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Angel with Gavel

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Description: Illustration of a male angel figure, wearing eyeglasses and carrying a gavel. Part of a poster made for the Highlander Folk School.
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 30 1949
Description: Officials at the Badger Spelling Bee. Right to left: Mary Frances Boyd, master pronouncer, and three judges: Professor Lois Nemec, University of Wisconsin;...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 29 1950
Description: Badger Spelling Bee champion Arlene Brown stands before seated judges Mrs. Robert Taylor and Morton Schroeder, as Master Pronouncer Paul W. Gauger looks on...
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Donors Rededicate Bascom Hill Plaque

Date: 06 17 1950
Description: F. Ryan Duffy (left) U.S. Circuit Court Judge of Chicago presents Class of 1910 rededication of its "Sifting and Winnowing" plaque on Bascom Hill. Presiden...
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Lapham School Halloweem Party

Date: 10 31 1950
Description: At Lapham School, more than 800 costumed children and their parents attended one of the largest Halloween night parties held in Madison. Judges Roundy, and...
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Spelling Bee Winners

Date: 04 10 1954
Description: Robert Suszycki, Mauston, accepts his first place spelling bee trophy with a smile. The trophy is presented by one of the judges, Sheridan Ellsworth, super...
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West High School's Alumni W Club

Date: 10 31 1958
Description: Four club members are shown at the Alumni W club's fifth annual meeting. They include, from left to right: Alex London, 1932; Circuit Judge Richard Bardwel...
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Wisconsin State Journal Cook Book Recipe Contest

Date: 07 27 1959
Description: Group portrait of three judges for the Wisconsin State Journal's annual Cook Book Recipe Contest. Left to right are Mrs. Alice Ferguson, home servic...
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Helen Farnsworth Mears Art Contest

Date: 03 23 1960
Description: Randy Olson holds his fourth-prize winning landscape painting at the Helen Farnsworth Mears art contest for eighth graders. Admiring the painting are three...
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West High School Spelling Bee

Date: 03 16 1961
Description: Officials gather at a table during the annual West High School spelling bee. At left is pronouncer Armand Ketterer. The two judges are George Blackman, pri...
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We Saw You . . . Watching Dairy Caravan

Date: 02 01 1955
Description: School children from the Madison area are among the first visitors at the opening of the $100,000 Dairy Caravan at the State Capitol. Maple Grove pupils ob...
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We Saw You Viewing Japanese Prints

Date: 02 08 1956
Description: At the opening of an exhibition of Japanese prints at the U.W. Memorial Library are, left to right, Kishio Matoba, art teacher at Central High School and m...
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Intercollegiate Meat Judging Contest

Date: 11 27 1961
Description: A student judges meat at the intercollegiate meat judging contest at the International Livestock Exposition. Oklahoma State University took first place and...
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Traffic Safety School Graduate

Date: 04 14 1964
Description: Judge William L. Buenzil, right, presents a final "report card" to Stephen Eisle who is the one thousandth graduate of the Dane County traffic school. Pers...
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Horlick's Malted Milk For The Seven Ages

Date: 1900
Description: This advertisement features drawings of Shakespeare's Seven Ages beginning at the top left with: 'The Infant — "Perdita" Winter's Tale,' 'The Schoolboy — "...
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Judging at Salon of School Art

Date: 05 19 1957
Description: Standing before entries, are judges at the Salon of School Art. From left to right they are: Arthur Vierthaler, U.W. Department of Art Education; Catharine...

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