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Cub Scouts in Suits of Armor

Date: 12 05 1961
Description: Cub Scouts John Mosley, age 10, in the helmet, and Don Wonn, 8, in his Cub cap, are peering out from behind a pair of breastplates at Washington School for...
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Charley Pfister Retains His Pancake Eating Title

Date: 12 09 1961
Description: Charley Pfister, Verona, retained his pancake eating title by eating 21 6-inch pancakes in 15 minutes at the 3rd annual "Pancake Day" sponsored by the Madi...
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Members of the Madison Retrievers Club are State and National Ranked

Date: 04 15 1962
Description: Members of the Madison Retrievers Club are successful in state and national competitions. Shown (L-R) are: Mary Howley with her black labrador, Matches of ...
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Spring Election in Madison

Date: 04 02 1962
Description: Madison residents turn out to vote during the 1962 spring elections.
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McCaskill's Azur Arab Horse Ranch

Date: 05 08 1962
Description: Mike McCaskill (12) riding his mare, Warpaint, at the 300 acre McCaskill Azur Arab Horse Ranch.
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McCaskill's Azur Arab Horse Ranch

Date: 05 09 1962
Description: The Bill McCaskill family and some of their stock at the 300 acre Azur Arab Horse Ranch.
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McCaskill's Azur Arab Horse Ranch

Date: 05 09 1962
Description: Billy McCaskill (right), age 9, manicures his Shetland pony Bootsie for the Madison Saddle Club Show as "Tootie" McCaskill, age 4, looking on at the McCask...
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Clack Soft Water Service Plant Fire

Date: 10 26 1962
Description: Deputy chief Ralph McGraw viewing a paint booth that was destroyed by a fire at the Clack Soft Water Service plant.
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National Farmers Organization Meeting

Date: 09 26 1962
Description: Roland Waters, Elk Mound, NFO National Director, standing onstage while addressing an overflow crowd of farmers and their wives at the Oregon High School a...
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Wisconsin Trapshooters Tournament

Date: 07 20 1962
Description: M.S. Ewlsworth, Caledonia, Illinois, blowing on his rifle after shooting it during a tournament sponsored by the Wisconsin Trapshooters Association.
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Sky Divers Jump for Political Reasons

Date: 02 28 1963
Description: Three U.W. students, Marty Christensen, Robert Falconer and Gary Schroeder, jumped out of an airplane over ice-covered Lake Mendota to advertise the politi...
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East High School Commencement Day Band Recital Scene

Date: 06 14 1963
Description: Close-up view of five trumpet players. Names (l to r) Norm Frater, Sandy Holdbrook, Marcia Ziebarth (wearing a graduation cap), Rick Moe and Ken Connor.

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Fred H. Harrington Inaugurated as University of Wisconsin President

Date: 10 20 1962
Description: Nancy Harrington, wife of the president, greeting friends at the informal reception for the newly inaugurated University of Wisconsin President Fred H. Har...
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Barn Fire Near Brooklyn

Date: 10 05 1963
Description: Firemen are fighting a blaze that destroyed a barn and its contents 2 miles south of Brooklyn.
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Yule Tree Made of Cans

Date: 12 12 1963
Description: Mark Hosek, 8, is shown looking at a Christmas tree made by his father, Robert Josek, out of over 500 tin cans. The cans, placed against a wall, were solde...
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Shoppers Hunt for Post-Christmas Sale Bargains

Date: 12 26 1963
Description: Madison shoppers fill stores looking for post-Christmas sale bargains.
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Men Standing in State Capitol Rotunda

Date: 10 24 1964
Description: Six men are shown standing in the Wisconsin State Capitol Rotunda. All men are looking upward as one man points to the top of the Rotunda.
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Selling Christmas Trees

Date: 12 14 1963
Description: One of a series of photographs taken at a YMCA Christmas tree lot on University Avenue for an article about what it's like to be a Christmas tree salesman....
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New Monona Branch Post Office

Date: 02 01 1964
Description: Postmaster John Whitmore, left, chatting with Monona residents in the village's new post office in a remodeled building across from Monona Grove high schoo...
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Bell Club Style Show

Date: 02 26 1964
Description: Mrs. Matt Penava, left, and Connie Powers pose in dress clothes with hats and gloves. They will be models in an upcoming style show sponsored by the Bell C...

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