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Belgian Exchange Student
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Georges Thomsin (left), from Liege, Belgium, showing Dick Trappe how Christmas decorations are made in Belgium. Both are students at Monona Grove High School.
December 10, 1956
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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West High School Christmas Tree
December 17, 1953
West High School students Janis Tande, Phyllis Waddell, and Dick Stephen decorate a Christmas tree for a school party.
Monona Grove High School Students
December 10, 1956
Monona Grove High School students, David Thuesen and Gene Kleinsmith, making Christmas decorations and cards.
Annual West High School Relays
March 31, 1956
Madison West High School relay team at the Annual West Relays. Left to right: Dick Pearson, Ron Russell, Grant Tessman, and Harry Hamilton.
West High School Girls' Club Christmas Activities
December 8, 1954
Three girls displaying Christmas decorations that their club had made for the Veterans' Administration Hospital. They are Judy Davis, Heidi Trummer, and Marion Freed.
Madison Area High Schools Football Practice
August 27, 1956
Four Wisconsin High School lettermen go through calisthenics at the first football practice. They are Fred Roever, Bill Lindsey, Tom Heebink, and Dick Pauley.
Loft Christmas Party
December 8, 1953
Portrait of Larry Brown, West High School student, and Donna Tupper, East High School, seated by Christmas wall decorations at the Loft, a Madison teen organization.
