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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: A Red Cross instructor with a children's swimming class at the Bluemounds swimming pool. The instructor is George Steiner, assistant principal at Madison W...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: A.F. Ketterer, principal of Franklin elementary school is at his desk looking over Wisconsin State Journal Badger Spelling Bee material with two of h...
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East High School Athletic Night Banquet

Date: 04 14 1949
Description: East High School Athletic Night Banquet held at the East Side Business Men's Association clubhouse. Seated, left to right, are John Brickhouse, toastmaster...
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Yerkes Observatory Tour

Date: 11 19 1949
Description: Three high school science teachers and a Kiwanis Club representative escort 22 pupils from Madison's five high schools on a Kiwanis-sponsored educational t...
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Emerson School Cub Scouts

Date: 02 27 1952
Description: Group portrait of five Cub Scouts as they receive awards at Emerson School. At front is David Todd. First row, left to right: James Wahlber, Jerry Lomas, D...
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Red Cross First Aid Training for Madison Teachers

Date: 03 25 1952
Description: Madison teachers participating in a Red Cross first aid training course as part of the civil defense program. West high school principal R. O. Christoffers...
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Jimmy Demetral Gets Award

Date: 04 30 1952
Description: Walt Engelke (left), principal at Nakoma school, presents a large testimonial award certificate with many signatures honoring ex-wrestler Jimmy Demetral (r...
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West High School Clothing Drive

Date: 12 11 1953
Description: Members of the committee for the West High School clothing drive for needy children pose with bags of the clothing they collected. Principal Ralph Christof...
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Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Invitational Bonspiel

Date: 02 19 1954
Description: Dignitaries gathered for the start of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Invitational Bonspiel at the Madison Curling Club. Standing, left ...
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William F. Marsh

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Portrait of William F. Marsh, assistant principal of Central Junior and Senior High Schools. Mr. Marsh is also executive secretary of and the driving force...
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East High School Athletes And Principal

Date: 04 15 1954
Description: The retiring principal and former athletes at Madison East High School are honored at the East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA), 2425 Atwood Avenue....
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 04 11 1956
Description: Cherokee Heights School principal Emery Bainbridge stands beside student Robert Kurtenacker and his mother, Elizabeth, who needed blood donations during he...
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Madison Council of Parents and Teachers School of Instruction

Date: 09 19 1956
Description: The Madison Council of Parents and Teachers held its annual school of instruction for officers, committee chairmen, and faculty members at West High School...
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Altrusa Club Spring Garden Festival

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: Lillian Simonson, Altrusa Club member and Marquette School principal, is shown giving a preview of a wishing well to youths Jerry Bailey and Janet Dahl.
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Beatrice Walton and Lucile Clock

Date: 05 12 1958
Description: Two well known Madison teachers, Beatrice Walton, left, and Lucile Clock, are honored at a farewell reception given by the Dudgeon Parent-Teacher Associati...
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West High School's Alumni W Club

Date: 10 31 1958
Description: Principal Ralph Christofferson, left, helps himself to a smorgasbord at West High School's Alumni W Club along with three of his former students. Others, l...
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Walter T. Barr, Retiring Principal, Frank Allis School

Date: 05 21 1965
Description: After 25 years as principal, Walter T. Barr, retired from being principal of Frank Allis School. He is at a reception in his honor. With him, left to right...
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Rotary Club Scholarship Luncheon

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Prof. Richard U. Ratcliff, Rotary member, is sitting to the left of his daughter, Ann Ratcliff, who was awarded the West High School Rotary scholarship. Ra...
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Rotary Scholarship Luncheon

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Rotary scholarship recipient Barclay Gilpin (left) is sitting next to his East High School principal, Foster S. Randle. Another scholarship recipient, Don ...
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Rotary Scholarship Luncheon

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: John J. Goldgruber, Wisconsin High School principal (left), sitting next to Wisconsin High School scholarship student, Mary Lenz. Central High School schol...

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