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Easter Seal Boy

Date: 03 14 1955
Description: The family of David Lindl, the 1956 "Easter Seal Boy", eating breakfast. They include, from left: father Frank C. Lindl; Dennis, age 17 months; mother Marg...
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Transport of an Iron Lung

Date: 1950
Description: Men moving an iron lung. The machine has the logo for the March of Dimes imprinted on it. Iron Lungs were commonly used for the treatment of polio.
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Women of the Moose

Date: 03 13 1956
Description: A donation to Blessed Martin House is presented to Monsignor Jerome Hastrich by members of the Women of the Moose. On left is Elsie Bostock. Others shown a...
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Madison Lions Club Rodeo Committee Barbecue

Date: 07 02 1956
Description: Lieutenant Colonel Lynne Mapes, Truax Field, chairman of the sixth annual rodeo sponsored by the Lions Club, talks with Frank Holmes, Mrs. Mapes, and Mrs. ...
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Madison Lions Club Rodeo Committee Barbecue

Date: 07 02 1956
Description: Will Holmes of Syene Road cooks meat for two Lions Club rodeo committee members and their wives. Left to right are G.I. Wallace, 2731 Mason Street; Mrs. (A...
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Madison Lions Club Rodeo Committee Barbecue

Date: 07 02 1956
Description: Leo J. Merkel of 1925 West Lawn Avenue; Mrs. Hal Halfmamn of 440 Marston Avenue; Mr. Halfman; A. J. Sticha of 1109 Ridgewood Avenue, and Mrs. (Margaret) St...
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Children Raise Money for Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 08 20 1956
Description: Children from Shore Acres Road participated in a circus and sold Kool Aid to raise $7.00 for Roundy's Fun Fund. Front row, left to right are: Michael Seife...
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Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 08 21 1956
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin, sportswriter for Wisconsin State Journal, with five girls who put on a neighborhood style show t...
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Zor Shrine Booster Band Wagon

Date: 08 24 1956
Description: A band gathers in the Zor Shrine Booster Band Wagon.
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Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 08 30 1956
Description: Group portrait of children from the Shorewood Hills play school who put on a carnival with the proceeds going to "Roundy's Fun Fund." With them is Joseph L...
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Carl G. Mayer

Date: 08 30 1956
Description: Carl G. Mayer, vice-president of advertising at Oscar Mayer and Company, serves the 1956 Red Feather United Givers Campaign.
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Children of Westmorland with "Roundy" Coughlin

Date: 09 15 1956
Description: Six children from the Madison Westmorland neighborhood, who raised money for Roundy's charity for children, posing for a portrait with "Roundy" Coughlin. L...
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 27 1956
Description: Portrait of Rev. E. J. Van Handel, Madison's Diocesan Director of the Catholic Welfare Bureau, sitting at his desk. Fr. Van Handel was also a promoter of t...
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Empty Stocking Club

Date: 11 26 1956
Description: Portrait of Robert I. Perina, deputy district attorney of Dane county, seated at his desk. He assisted the Empty Stocking Club, an organized group dedicate...
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Roundy's Fun Fund Check

Date: 01 17 1957
Description: Mrs. Edith Goodman, secretary to Joseph (Roundy) Coughlin, looks on as "Roundy" presents a check to James C. Geisler, chairman of Roundy's Fun Fund, to ben...
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March of Dimes Bowling Sweepstakes

Date: 01 19 1957
Description: A committee plans the March of Dimes Bowling Sweepstakes. Seated at left is Chairman Dick Whalen. Standing front row left to right: Wayne Sweeney, Jim Wied...
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Hawaiian Style Dancers at Benefit

Date: 01 23 1957
Description: Six Jewish husbands dressed as female Hawaiian dancers in wigs and grass skirts posing for the camera. The husbands were part of a presentation at the annu...
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Lions Club 35th Anniversary Banquet

Date: 04 25 1957
Description: R. Roy Keaton, G.I. Wallace, Emil Schaefer, and Clarence Sturm wear formal dinner dress while celebrating the 35th anniversary of Madison's Lions Club.
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Altrusa Club Spring Garden Festival

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: A volunteer discussing seed catalogs with two nursing home residents as they are sitting outside on lawn chairs. They are at Monona Drive Rest Home at 4202...
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Knights of Columbus Officers

Date: 07 11 1957
Description: Group portrait of 14 Knights of Columbus officers.

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