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Spring Election 1961

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: "We Saw You Performing Civic Duty" at the Fire Station. A voter is checking in before voting at the 19th Ward poll. He is at the head of a long line of vot...
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Wisconsin High School 50th Anniversary

Date: 05 25 1961
Description: Two early graduates of Wisconsin High school admiring the 1961 school yearbook at a reception marking the school's 50th anniversary. They are Ruth Noland, ...
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Nakoma Welfare League Tea

Date: 09 27 1961
Description: Maxine Backer, Eleanor Pritchard and Mildred Zimdars admire a stuffed animal and an apron which were made by the Dane County Homecrafters, an organization ...
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Festival de France on Madison's Capitol Square

Date: 09 29 1964
Description: Beatrice Forso is offering a free sample of French perfume to a passerby during Festival de France on the Capitol Square in Madison.
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Open House Day at the Madison Fire Department

Date: 09 25 1964
Description: Jerry Hauser, 10, son of Fireman Michael and Barbara Hauser, is shown wearing a fireman's helmet equipped with a microphone and loudspeaker. An open house...
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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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Madison Diocesan Convention

Date: 06 08 1965
Description: Four of the more than one thousand women who attended the convention of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at Edgewood College. In this photogr...
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Annual Vilas Park Fireworks

Date: 07 01 1965
Description: Elevated view of George Parisi and Henry Turville, Lions club members, setting up a fireworks fund barrel at Vilas Park to collect donations for the annual...
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Baraboo Circus Celebration Parade

Date: 07 10 1965
Description: Fred C. Gollmar, 93, doffing his hat while riding in the annual circus celebration parade in Baraboo. He is a founder of the Gollmar Brothers Circus along ...
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Billboard Advertising Empty Stocking Club

Date: 12 10 1965
Description: Drawing attention to a large billboard sign is Edwin Traisman, left, president of McDonald's of Madison, and Vernon Cox of Vivid Outdoor Advertising Compan...

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