mohr standing at the bedside of Sidney Hargrove, age 2. |
| Date: | 10 03 1951 |
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| Description: | Beverly Hill, left, and Carol Sterling make posters for the Y-Teen open house and style show at the YWCA. Mary Ellen Kruger, standing, the Y-Teen adviser, ... |
| Date: | 12 30 1951 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a Christmas manger scene with children of Blessed Martin House, an interracial center operated by the Blessed Martin Guild at 746 West Washingt... |
| Date: | 05 19 1952 |
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| Description: | The winner and two runners-up in the Madison Optimist Club's oratorical contest. In the center is the winner, fifteen-year-old Richard Harris. The runners-... |
| Date: | 07 22 1952 |
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| Description: | Camper Jeanette Braxton prepares to grill food at an outdoor fireplace as one of the activities at the Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp. |
| Date: | 06 22 1953 |
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| Description: | Six committee members of the Alpha Omega Phi women's organization dedicated to community social service plan an upcoming party. Seated in front, left to ri... |
| Date: | 10 27 1953 |
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| Description: | Sunday School children, mostly from the Pilgrim Congregational Church, pack gifts to be sent to refugee camps all over the world as part of World Community... |
| Date: | 09 27 1953 |
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| Description: | "Building Lasting Peace" is the theme for World Community Day, sponsored by the Madison Council of United Church Women at Grace Episcopal Church. Pictured ... |
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