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Loft Halloween Party

Date: 10 26 1954
Description: Joyce Nelson gets her hand stamped by Kristine Kaltbrunner at the Loft Halloween party. Admission cost one quarter and Dan Garson's orchestra performed for...
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Women's Golf Champion

Date: 08 10 1956
Description: Dr. William Beecroft presents the trophy to Faye Nelson of Blackhawk Country Club for winning the annual interclub golf meet. Margaret Hundt of Nakoma Golf...
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West High School Presents the Play "The Bishop Misbehaves"

Date: 11 10 1958
Description: West High School presents the play "The Bishop Misbehaves". Pictured in rehearsal for the mystery comedy are Aleta Nelson, Mary Boyle and Paul Geisler, lef...
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Ladies' Golf -Bowling League

Date: 03 13 1959
Description: Among the guests at the luncheon at Nob Hill of the Ladies' Golf-Bowling League were Marian Nelson, seated, and standing, from left to right: Virgel Hought...
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New York Governor Visit

Date: 12 15 1959
Description: New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller is greeted by two former governors of Wisconsin at the Madison Municipal Airport. The potential presidential candidate...
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Bascom Hill Burial

Date: 09 04 1922
Description: Skeletal remains of William Nelson or Samuel Warren, one of two men buried in the first cemetery in Madison located on what is now Bascom Hill.
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Gamma Phi Beta Graduates

Date: 05 25 1944
Description: Four Gamma Phi Beta graduates relaxing after completing final exams. Left to right: Marion Grinde, DeForest, Betty Nelson, Neenah, Barbara Fletcher, Joliet...
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YWCA Activities

Date: 09 28 1948
Description: Three members of the YWCA doing floor stretching exercises under direction of, extreme left, Mrs. Robert L. Nelson, 75 Randall Park, YWCA physical educatio...
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Shorewood Hills Dog Trial

Date: 05 16 1951
Description: Three men who testified on behalf of Sandy, a collie dog owned by Russell Nelson, accused of being a vicious animal, sitting behind a table. They were Hugo...
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Bascom Hill Grave Excavation

Date: 09 04 1922
Description: Skeletal remains of either William Nelson or Samuel Warren, one of two men buried on Bascom Hill. The grave was located about five feet north of that of th...
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Guests at Walter S. Goodland Inauguration

Date: 01 01 1945
Description: Friends and guests at the Goodland reception including: Mrs. Robert C. Eby, Mrs. M.F. Cooley, Mrs. Paul Irwin, Mrs. Oscar Toebaas, Mrs. Gordon Nelson, Mrs....
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Madison Drug Company Robbery

Date: 01 28 1947
Description: Drug salesman Harold Legler, Police Officer Howard Nelson, and clerk Al Hubin (left to right), are shown standing in the storeroom doorway at the Madison D...
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Courteous Driver of the Week Kenneth Sidwell

Date: 02 12 1947
Description: Kenneth H. Sidwell , 17 North First Street, shown talking through the window of his car to Madison police officer Harold Nelson on his motorcycle. Mr. Sid...
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Lodi High School Class Reunion

Date: 10 10 1954
Description: Portrait of the seven surviving members of the Lodi High School Class of 1895, gathered for a reunion dinner. Seated are Attorney Robert A. Nelson, left,an...
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U.W. Football Weigh-In

Date: 09 08 1956
Description: University of Wisconsin football player Bob Nelson weighs in at 239 pounds and is the heaviest player on the 1956 team. At right is the Wisconsin State ...
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Shrine's All-City Prep Team

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: Group portrait of the Shriner Madison All-City high school football team. First row, left to right: Steve Nelson, West; Ray Winburn, East; Doug Hyalop, Ea...
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Madison East High School Basketball Team

Date: 12 21 1948
Description: Coach Milt Diehl and the Madison East High School basketball team. In the first row are, left to right: Bob Brown, Leo Shillinglaw, Paul Nelson, Alan Hess,...
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United States Naval Reserve Party

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: Carl Syvertsen explains the surface search radar apparatus to Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Timothy Brown and Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson at the Uni...
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Summer Round-Up

Date: 04 05 1954
Description: Miss Evelyn C. Nelson (left), supervisor of nurses for the Department of Public Health, and Mrs. Frank J. (Lois) Woerdehoff, city Round-Up chairman, make p...
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Women Make Year's Supply of Lefsa

Date: 11 19 1954
Description: Mrs. Roy J. Nelson, 145 Marquette Street, is shown using a "floyve" stick to turn the lefsa while it bakes. She and her two sisters gathered at one of thei...

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