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Midget Auto Racing at Angell Park, Sun Prairie

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Harley Moore of Madison sits behind the steering wheel in his Technical Machine Service auto racer. Moore will race his car in the midget auto races held a...
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Midget Auto Racing at Angell Park

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Clarence Zimbrich of Sun Prairie stands in the middle of a dirt road with his arms raised. He is a feed mill operator and vice-president of the Sun Prairie...
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Madison Navy Recruiting Center Receiving Award

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Navy recruiters of the Madison sub-station are presented a banner and certificate of merit for leading the Chicago area district in number of enlistments f...
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West High School May Dance King and Queen

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Bob Trotalli and Beata Besserdich, who are to reign as King and Queen of West High School's May dance.
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Governor Rennebohm Signing Anti-Segregation Law

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm, seated at his desk in the foreground, signs a bill into law ending segregation in the Wisconsin National Guard because of race, c...
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Magnolia Tree in Bloom

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: A stone pathway leads past a magnolia tree in full bloom along Butternut Road.
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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: The home of Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin. The building was originally a barn on the estate o...
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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin, stacks wood in the outdoor fireplace that she built by herself...
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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin, is shown lowering the bed from the ceiling of her home at 1635...
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Family Service Agency

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Mrs. Margaret Mentzner, a fulltime employee of the Family Service Agency, is shown caring and cooking for two small children whose mother is sick and absen...
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Family Service Agency

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Mrs. Margaret Mentzner, a fulltime employee of the Family Service Agency, is shown hearing the bedtime prayers of a small boy whose mother is sick and abse...
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Ruth B. Glassow House Interior

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Interior view of the Professor Ruth B. Glassow house at 1635 Norman Way, showing a desk, chair, and a bookcase. The house had been a barn on the estate of ...
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Ruth B. Glassow House Interior

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Interior view of the living room in the house of Professor Ruth B. Glassow at 1635 Norman Way. The house had been a barn on the estate of John R. Commons, ...
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Ruth B. Glassow House Interior

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Interior view of a room, probably the basement, in the house of Professor Ruth B. Glassow at 1635 Norman Way. The house had been a barn on the estate of Jo...
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Ruth B. Glassow House Interior

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Interior view of the house of Professor Ruth B. Glassow at 1635 Norman Way showing a door and a countertop. The house had been a barn on the estate of John...
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Ruth B. Glassow House

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Exterior view from the yard of the house of Professor Ruth B. Glassow at 1635 Norman Way. The house had been a barn on the estate of John R. Commons, a wor...

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