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| Date: | 09 02 1954 |
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| Description: | A group of newly naturalized citizens registering to vote at City Hall. |
| Date: | 01 17 1956 |
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| Description: | Men and women holding United States flags after a ceremony in the federal courtroom making them naturalized citizens. |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Children of striking Peyton Packing Company workers, all of Latin American descent, with gifts sent by union members in Wichita Kansas. |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Susanne Hafner Goldfarb (right), Max Hafner (left), and Martha Hafner (center) on S.S. Jerusalem en route to the United States. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Rosa Goldberg Katz, Bernard Katz, and their son, Arthur. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Holocaust survivor Salvator Moshe and his wife, Thelma, picnicking at Southshore Park. |
| Date: | 12 30 1951 |
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| Description: | Pietro Palumbo, seated at a table, visits with his sponsor Matt Lombardino about his plans for a "new life" in Madison after arriving here as a displaced p... |
| Date: | 03 05 1952 |
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| Description: | Twenty-two year-old Danish immigrant, Neils Lassen, right, uses a globe map to point out his native Denmark to Major Roberts of the Madison Army and Air Fo... |
| Date: | 03 06 1952 |
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| Description: | Peter Storch, engineer at Ann Emery hall, and his children are shown at the Milwaukee Road depot where they met their son and brother, Alois Storch with hi... |
| Date: | 06 11 1952 |
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| Description: | George Tymorek, seated at a typewriter, is the son of Polish immigrants. He grew up in Chicago Heights, Illinois, and received his Master of Arts degree in... |
| Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Reverend Antonio Parroni standing at the altar of the Chiesa Italiana Methodist Church at 103 South Lake Street where he was minister from 1929... |
| Date: | 03 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Rognald and Anna Larson noting their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple married in the Vinje church in Voss, Norway in 1904 and came to Madis... |
| Date: | 10 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Fricis Brakmanis, age 41, and his bride-to-be Maija Smeils, 40, holding their wedding license. Both had spent time in Latvian forced-labor camp... |
| Date: | 01 17 1956 |
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| Description: | The oath of citizenship is administered to a class of 31 in the Madison Federal Court. Edgar Alstad, clerk of court, administers the oath as Judge Patrick ... |
| Date: | 02 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Stan Lesar, laboratory manager at the American Scientific Laboratories and an immigrant from Yugoslavia, looks forward to voting for the first time in the ... |
| Date: | 02 11 1958 |
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| Description: | Jack Burke standing at a podium onstage while reading a tribute and life story of Armand F. Ketterer, principal of Franklin school, standing at right. |
| Date: | 12 13 1958 |
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| Description: | Action photograph of the basketball game between the University of Wisconsin and Notre Dame in the fieldhouse. |
| Date: | 02 05 1959 |
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| Description: | Rose Sussman, a former ballet dancer and teacher, shopping for a dress in a Madison store. The former Rose Goloff was born in the southern Ukraine section ... |
| Date: | 01 02 1955 |
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| Description: | Ingvar Arneson, Sr. (left) and his 19-year-old son, Ingvar Jr., both of Wisconsin Rapids, were among the jumpers taking part in the Blackhawk Ski Club jump... |
| Date: | 05 1955 |
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| 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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