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Postal Service Retirees

Date: 07 18 1961
Description: Dell Winters (left) presents gifts from fellow Post Office Department employees to three who are retiring. Retirees include, left to right: John McCullough...
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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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Barbershop in State Capitol Basement

Date: 07 05 1961
Description: Four barbers dressed in white are cutting the hair of four men sitting in barber chairs. The barbershop, located in the basement of the State Capitol, was ...
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Barbershop in State Capitol Basement

Date: 07 05 1961
Description: A man is bending over to drink from a metal water fixture. Water from the fixture spouted up and back onto the fixture, supposedly making it "sterile." The...
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Fireside Pancake House Party

Date: 08 30 1961
Description: Looking at a menu at an open house and party at the Fireside Pancake House, 625 State Street, is Jimmy Jansen, 3. The open house is sponsored by the restau...
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Fireside Pancake House Party

Date: 08 30 1961
Description: Present at an open house and party at the Fireside Pancake House, 625 State Street is Michael Aberle, 4. He is seated in a wheelchair and looking at waitre...
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Fireside Pancake House Party

Date: 08 30 1960
Description: Holding a fork and gazing at a plate piled high with pancakes during an open house and party at the Fireside Pancake House, 625 State Street, is Jeffery Du...
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We Saw You . . . Whooping It Up at Tamasha

Date: 09 13 1961
Description: The Madison Chamber of Commerce's Tamasha event is held, including a golf tournament and an evening banquet with an Indian motif and entertainment, at the ...
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We Saw You . . . at Visting Nurse Election

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Officers are elected at the Annual Meeting of the Visiting Nurses Service held at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Shown (L-R) are Mrs. William Grannis, 732 F...
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We Saw You . . . at Visting Nurse Election

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Officers are elected at the annual meeting of the Visiting Nurse Service held at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Shown (L-R) are Mrs. James Miller, 3510 Bla...
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We Saw You . . . at Visting Nurse Election

Date: 10 31 1961
Description: Officers are elected at the annual meeting of the Visiting Nurse Service held at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Shown seated (L-R) are Mr. Thomas Broadman, ...
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Forrest W. Gillett Honored at Retirement Dinner

Date: 12 07 1961
Description: Forrest W. Gillett, Director of the State Taxation Department, Division of Property Tax is honored by 150 friends, relatives, and associates for his 28 1/2...
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Teenage Pool Party at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 07 11 1962
Description: Attending the pool party for teenage members of the Maple Bluff Country Club and their friends are Lyn Harris, Billie Hinz, Rita Hanson and Jan von Eschen.
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Teenage Pool Party at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 07 11 1962
Description: Attending the pool party for teenage members of the Maple Bluff Country Club and their friends are, center, Shirley Knudtson, Jeff Mucks, Eric Schubring an...
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Telstar Passes Test at U.W.

Date: 07 26 1962
Description: Fred Bjorkstem, a Finnish student at U.W., made a transatlantic telephone call to Finland from Sterling Hall via the Telstar communications satellite. Tels...
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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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Opening of the Park Motor Inn on Madison's Capitol Square

Date: 05 02 1963
Description: Interior view of a set dining table in front of workmen and stacked chairs at the new Park Motor Inn on Madison's Capitol Square during the rush to open fo...
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Midwest Democratic Conference

Date: 10 04 1963
Description: Gov. Matthew Welsh of Indiana (left) shown interrupting his conversation with two other governors to whisper to one of his aides at the Democratic Midwest ...

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