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Memorial Day

Date: 05 30 1961
Description: Pamela Mash (3 1/2 years old) is shown holding her ears as she stands next to her mother who is playing trombone with the VFW band. The concert was part of...
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Carnival of Music at Blackhawk Country Club

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: Wearing costumes to represent the song "The Sheik of Araby" are, left to right: Philip Wipperman, Mrs. John Larsen (Cross Plains), and Jeanne Wipperman.
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Carnival of Music at Blackhawk Country Club

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: Posing in amusing costumes representing well-known songs of the day are (seated) Francis and Betty Coon and (standing) Dorothy and Kenneth Lindquist.
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Carnival of Music at Blackhawk Country Club

Date: 07 15 1961
Description: Posing in a beaded black "Roaring Twenties" dress is Donna Bartel. In the background is Ronald Bartel dressed as "The Moonlight Gambler". Both are represen...
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Beth Israel Sisterhood Membership Tea

Date: 08 23 1961
Description: Phyllis Kaufman (left), Ruth Levey (center), and Mrs. Michael Sherman are shown rehearsing for a play to be presented at the Beth Israel sisterhood members...
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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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Second Graders Make Pictorial Displays for Thanksgiving

Date: 11 22 1961
Description: Second graders at Hoyt School make pictorial displays for Thanksgiving to show what they are thankful for. Edith Birdsall (7), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joh...
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Junior Division of the University League Hold Holiday Dance at the Madison Club

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: The Junior Division of the University League holding a holiday cocktail party and dance at the Madison Club. Shown displaying one of the decorations are (L...
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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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Dane County Homemakers Clubs Display Holiday Decorations

Date: 12 01 1961
Description: A member of Dane County Homemaker's Club displaying holiday decorations. Mrs. Delbert Bolleg, Mt. Horeb, admires a holiday cane tray, and decorated boxes, ...
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Dane County Homemakers Clubs Display Holiday Decorations

Date: 12 01 1961
Description: Members of Dane County Homemaker's Clubs displaying holiday decorations. Mrs. Gaylord Martinson (L) and Mrs. Arthur Sutter (R) of Mt. Horeb admire a wrappe...
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Shorewood Hills Holiday Teen-ager Dancing Party

Date: 12 27 1961
Description: Teen-age girls dancing the twist at the annual Shorewood Hills teen-age dancing party. The six girls in the foreground are, left to right: Barbara Washburn...
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Shorewood Hills Holiday Teen-ager Dancing Party

Date: 12 27 1961
Description: Dancing the rock 'n roll at the annual Shorewood Hills teenage holiday dancing party are Richard Harrison and Margaret Thompson (foreground). In the backgr...
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Shorewood Hills Holiday Teen-ager Dancing Party

Date: 12 27 1961
Description: Kristi Carpenter and Ann Worley dancing the twist at the annual Shorewood Hills holiday teen-age dancing party.
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Pumpkin Totem Pole at Gompers School

Date: 10 30 1963
Description: Teresa Vos, age 5, dressed as a ghost, pays homage to a pumpkin totem pole at Gompers school.
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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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Civic Opera Guild Black Tie Soiree

Date: 01 28 1964
Description: Former Chief Justice Timothy Brown and his wife Louise Brown (left) and Charles and Viola Fenske (right) will serve as co-chairmen for the "black tie soire...
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Talent Show Aids AFS Program

Date: 02 28 1964
Description: Beverly Prescott is one of 16 singers from Monona Grove High School. Ticket money from the talent show will go to support the American Field Service (AFS) ...
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St. Patrick's Day Party

Date: 03 17 1964
Description: Group portrait of eleven men at Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin's Saint Patrick's Day party. Behind them is a sign with the words "Erin Go Bragh." During the part...

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