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Cat in Rocking Chair

Date: 1905
Description: Jennie and Edgar Krueger's cat Tramp dressed up in old boys' clothes and sitting in a rocking chair. The cat has its paws on a board that has been placed o...
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Little Badger Boxers

Date: 03 02 1957
Description: A tournament and a party at St. Bernard's School was held at the end of the 1957 program of Vern Woodward's Little Badger Boxers. Receiving boxing emblems ...
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Ski Jumpers

Date: 01 1958
Description: Willie Erickson of Kingsford, Michigan, is the defending champion in the Junior event of the Blackhawk Ski Club's 11th annual jumping tournament at Tomahaw...
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State Junior Rifle Championship

Date: 04 19 1958
Description: John Meitner of the Waterloo VFW club placed third in individual competition at the State Junior Rifle Championship on Saturday, April 19, 1958.
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Governor Heil Squirting Milk

Date: 06 08 1939
Description: Governor Julius Heil squirting milk from a cow on a parade float. The Governor climbed aboard the float during the dairyland parade, a part of Milwaukee's ...
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Champion Curler Steve Brown

Date: 1985
Description: Steve Brown of Madison crouching on ice and holding a curling stone. He wears sweater with a patch that reads: "U.S. Men's National Curling Championship, M...
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Governor Nelson Buys U.W. Homecoming Button

Date: 11 04 1959
Description: U.W. student Betty Miller pins a homecoming button on Governor Gaylord Nelson's lapel with U.W. President Conrad Elvejem looking on. At right is U.W. stude...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Plans 13th Annual Ski Jumping Meet

Date: 01 05 1960
Description: The Board of Directors of Madison's Blackhawk Ski Club has completed preliminary plans for the groups 13th annual ski jumping meet February 14th at Tomahaw...
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Mayor Nestingen and Japanese Skiers

Date: 01 16 1961
Description: Japanese skier Kiyotaka Sakai, center, pins a good-will token on the lapel of Madison Mayor Ivan Nestingen, left. Looking on is Yukio Kasaya, also a skier ...
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Ralph Callies' Political Button Collection

Date: 10 28 1964
Description: Ralph Callies pointing to one of the thousands of political buttons in his collection. He is a member of the American Political Items Collectors.
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Group Portrait of Girls of the Boys and Girls Club

Date: 05 1928
Description: Outdoor group portrait of eighth grade girls — rural school festival. All the girls are wearing ribbon badges that read: "Cook County Health Contest."
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Tagging a Buck

Date: 1937
Description: Two conservation wardens are crouching to tag a buck lying in the snow. The buck was killed illegally. Two other wardens are standing and observing. The gr...
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We Saw You . . . at the Optimist Meeting

Date: 08 23 1954
Description: Three past presidents of Madison Optimist clubs are shown at a dining table. Left to right are: Walter Blair, B.R. L'Hommedieu, and Jerry Coulter. Coulter ...
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Annual University of Wisconsin Football Banquet

Date: 11 24 1954
Description: Special guests at the annual U.W. football banquet were five former Badger fullbacks. From left to right are: Jim Hammond, George Paykvan, Howie Weiss, Pat...
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Annual University of Wisconsin Football Banquet

Date: 11 24 1954
Description: Four honorees at the annual U.W. football banquet. Standing are Gary Messner (left), 1954 captain; and Wells Gray, captain-elect of the 1955 team. Seated a...
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VA Yule Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Belle Richman, Rose Dolinky, and Florence Krash (wife of Rabbi Hyman Krash) are operating a bingo game at a holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hos...
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Camp Sidney Cohen Family Campout

Date: 02 1959
Description: Two men cooking food wrapped in foil on a grate over a fire outdoors. One man's sleeve has a patch that reads: "Family Camping, MFCA Milwaukee." A child is...
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Cub Scout Pack Picnic at Hoyt Park

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: Boy Scout John Carrier has earned many badges and awards and is a hero to the Cub Scouts admiring his badges. He is a student at Wisconsin High School. His...
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Klondike Flapjacks

Date: 05 1968
Description: A Boy Scout or Scout Leader, with "Madison Wis 101" on his shoulder patch, making pancakes in a skillet over an open fire. Beside the skillet is a coffee p...
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Model Warplane

Date: 07 10 1989
Description: A man carrying a model airplane, possibly an F2G Corsair, and a remote control transmitter. His shirt reads: "DAVE" and has a patch depicting an airplane. ...

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