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| Date: | 11 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Elwin Willett of 4115 Jerome Street (left) and Mrs. Robert (Helen) Brettell of 4603 Gordon Avenue, president of the Ladies Fellowship at Lake Edge Con... |
| Date: | 03 27 1956 |
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| Description: | First graders of the Badger School decorated eggs and hung them on a silver tree for disabled children in the orthopedic ward of University hospitals. The ... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | A young Jimmy Clark dressed as Baby New Year for 1954. He stands on top of a case of Adler Bräu wearing cowboy boots, underwear, and a sash reading 1954. H... |
| Date: | 12 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Dr. and Mrs. Harry Groth (left) and Dr. and Mrs. Robert Douglas. Mrs. Douglas was president of the Interns and Residents Wives' Club. A C... |
| Date: | 12 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Two couples are shown dancing with a Christmas tree in the background. Left to right are: Nancy and Dr. William Hardin and Mrs. and Dr. Michael Lazor. |
| Date: | 12 17 1959 |
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| Description: | Portrait of four senior citizens, among the over five-hundred who attended the Christmas party put on by Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Left to right are ... |
| Date: | 05 16 1953 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view taken from the Capitol Square looking down State Street. There is an unidentified marching group is coming up the middle of the stre... |
| Date: | 04 21 1957 |
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| Description: | Mrs. P. Houston adjusting a flower on the coat of daughter Marjorie on the way to Bethel Lutheran Church on Easter Sunday. Her other children are Howard, J... |
| Date: | 04 20 1957 |
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| Description: | Two nursery employees, Florance Dohm and Angeline Magnasco, examining a blooming plant among the tables full of blooming lilies ready for delivery inside a... |
| Date: | 04 06 1958 |
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| Description: | 3-year-old Betsy Cashin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cashin, is shown in dress and gloves, wearing her Easter bonnet and holding a matching purse in fr... |
| Date: | 04 04 1950 |
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| Description: | Katherine Mary Ela, age 2.5 years, wears her Easter finest of a smart navy blue and white frock with a white straw hat bound in the brightest red ribbon an... |
| Date: | 05 30 1952 |
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| Description: | Eighty-two-year-old William N. Nichols holding a flag during Memorial Day services at the Wisconsin State Capitol. He is the son of a Union Civil War veter... |
| Date: | 06 16 1953 |
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| Description: | A photographic tribute to Madison dads on Fathers Day includes a photograph of Dr. James J. Nania, a dentist, with his three sons John Nania, James Nania, ... |
| Date: | 11 1953 |
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| Description: | Pupils in Clara Boyle's third grade class at Marquette School wear Puritan costumes while examining a small early American-style log cabin as part of their... |
| Date: | 05 16 1953 |
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| Description: | View down the 700 block of State Street towards the Truax Field Honor Guard marching past the State Barber Shop on Armed Forces Day. Park Street and the bo... |
| Date: | 05 31 1954 |
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| Description: | Firing Squad of the 520th Air Defense Group at the Memorial Day parade around Capitol Square. The servicemen are aiming their rifles in the air as children... |
| Date: | 07 04 1954 |
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| Description: | Locktender Earl Wood swinging open the heavy lock gate for a speedboat operator passing through the lock on the Yahara River at Tenney Park. A sign above t... |
| Date: | 12 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Kitchen help for the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital is provided by Birdie Seligman and Ester Goldstine, members of the Madison Jewish ... |
| Date: | 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Leah Rothschild and Minnie Marcus folding napkins for the holiday party for patients at the Veterans Hospital. Both are members of the Madison Jewish Welfa... |
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