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Arbor Day

Date: 04 1996
Description: "Arbor Day Celebration."
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Pechanga Day School

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Description: Students and teachers in front of Pechanga day school at Mission Agency.
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Bobbing for Apples

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Description: Child "bobs" for apples at a "Pioneer Day Festival."
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Arbor Day Group

Date: 05 2000
Description: Group of students at Theresa Fireman's Park for Arbor Day activities.
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East Side Businessmen's Association Festival at Voit Field

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: About 10,500 people attended the Children's Day festival on its first day at the East Side Businessman's Festival at Voit Field.
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Arbor Day

Date: 04 1996
Description: "Village President Chris Giese accepts a Tree City USA Award on Arbor Day."
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Memorial Day

Date: 05 1993
Description: Mourners, miltary band, and white crosses on Memorial day.
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Nonogakei Apiary

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Description: Men working, possibly breeding queen bees, in Nonogakei apiary in Okucho, Japan, Owari domain (present day Aichi prefecture).
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Elevated view of a mass of cars turning from North Pinckney Street onto East Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square celebrating V-J Day, August 15, the day o...
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Camp Randall Trailer Park (Monroe Park)

Date: 02 21 1947
Description: Mrs. Milton Sager, in a trailer home at Camp Randall, does day care with six children. The trailer park, provided by the University of Wisconsin, is for WW...
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Picnic Day at IH Demonstration Farm

Date: 07 09 1919
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered for Picnic Day at an International Harvester Company demonstration farm. Automobiles are parked in the foreground and alo...
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Mrs. Johnson and Grandchildren

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Description: Mrs. Johnson with 5 of her 14 grandchildren. Three others under 6 were examined later in the day.
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Arbor Day

Date: 05 1997
Description: Arbor Day activities for school children at Theresa Fireman's Park: a light lunch, a slide presentation, and the planting of two trees.
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Russell Frost Family

Date: 11 26 1952
Description: Family portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Frost with their adult children and grandchildren seated on the sofa on Thanksgiving Day.
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The One That Didn't Get Away

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Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, his son Craig, and the catch of the day.
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Flag Day Events

Date: 06 14 1940
Description: Boy Scouts and others recite the Pledge of Allegiance during Madison's first public Flag Day ceremony held at the UW football stadium.
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Armed Forces Day Parade

Date: 05 18 1957
Description: Children with their parents are sitting on the curb and watching the Armed Forces Day parade on Madison's Capitol Square. Other spectators are standing beh...
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Abraham Lincoln School, Day Care Group

Date: 06 27 1945
Description: Six children with a day care worker. The Abraham Lincoln School for Social Science of Chicago, Illinois, sponsored a Summer Institute in Madison for severa...
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 31 1954
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...
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Mother and Daughter in the Arboretum

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Description: A mother and her daughter spend a day reading and relaxing in the U.W. Arboretum Longenecker Horticultural Gardens under a flowering tree.

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