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Four Lakes Council Boy Scouts Circus

Date: 04 15 1961
Description: 1,500 Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorer Scouts and their adult volunteers in the Four Lakes Council participated in circus performances at the Dane County F...
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Edgewood High School Graduation

Date: 06 09 1961
Description: Edgewood High School graduates listening to graduation speeches.
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Razing of Old Park Hotel

Date: 06 08 1961
Description: A lone workman is silhouetted in the rear of the old Park Hotel. A new hotel is scheduled for completion in the fall of 1962.
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Dane County Junior Fair 4-H Style Show

Date: 07 22 1961
Description: Carla Frye, Verona, models her Dane County Junior Fair 4-H style show dress for her dormitory "sisters" Sue Jalings, Oregon, seated left; Joyce Dvorak, Dee...
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Madison Police Ambulance

Date: 08 18 1961
Description: Officer Howard (Pete) Stormer displaying the interior of the new station-wagon sized Madison police ambulance. For the past 5 years the department relied o...
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Park Motor Hotel

Date: 11 21 1961
Description: "Sidewalk superintendent's" view of the excavation for the new Park Motor Inn on the Capitol Square.
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New Building for Sentry Insurance

Date: 03 26 1964
Description: Sentry Insurance Co. managers are shown in front of their new building, 32 Proudfit St.,the first business to open in the Brittingham redevelopment project...
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Sampson Plaza Apartment Complex

Date: 04 09 1964
Description: View of the Sampson Plaza apartments from the inner courtyard. The 10 buildings feature ground-level parking under the buildings and elevator towers betwee...
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La Follette Homestead Dedicated as Historical Monument

Date: 09 01 1964
Description: Philip La Follette, former Wisconsin governor, left, was one of the main speakers at the ceremony which dedicated the former homestead of the late United S...
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New Holy Name Seminary at 702 S. High Point Road

Date: 09 15 1964
Description: The new $3 million Holy Name Seminary, located at 702. S. High Point Road in Madison, is ready for its first class of 205 students.
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Ken Luedtke Campaign Sign Appears in Window of Madison Labor Temple

Date: 10 02 1964
Description: A campaign sign for Republican State Senator candidate Ken Luedtke is in the window of the normally Democratic leaning Madison Labor Temple located at 1602...
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First Fireman Drill Center for Madison Firefighters

Date: 11 11 1964
Description: Madison firefighters shown scaling ladders at the first permanent training center. It was originally a military theater for Truax Field and then the Madiso...
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Trophy Buck

Date: 12 01 1964
Description: Jim Herubin displaying the 14-point buck which he shot during the recent deer season in Douglas county.
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Greg and Patty Herrling's Graduation from the University of Wisconsin

Date: 01 19 1965
Description: Gregory and Patty Herrling are shown coming down the steps of the U.W. Agriculture building on the day of their mid-year graduation.
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New Elks Club Lodge Clubhouse Opens at 711 Jenifer Street

Date: 03 11 1965
Description: The new Elks Club Lodge clubhouse is ready to open on Lake Monona at 711 Jenifer Street.
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New Officers of Spoo and Son Men's Store

Date: 06 11 1965
Description: The newly-named officers of Spoo and Son Men's store. From left are Erwin M. Spoo, founder and chairman of the board; E. Wesley Holmquist, president; Eric ...
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Castor Bean Plant Towers Over Barbara Culver, Age 11

Date: 08 27 1965
Description: Barbara Culver (11), 1123 Edgehill Drive admiring a 10-foot tall castor bean plant planted by Mrs. Carl Dutton, 1101 Edgehill Drive.
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Activity at "Family Night" for Faculty and Families

Date: 08 03 1965
Description: Four boys are pulling a stagecoach at the fifth annual "Family Night" for University of Wisconsin faculty couples, married students and their children. A b...
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Newly Constructed 30 on the Square Building

Date: 09 23 1965
Description: The new "30 on the Square" building at the corner of West Mifflin and North Carroll Street, shown almost completed.
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Plaque Dedicated at New Madison Red Cross Center

Date: 12 09 1965
Description: Two plaques, one listing the 700 names of donors who contributed to the building of the new Madison Red Cross Center, Dane County Chapter of the American N...

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