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Madison Altrusa Club Annual Country Fair

Date: 04 25 1958
Description: The Madison Altrusa club gives a summer scholarship each year to a talented Madison student in honor of the late Lucy Irene Buck, a former club president a...
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Cornerstone Laying Ceremony for Wisconsin Bar Center

Date: 04 25 1958
Description: State Bar president R.E. Anderson and past president Alfred LaFrance participate in the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new Wisconsin Bar Center at 402...
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Life Underwriters Association Officers

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: New officers elected at the conference of the Wisconsin State Association of Life Underwriters at the Hotel Loraine. In front are newly elected president W...
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Welfare Fund Donations for Air Force Pilot's Son

Date: 05 16 1958
Description: Portrait of Madison wrestling promoter Jimmy Demetral donating to a fund established for the welfare and education of the 3-month-old son of an Air Force p...
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Zor Shrine Spring Ceremonial

Date: 05 17 1958
Description: Four Zor Shrine Temple officials await the start of the public exhibition of uniformed units during the Shrine ceremonial in Madison. Left to right are: Fr...
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Jaycettes Donation to University Hospital

Date: 05 21 1958
Description: Lloyd Hughes, superintendent of University of Wisconsin hospitals, receives a check from the Junior Chamber of Commerce auxiliary (Jaycettes) for the hospi...
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Optimists International District Convention

Date: 05 22 1958
Description: Two Madison members holding up a welcoming sign for the district convention of Optimists International at Hotel Loraine. At left is Richard T. Ganon, regis...
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Optimists International District Convention

Date: 05 22 1958
Description: Members of the nominating committee get to work at the district convention of Optimists International at Hotel Loraine. Left to right are: Arthur Schmidt, ...
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Optimists International District Convention

Date: 05 22 1958
Description: Three men behind the scenes at the district convention of Optimists International at Hotel Loraine. Left to right are: M.C. Reppen, nominating committee ch...
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Senior Citizens and Their Heirlooms

Date: 05 13 1958
Description: Harvey C. Dollison, a coin collector, is shown holding a round container displaying California Gold Rush era privately minted 25 and 50-cent gold pieces th...
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Sons of Norway District Convention

Date: 05 22 1958
Description: Some of the "advance guard" for the Sons of Norway district convention at Hotel Loraine. Left to right are: Bernard Jacobson, Evanston, Illinois, district ...
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Board of Directors of the Madison Improvement Corporation

Date: 06 04 1958
Description: Members of the board of directors of the Madison Improvement Corporation that unwrapped plans to increase the industrial potential of the Madison metropoli...
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New Commemorative Stamp Issued

Date: 05 29 1958
Description: George and Sara Johnson holding a strip of 3 cent Gunston Hall commemorative stamps featuring the home built in 1758 for George Mason. He was the author of...
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Eagles Club Officials Open Convention

Date: 06 20 1958
Description: Six Eagles club officials, wearing suits and bill caps, posing in front of their club house at 1236 Jenifer Street. A large eagle statue is visible on the ...
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National Forest Products Research Society Conference

Date: 06 24 1958
Description: Chatting at the luncheon business meeting of the National Forest Products Research Society are, from left: Governor Vernon W. Thomson; George H. Roderick, ...
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National Forest Products Research Society Conference

Date: 06 24 1958
Description: Three attendees at the National Forest Products Research Society conference are Richard Haussman, U.S. Forest Service; John Lutz, Forest Products Laborator...
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National Forest Products Research Society Conference

Date: 06 24 1958
Description: Three staff members of the Forest Products Research Society at the conference of the society in Madison. They are, from left: Claire Joyner, William Kluend...
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Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce Dinner

Date: 06 12 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce prompt their charcoal broiled chicken dinner held at the West Side Business Men's Club, Gilbert Road. Sho...
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Officers of the American Society of Chartered Life Underwriters

Date: 06 27 1958
Description: Officers of the Madison chapter, American Society of Chartered Underwriters elected at its meeting at the Madison club. Left to right are: Edward N. DeGroo...
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World's Largest Insurance Policy

Date: 07 18 1958
Description: Three men next to a large poster with the words: "World's Largest Insurance Policy issued to Milwaukee Braves on behalf of Citizens of Wisconsin. Vernon Th...

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