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Green Bay Boy Recovering from Heart Surgery

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Jeffrey McVeigh, age 5 from Green Bay, recovering from a five-hour operation at University Hospital to repair a hole in the inner walls of his heart. He is...
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Hey Goblins, You'd Better Watch Out

Date: 10 26 1957
Description: "Free punki'ns" are being given to children by the Madison Sears store and the Y Men's Club of the YMCA. The pumpkins are to be carved and entered in a con...
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Yule Tea for Homemakers Club Members

Date: 12 06 1957
Description: Five-year-old Kristine Johnson holding a handmade Santa Claus doll at the Christmas tea for Dane County Homemakers Clubs.
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Ice Skating at Tenney Park

Date: 12 31 1957
Description: A young girl trying out a new pair of skates with the help of her parents at the Tenney Park lagoon. It is snowing.
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Ice Skating at Tenney Park

Date: 12 31 1957
Description: Two young skaters enjoying the ice on the Tenney Park lagoon. One boy is wearing ear muffs. It is snowing.
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We Saw You . . . Tobogganing at Olbrich

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: A group of five happy children going down the hill on a wooden toboggan at Olbrich Park. The hill is a man-made slide, edged with small pine trees.
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We Saw You . . . Tobogganing at Olbrich

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: A girl is beaming in anticipation while sitting at the front of a wooden toboggan at the top of a steep slide at Olbrich Park. Another child is behind her,...
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We Saw You . . . Tobogganing at Olbrich

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: Children dressed in heavy winter clothing, on a wooden toboggan at the bottom of a steep slide erected at Olbrich Park.
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We Saw You . . . Tobogganing at Olbrich

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: Children going downhill on a toboggan at Olbrich Park don't seem to mind if scarves are flying as they squeal, scream and shout. The toboggan is made of wo...
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Activities at the South Madison Neighborhood Center

Date: 03 11 1958
Description: Benjie Henderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Henderson (1907 Baird Street), attends the nursery school conducted by Miss Mary Lee Griggs two times a week at...
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Activities at the Neighborhood House

Date: 03 11 1958
Description: Bobby Abbott (background, 22 South Park Street) and Ernest Vance (4 South Francis Street) are playing catch in a gymnasium at the Neighborhood House at 768...
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Activities at the Neighborhood House

Date: 03 11 1958
Description: A favorite activity for the 11- and 12-year-old-girls group at the Neighborhood House at 768 West Washington Avenue is basket weaving. Mrs. Wendall V. Har...
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University of Wisconsin Eagle Heights Apartments for Married Graduate Students

Date: 03 25 1958
Description: Children enjoy riding bikes at the U.W. Eagle Heights apartments. Barbara Bessae, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bessae, is shown giving a ride to Tommy Bi...
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Madison Family Home from England for a Visit

Date: 03 27 1958
Description: Mrs. Mary Ellen Tank (wife of Martin Tank), with her children Jeffrey, (7) and Holly, (9). Martin Tank has been economic counselor and deputy director of t...
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Wolman Family Home

Date: 05 08 1958
Description: New home, located at 4121 Chippewa Drive, designed by owners Martin and Ann Wolman to meet the needs of their large family of five children. Shown is so...
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Armed Forces Day Air Show and Parade

Date: 05 17 1958
Description: A young boy stands at attention during the parade at the Capitol Square for the Armed Forces Day air show and parade.
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Sweeney Family Baseball Team

Date: 06 10 1958
Description: Raymond E. Sweeney with his nine sons.
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Family Picnic at Shorewood Hills Home

Date: 06 25 1958
Description: Baby Frank, the youngest of the Professor Frank J. Remington family, lying on the ground with his bottle during a picnic in their backyard.
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Family Picnic at Shorewood Hills Home

Date: 06 25 1958
Description: Mike frosting a cake in front of sister Ann during a family picnic in the backyard of the Professor Frank J. Remington home.
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Family Picnic at Shorewood Hills Home

Date: 06 25 1958
Description: Brothers Jim and Tom cooking hot dogs during a picnic of the Professor Frank J. Remington family in their backyard.

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