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Welcoming New Citizens

Date: 01 19 1960
Description: Seated at left is Blanche Hart, president of the Lawyers' Wives. She is shown with Catherine Barber, chairman; Mrs. C.B. Strauch, formerly of Germany; and ...
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American Citizenship Course

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Richard D. Carleton, left, instructor from the Madison Vocational school, stands at a blackboard with two of his students, Frank Vanhontte, from Belgium, a...
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American Citizenship Course

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Lt. Charles Grimminger Jr., Truax education officer, left, hands a Certificate of Training to Mrs. Midori Fugate of Japan and Romeo Downer from British Wes...
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American Citizenship Course

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Wives of three airman based at Truax Field participate in an American citizenship course offered by the Truax Field Education Center. Left to right: Shie B...
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Coffee Hour for New Citizens

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: Three former German nationals attend a coffee hour for new US citizens hosted by Lawyers' Wives of Dane County. Left to right: Gertrude Miller and John and...
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Coffee Hour for New Citizens

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Franz Hofbauer (left) of Cross Plains, originally from Germany, and Sister Pirmina of Watertown, from Austria, chat at a coffee hour for new U...
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Coffee Hour for New Citizens

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: George Garner of Germany and Madeline Boderman from Canada visit during a coffee hour for new US citizens. The coffee hour was hosted by members of the Law...
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Coffee Hour for New Citzens

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: Waltrud Gartzke (left), a hostess for the coffee hour for new U.S. citizens, visits with Catherine Brunn from Germany, now living in the Wisconsin Dells.
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American Citizenship Course

Date: 03 29 1960
Description: Two students reviewing "Our Constitution and What It Means" for a citizenship course. They are Mrs. Gertrud Wood, Germany, and Mrs. Sucko Miller, Japan.
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Citizen Procedures for Foreign Doctors

Date: 05 26 1964
Description: New citizens Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Vognar of Ft. Atkinson, with their twin daughters, Daniella (left) and Stella, at the Naturalization ceremonies. They are...
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Mrs. Mary Kundrat, Czechoslovakian Immigrant

Date: 11 06 1965
Description: Mrs. Mary Kundrat, age 85, moved to the United States from Czechoslovakia in 1907. She describes her life in places she has lived and the work she has done...
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Where They Settled in Wisconsin

Date: 1982
Description: This map shows the location of major settlement regions for various ethnic groups. Includes a legend in lower left hand corner. Sparse settlement is repres...
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Lamont and His Wife

Date: 1849
Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of Lamont and his wife, Scottish immigrants. Waist-up portrait, seated facing forward. He is wearing a suit and tie, and she is w...
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MEChA de UW-Madison at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A large crowd of protesters standing on the street outside the Republican presidential debate. The group are mostly college age, although a young boy is st...
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Middleton Sportsmen's Junior Rifle Club

Date: 05 1955
Description: Jan Bruhn, 15, chatting with her grandfather, A.T. Bruhn, at the Club. He headed a Junior Rifle Club in Denmark in 1884-1886 at the age of 9.
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Reverend James A. Gillespie

Date: 1870
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of a man seated, with a woman standing next to him. Caption reads: "Rev. Jas. Gillespie & wife. Preached in Necedah over 50 years ...
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Mary Mathews Adams

Date: 1896
Description: Vignetted waist-up portrait of Mary Matthews Adams, wife of Charles Kendall Adams, 1890-1902. She was a philanthropist and poet, whose published works incl...
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Mary Mathews Adams

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Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Mary Matthews Adams, wife of Charles Kendall Adams, 1890-1902. She was a philanthropist and poet, whos...
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Mary Mathews Adams

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Description: Photograph of a framed painting of Mary Mathews Adams, wife of Charles Kendall Adams, 1890-1902. She was a philanthropist and poet, whose published works i...
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Hans and Aslaug Jordee Albertson

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Description: Portrait of a couple. Caption reads: "Hans Albertson (Kellesvig - Norway name) and Aslaug Jordee Albertson. "Most of life on her father's homestead. Amund ...

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