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Public Works Department

Date: 12 1954
Description: Department of Public Works workers look over signs to be posted on city streets.
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Joe McCarthy Christmas Greeting

Date: 12 1954
Description: The 1954 Christmas card of Jeanne and Joseph R. McCarthy, mailed at about the time he was censured by the Senate. Handwritten on the inside the card says,...
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Rochelle Alpert Lighting Hanukkah Candles

Date: 12 1954
Description: Rochelle Alpert, daughter of Holocaust survivor, Pela Rosen Alpert, lighting Hanukkah candles.
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Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin

Date: 12 1954
Description: Waist-up portrait of Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin, Wisconsin State Journal columnist.
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Lakeview Community Church Sponsors New Boy Scout Troop

Date: 12 1954
Description: Scoutmaster Roy Burton and assistant Allen Wornson with four Boy Scouts displaying their Troop 109 shoulder patches. The boys from left to right are: Tom S...
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Lakeview Community Church Sponsors New Boy Scout Troop

Date: 12 1954
Description: Lakeview Community Church pastor, Reverend Milo Loppnew, receiving an official scout handshake from Connie Meinzer, head of the East Dane County District S...
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Outdoor Nativity at Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 12 1954
Description: A girl is admiring the outdoor nativity displayed at the Grace Episcopal Church at 116 West Washington Avenue on Capitol Square. The display includes Mary,...
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Lakeview Community Church Sponsors New Boy Scout Troop

Date: 12 1954
Description: Two Boy Scouts enjoying some cake at the initial meeting of Troop 109 at Lakeview Community Church. They are Dick Severan (left) and Tom Severan.
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Exterior View of Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 12 1954
Description: Night time exterior view of Grace Episcopal Church at 116 West Washington Avenue on the Capitol Square.
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Interior View of Grace Episcopal Church

Date: 12 1954
Description: Night time elevated interior view of Grace Episcopal Church, located at 116 West Washington Avenue. Taken from an elevated vantage point in the balcony, th...
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Lakeview Community Church Sponsors New Boy Scout Troop

Date: 12 1954
Description: Boy Scout Lloyd Dresen lighting a candle during the investiture service at Lakeview Community Church. The church is sponsoring Madison's newest Scout Troop...
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Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill with New Lighting

Date: 12 1954
Description: View of the Lincoln statue with new lighting. The new amber lights were installed in late 1954 and are automatically turned on at dark by an electronic dev...
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Two Boys Exploring Toyland Before Christmas

Date: 12 1954
Description: Jeff and Gregg Anderson snuggled in bed ready to dream of Christmas toys before visiting the Wolff-Kubly-Hirsig store, Toyland.
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Two Boys Exploring Toyland Before Christmas

Date: 12 1954
Description: Jeff and Gregg Anderson playing on a drum set at the Wolff-Kubly-Hirsig store, Toyland. On the drum face is an image of a cowboy riding a bucking bronco.
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Two Boys Exploring Toyland Before Christmas

Date: 12 1954
Description: Jeff and Gregg Anderson playing cowboys with plastic tommy guns at Toyland, the Wolff-Kubly-Hirsig store.
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Two Boys Exploring Toyland Before Christmas

Date: 12 1954
Description: Wearing helmets, Jeff and Gregg Anderson playing with a football in the Wolff-Kubly-Hirsig store, Toyland. They are in an aisle displaying rocking chairs, ...
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Dorothy Sliter's First Graders

Date: 12 1954
Description: Shorewood Hills first-grade teacher, Dorothy Sliter, posing with her twenty-three pupils by a model of Santa Claus' castle, which they made for presentatio...
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Delta Tau Delta's Christmas Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Al Sitniek, wearing a Santa Claus mask and costume, is crowded by black and white children at a Christmas party. The event was organized for children of th...
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Delta Tau Delta's Christmas Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Fraternity member, Ted Stowe, playing piano as black and white children sing along at the Christmas party for the children of the South Side Community Cent...
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Delta Tau Delta's Christmas Party

Date: 12 1954
Description: Charlene Bainbrough and Kathy Daly eating ice cream at Delta Tau Delta's Christmas party for children of the South Side Community Center.

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