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Mrs. Willie Lou Harris

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: Mrs. Willie Lou Harris of 405 Bram Street sits at left with part of her family. Standing left to right are Mrs. James (Georgia Harris) Elvord, Mr. and Mrs....
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Madison School Safety Patrol Captains

Date: 05 23 1950
Description: Madison school safety patrol captains honored at an appreciation show posing for a group portrait. In the front row are, left to right: Roger Schwarze, Jam...
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Boy with Rescuer

Date: 05 23 1950
Description: Charles Hargrove, age 12, sitting at the bedside of Robert Byrnes, age 9, after Charles pulled Robert from Murphy Creek on Madison's south side. The boys h...
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First Day of Kindergarten

Date: 09 11 1950
Description: Frances Morrison's kindergarten pupils sitting at a table on their first day of school at Longfellow. They are, from left to right, Bonnie Hammersley, Sand...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 11 1950
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...
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Madison General Hospital Auxiliary

Date: 01 02 1951
Description: Madison General Hospital Auxiliary volunteer worker Goldye Mohr standing at the bedside of Sidney Hargrove, age 2.
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Charlie Hopkins and John Walsh, Wisconsin Boxing Coach

Date: 01 04 1951
Description: University of Wisconsin boxing coach John Walsh poses with Charlie Hopkins, former Madison Central High School athlete who now boxes for Wisconsin and is a...
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Foster Parent Zelma Stevenson

Date: 03 27 1951
Description: Zelma Stevenson spoon-feeding Jane, a 19-month-old foster child residing at the Stevenson home at 718 West Main Street. Mrs. Stevenson is a member of the f...
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Carson Gulley

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: Carson Gulley, chef for UW dormitories, sitting at a table in front of a WIBA microphone. He is wearing a chef's hat and white uniform.
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Madison YWCA Y-Teens

Date: 10 03 1951
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, ...
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Christmas Pageant Scene

Date: 12 30 1951
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...
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Madison West High School Track Relays

Date: 04 12 1952
Description: Group portrait of Beloit high school 880 yard relay team. They won their event by 3/10s of a second. Their time was 1:35.1, 8/10s off the record. They are,...
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Optimist Club Oratorical Winners

Date: 05 19 1952
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-...
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Alpha Omega Phi Committee

Date: 06 22 1953
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...
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Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's Party

Date: 07 22 1953
Description: Portraying Diamond Jim Brady and Diamond Lil at the Blackhawk Country Club Gay 90's party are Robert and Harriet Narowetz. They are being served a drink by...
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Cal Vernon, Boxer

Date: 08 13 1953
Description: Cal Vernon in boxing pose.
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World Community Day

Date: 10 27 1953
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...
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World Community Day

Date: 09 27 1953
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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Baseball Stars Tour Veterans Hospital

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin sports alumni and professional baseball players "Red" Wilson and Harvey Kuenn take a tour through the Veterans Hospital, talking an...
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VA Hospital Patients Win Short Story Contest

Date: 02 24 1954
Description: Luida Sanders (right), a "writer's aide" and a state public health educator, presents first and second prizes to two writers and patients at the Madison V...

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