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Don Haack with Ocelot

Date: 04 18 1961
Description: Don Haack, co-manager of Robert Haack Diamond Importers, holds a four-month old male ocelot found in a South American jungle after its mother was shot by n...
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Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Brothers Greg, left, and Mark Herrling drive a four-wheel buggy pulled by two ponies down a driveway with the family home visible in the background. This i...
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Stanley Herrling Farm

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Stanley Herrling pulling in a rainbow trout from the trout pond. This is one of a series of photographs of a rural Cross Plains farm which was purchased 6 ...
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Cat in Assembly Chambers

Date: 08 02 1961
Description: Two Wisconsin legislators hold a cat found in the Assembly chambers.
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12th Annual World Championship Rodeo Held at the Holmes No-Oaks Ranch

Date: 07 19 1961
Description: The 12th Annual World Championship Rodeo is held at the Holmes No-Oaks Ranch, Syene Road. Members of the rodeo planning committee are kneeling. They are (L...
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Animal Watching at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 08 12 1961
Description: A group of people watching the animals at the Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison.
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Sauk County Manhunt Searchers

Date: 08 24 1961
Description: Three Jefferson County Sheriff Department officers and a search volunteer posing with two bloodhounds that took part in a manhunt for a suspect from an inc...
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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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Mental Patients Visit the Zoo

Date: 10 20 1961
Description: Several men and women patients from Mendota State Hospital are watching the bears at the Vilas Park Zoo. A volunteer took them for the outing in her person...
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Members of the Madison Retrievers Club are State and National Ranked

Date: 04 15 1962
Description: Members of the Madison Retrievers Club are successful in state and national competitions. Shown (L-R) are: Mary Howley with her black labrador, Matches of ...
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McCaskill's Azur Arab Horse Ranch

Date: 05 09 1962
Description: The Bill McCaskill family and some of their stock at the 300 acre Azur Arab Horse Ranch.
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Remodeling a Country Schoolhouse

Date: 07 09 1962
Description: Kenneth R. Colwell, a social worker with the Wisconsin State Department of Public Welfare, Division of Mental Hygiene, bought the abandoned Twin Valley sch...
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Open House at U.W. Madison

Date: 10 20 1962
Description: An associate of U.W.'s "World-Famous" Primate Laboratory holding out a two-month old monkey for a young smiling girl to pet as her parents are looking on.
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William Kay Shrine Circus

Date: 02 13 1964
Description: Gary Rupp of Farmington, Michigan, an aide to the bear trainer for the William Kay Shrine Circus, relaxing after finishing chores for the opening of the ci...
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Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Exposition

Date: 10 20 1964
Description: Danny Geffert, age 12, from Reedsburg, is helping his brother, David, in showing the champion Hereford pair of beef calves at the Southern Wisconsin Junior...
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Trophy Buck

Date: 12 01 1964
Description: Jim Herubin displaying the 14-point buck which he shot during the recent deer season in Douglas county.
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Robin's Nest in Church Being Constructed

Date: 06 09 1965
Description: A robin sitting peacefully on her nest on a railing of the choir loft of a church in the midst of construction. Workmen are seen in the background. The chu...
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Rocky Marciano as Parade Marshal for Rodeo

Date: 07 22 1965
Description: Former heavyweight boxing champion Rocky Marciano on horseback as he prepares for his role as parade marshal in the rodeo at Holmes' No-Oaks ranch. Around ...

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