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Women and Young Girls Posing in Dresses and Hats

Date: 1907
Description: Outdoor group portrait of women and young girls posing in dresses and flowered hats in an urban area, perhaps near the McCormick Works Club House. There ap...
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Memorial Chapel in Cambria

Date: 1939
Description: View of Memorial Chapel, dedicated on May 8, 1939. A group of people are gathered on the lawn in front of the chapel.
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High School Couples at Sorority Dance

Date: 02 12 1944
Description: Two high school couples at a Beta Gamma Chi and Mu Delta Chi sorority dance at the Loraine Hotel. Left to right: Georgianna Browne, Emerson Black, Dan Benk...
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Couples at High School Sorority Dance

Date: 02 12 1944
Description: Three couples at a Beta Gamma Chi and Mu Delta Chi high school sorority dance at the Hotel Loraine. Standing left to right: Mert Mellor, Virginia Welke, Si...
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Couple at High School Sorority Dance

Date: 02 12 1944
Description: Anne Lunde and Lyle Larson arriving at a Beta Gamma Chi and Mu Delta Chi high school sorority dance at the Loraine Hotel.
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Governor Rennebohm placing a wreath of red roses on the head of Highland's Margaret McGuire, who was selected as Wisconsin's first Alice in Dairyland. Marg...
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Newly selected Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, receiving an orchid from Virginia Palan, legionnaire and WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency ...
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Jitterbug Champions

Date: 02 08 1950
Description: Portrait of LOFT jitterbug competition champions Donna Armstrong and Steve Gust in a large Valentine heart "frame."
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Christmas with Foreign Students

Date: 12 14 1954
Description: Josephine Chance (lower right), of Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, is shown wrapping presents for "Boxing Day," a December 26th observance day on which Engli...
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Swear In To Vote Day

Date: 01 15 1980
Description: "New Voters — It was "Swear In to Vote Day' at Pulaski High School. Students who have reached 18 were sworn in as voters during a ceremony at the school, a...
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Frank Allis School Fathers and Sons Athletic Banquet

Date: 05 16 1958
Description: Coaches, team captains and mascots attend the 18th annual Frank Allis School Fathers and Sons Athletic Banquet. Standing in the back row are Coach Les Wozn...
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Y-Teens Give Television to Central Colony

Date: 12 30 1959
Description: Dr. John Touissant , clinical director at Central Colony, accepts a television set from Y-Teens Alison Keith and Ruth Rauschenberger. The Senior Y-Teens of...
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William L. Mitchell after Being Sworn in as Commissioner of Social Security

Date: 1959
Description: Caption: "William L Mitchell after being sworn in as Commissioner of Social Security. From left to right: his son, George Bigge, Ellen Woodward, Mitchell, ...
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WIAA Girls Basketball Champions

Date: 03 1978
Description: Cheri Sernat, Janice Eimmer, Ann Hall, Mary Beth Wessing, Bev Kuen, and Lisa LaVarda admire the first place trophy for the WIAA Girls Basketball State Cham...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 05 21 1960
Description: Wisconsin's 1960 spelling champion, Judy Ann Nichols, of rural Sharon, posing with her parents at the Badger Spelling Bee. Her parents, who will accompany ...
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Maple Bluff Social Event for Teens

Date: 06 26 1953
Description: Teenagers Tom Stephan and Jean McFarlane, seated, shown chatting at the Maple Bluff Country Club party.
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Maple Bluff Social Event for Teens

Date: 06 26 1953
Description: David Vilas is shown pinning a carnation corsage on his date, Beth Herman, at the Maple Bluff social party for teens.
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Maple Bluff Social Event for Teens

Date: 06 26 1953
Description: Sitting at a table under a colorful umbrella at the Maple Bluff Country Club, are, left to right, Jill Molinaro, Norman Gregersen, Darrell MacIntyre and Jo...
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Maple Bluff Social Event for Teens

Date: 06 26 1953
Description: Tom Consigny passes a basket of pretzels to Dick Kraemer and Dorothy Jones at a Maple Bluff social event for teens. Standing with Tom is Mary Ellen Adler.
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Madison West - Madison East Football Game

Date: 11 01 1956
Description: Madison West High School player Don Quam (81) crowns the homecoming queen, Joan Herreid, at the Madison West High School versus Madison East football game....

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