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Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Brothers Greg, left, and Mark Herrling drive a four-wheel buggy pulled by two ponies down a driveway with the family home visible in the background. This i...
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Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Son Gregg Herrling cooks on a grill while the rest of the family relaxes on the patio of Stanley Herrling's Swiss-chalet type home. This is one of a series...
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Jaycettes Plan 12th Annual Benefit Style Show

Date: 08 03 1961
Description: The Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce Auxiliary (Jaycettes) plan for their 12th annual benefit style show held in the University of Wisconsin Union Theate...
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Two Sisters Wed Two Brothers and Share House

Date: 08 04 1961
Description: Brothers Edward and Oscar Saalsaa wed sisters Helen and Doris Andrews in 1942. They all lived together and farmed together. Doris and Oscar Saalsaa (left)...
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Two Sisters Wed Two Brothers and Share House

Date: 08 04 1961
Description: Doris and Edward Saalsaa, left, and Helen and Oscar Saalsaa, right, look over plans for their new house while posed in front of the fireplace in their base...
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Two Sisters Wed Two Brothers and Share House

Date: 08 04 1961
Description: David Saalsaa, age 9, studies while his Uncle Oscar, left, and father, Edward relax and read in their shared living room. The room has a Mid Century curvin...
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Two Sisters Wed Two Brothers and Share House

Date: 08 04 1961
Description: Doris, left, and Helen Saalsaa working together preparing dinner in their ultra-modern kitchen, which they designed for two cooks.
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Wisconsin National Guard Wives

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Wisconsin National Guard Captain Robert C. Burns' wife Carol and sons Bruce and Terry are sitting together. Captain Burns has been called up for active dut...
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Wisconsin National Guard Wives

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Wisconsin National Guard Staff Sargent Paul A. Haack's wife Margaret and two sons are playing in a front yard with a dog. Staff Sargent Haack was called up...
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Wisconsin National Guard Wives

Date: 10 02 1961
Description: Wisconsin National Guard Lieutenant Colonel John D. Winner's wife Marcelaine and children sitting together for a group portrait. He was called up for activ...
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Red Feather Adoption Agencies

Date: 10 10 1961
Description: Clarendon and Elaine Bradley and their two adopted children; Bruce, age 4 and 6 year-old Carla. They adopted them through the Lutheran Welfare Society, a R...
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Red Feather Adoption Agencies

Date: 10 10 1961
Description: Timothy and Helen Matthews with their seven month old adopted son, Timothy John. They adopted their child through the Catholic Welfare bureau, a Red Feathe...
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Red Feather Adoption Agencies

Date: 10 10 1961
Description: Dean and Betty Colden with their two adopted children; David, age three years and one year old Sally. The couple adopted their children through the Childre...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: Lutheran Welfare Society is one of 29 United Givers agencies. The society facilitates the adoption of children into families such as the one pictured, find...
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Winner of Shopping Spree Contest

Date: 05 27 1964
Description: William Coughlin, winner of an A & P supermarket shopping spree, with his wife Barbara and their seven children posing in their living room with the $998 w...
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Pete Barrett, Olympic Finn Class Sailing Representative

Date: 09 05 1964
Description: Pete Barrett, United States representative in the Olympic Finn class sailing in Tokyo, with his family. Left to right, Mrs. Pete (Laurie) Barrett, Tara, si...
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Greg and Patty Herrling's Graduation from the University of Wisconsin

Date: 01 19 1965
Description: Greg and Patty Herrling are shown standing in their graduation attire on their mid-year graduation day, while their baby, Jimmy, is yawning while sitting i...
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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 studying in their apartment with their baby, Jimmy, in a car seat nearby. This was a typical evening while they worked...
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Rector's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church Plans Annual Tea Dance

Date: 05 06 1965
Description: Mrs. Robert E. Fish, 300 Laurel Lane, is general chairman of the annual tea dance sponsored by the Rector's Guild of Grace Episcopal Church. Mrs. Fish is s...
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Participant in Nursing Program for Married Women

Date: 05 11 1965
Description: Donna Osness with two of her daughters, preparing dinner for her family. One of a series of images about Donna, a mother of five children, who is participa...

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