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Madison's Hawthorne School Addition

Date: 05 04 1961
Description: View of the two-story, eight classroom addition to the Hawthorne School at 3344 Concord Avenue under construction.
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New Lake View School

Date: 05 04 1961
Description: Exterior northeast view of Madison's newly built Lake View School on North Sherman Avenue. It will house 14 classrooms, two kindergartens, an all-purpose r...
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Allis Grade School Track Meet

Date: 05 12 1961
Description: Starter Steve Barr, center, going over race assignments with two contestants, Neil Dettwiler, Silver Springs School, left, and Steve Temlin, Allis School, ...
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New West Junior High Building

Date: 05 05 1961
Description: West Junior High building under construction along Van Hise avenue on Madison's west side.
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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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Edgewood High School Graduation

Date: 06 09 1961
Description: Edgewood High School graduates listening to graduation speeches.
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Rotary International Fellowship Program

Date: 07 14 1961
Description: Rotary District 625's scholarship committee chairman Basil I. Peterson greets Japanese student Tomoko Arai at the Madison Municipal Airport. She will be st...
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American Field Service Exchange Students

Date: 08 05 1961
Description: A group of American Field Service exchange students posing outdoors.
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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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Students Attend National Student Association Congress in Madison

Date: 08 16 1961
Description: Nearly 1,000 student representatives from most of the colleges and universities in the United States attend the 14th annual National Students Association (...
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Roundy Coughlin and Fun Fund Playground Toys

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Joseph (Roundy) Coughlin is shown trying to get on board a new whirl-a-round at Children's Park at Central Wisconsin Colony and Training School. The new pl...
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Lakeland Dog Training Club Obedience Trials

Date: 09 16 1961
Description: One of the officials looks over the results posted on the board at the Lakeland Dog Training Club obedience trials at the Cambridge High School athletic fi...
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Lakeland Dog Training Club Obedience Trials

Date: 09 16 1961
Description: Winning dogs and their masters at the Lakeland Dog Training Club obedience trials at the Cambridge High School athletic field. Left to right are winners, f...
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St. Mary's Hospital Emergency Program Demonstrations

Date: 09 28 1961
Description: Members of St. Mary's hospital nursing staff watch as techniques to be used during emergencies are demonstrated during a two-day instructional program at t...
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St. Mary's Hospital Emergency Program Demonstrations

Date: 09 28 1961
Description: Three nurses demonstrating a rescue maneuver on a volunteer during a two-day instructional program on emergency procedures at St. Mary's hospital.
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St. Mary's Hospital Emergency Program Demonstrations

Date: 09 28 1961
Description: Jerome A. Gumbinger, a member of the state fire prevention conference's planning committee, watches as two staff members demonstrate a technique for evacua...
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Edgewood High School Homecoming Dance Royalty

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: The Edgewood High School Homecoming King & Queen and their court. King James Hayes and Queen JoAnn Gottsacker are shown in front of the court made up of (L...
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Girl Scouts From Troop 33 with Bird Feeders

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Janet Hirsch, 12, 601 Pickford Street, on a ladder, and Nan Newhall, 12, 4818 Woodburn Drive, seventh graders from Troop 33 at Cherokee Heights School, han...
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Give 'till It Helps...Yes, Someone Cares

Date: 10 1961
Description: The Salvation Army is one of 29 United Givers agencies. It provides emergency shelter and also a nursery school at its headquarters on W. Wilson Street for...
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Parents' Day at the Wisconsin Football Game

Date: 11 17 1961
Description: University of Wisconsin football coach Milt Bruhn standing with his son Peter, a sophomore, before Parents' Day.

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