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Memorial Day

Date: 05 30 1961
Description: A Gold Star Mother shown holding her hand over her heart during the invocation at a Memorial Day service on the steps of the capitol.
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Miss Frances Zuill and Dr. May Reynolds, Retirees from Wisconsin School of Home Economics

Date: 06 03 1961
Description: Miss Frances Zuill (left), retiring dean of the University of Wisconsin School of Home Economics, and Dr. May Reynolds, retiring home economic professor, a...
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Annual Gladiolus Society Show

Date: 08 05 1961
Description: Flower arrangement and color displays of gladiolus are highlighted at the annual Madison Gladiolus Society flower show in the lobby of the City-County Buil...
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New Madison General Hospital Wing Groundbreaking

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Gordon N. Johnsen, Madison General hospital administrator, turns a shovel of dirt at the ground-breaking ceremony for the addition of a new six-story wing....
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Bethel Lutheran Church Fund Drive Dinner

Date: 09 27 1961
Description: Bethel Lutheran Church launches a $860,000 fund drive for a church addition. A crowd of 1,800 attend the fund drive kick off dinner held at the Dane County...
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Grace Episcopal Church Harvest Festival

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Edward Persen, left, and M. Earl Moore, 717 Pickford Street, looking at the items in the "white elephant" booth at the Harvest Festival, Grace Episcopal Ch...
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Grace Episcopal Church Harvest Festival

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Marjorie Slothower, 305 Norris Court, left, and Gretchen Sienering, 114 West Gilman Street, speaking with Reverend Paul Hoornstra, pastor of Grace Episcopa...
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House Decorated for Christmas

Date: 11 21 1961
Description: Exterior view of the house of Jack Savidusky, 341 Kensington Drive, decorated for the Christmas holiday with lights and reindeer figures.
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Church Nativity Scene

Date: 12 21 1961
Description: The Christmas Nativity Scene at St. Patrick's Catholic Church at East Main and Hancock Streets.
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Truax Chapel Choir Carolers

Date: 12 1961
Description: Night view of Truax Chapel Choir members standing on the steps at the State Street entrance of the Capitol Building singing Christmas carols to passers-by ...
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Open House at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 10 20 1962
Description: A small group of men viewing a satellite photo exhibit displayed at the U.W. Stock Pavilion during the Open House. Suspended from the ceiling above them is...
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Fred H. Harrington Inaugurated as University of Wisconsin President

Date: 10 20 1962
Description: The Inaugural Banquet for the newly inaugurated President of the University of Wisconsin, Fred H. Harrington, was held at the Field House. Operating with s...
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Fred H. Harrington Inaugurated as University of Wisconsin President

Date: 10 20 1962
Description: The Inaugural Banquet for the newly inaugurated President of the University of Wisconsin, Fred H. Harrington, was held at the Field House. Operating with s...
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Fred H. Harrington Inaugurated as University of Wisconsin President

Date: 10 20 1962
Description: The Inaugural Banquet for the newly inaugurated President of the University of Wisconsin, Fred H. Harrington, was held at the Field House. Operating with s...
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Booming Artificial Christmas Tree Market

Date: 12 17 1964
Description: Jimmy Zimmerman, age 6, is looking over a polyvinyl Christmas tree at the Dream Lanes bowling alley on Cottage Grove Road. Green polyvinyl is the latest th...
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Annual Dane County Homemakers Christmas Tea

Date: 12 04 1964
Description: More than 1000 Dane County Homemakers were invited to the Annual Christmas Tea held recently in the Youth Building at the Dane County Fairgrounds. Left to ...
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Modernistic Nativity Scene

Date: 12 16 1964
Description: Modernistic wise men catching the glare of floodlights outdoors in a nativity scene at Luther Memorial Church on University Avenue.
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Celebration of Christmas in Public Schools Question

Date: 12 16 1964
Description: Nativity scene in front of a Christian church, with the question of the appropriateness at a public school.
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We Saw You . . . at Who's New Club's Party for University League Newcomers

Date: 01 15 1965
Description: The Madison Who's New Club, an organization open to all new women residents of Madison, holds a party at the Guild Hall of Grace Episcopal Church for the U...
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Gov. Warren Knowles Proclaims May as "Clean Up, Paint Up, Fix Up" Month

Date: 04 21 1965
Description: Professional painters inside the state capitol employed by Hoffer's Certified Paint of 3501 E. Washington Avenue. A paint can is labeled "Hoffer One Coat H...

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