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Fostering Homeless Infants and Children

Date: 05 02 1957
Description: Foster mothers take homeless infants and children into their homes. Members of the Madison advisory board of the Children's Service Society, a Red Feather ...
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Fostering Homeless Infants and Children

Date: 05 02 1957
Description: Edith and Lawrence Anderson have two foster children who are living with their family temporarily. Pictured are the Lawrence family with their two foster c...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Jo Clark, age 3, is sitting on a table in a department store as clerk Frances Sternberger (left) is tying the chin strap of a new Easter hat. Jo's mother, ...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Three boys are pressing their noses to the window of a pet shop on a busy Monroe Street, while viewing five rabbits. Two boys have their thumbs in their ea...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Coloring Easter eggs at their kitchen table are Sherry Svee, age 8, with her mother, Melba Svee, and father Kenneth Svee who is executive director of the M...
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Jimmy Stein, Ed Stein's Son

Date: 07 1957
Description: Portrait of the baby son of Wisconsin State Journal photographer, Ed Stein. Jimmy Stein was born on June 8, 1956. He is sitting in a high chair and ...
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Shoe Shine Boys Win Appeal

Date: 06 28 1957
Description: City Clerk A. W. Bareis gets the first shine from Tom Sorensen after the boy and his partner, Dick McMahon (right), are told they can continue their street...
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Westport St. Mary's of the Lake 7th Annual Harness Racing and Horse Show

Date: 06 14 1957
Description: Dick (12) and Pauline (11) Hellenbrand tour the Westport St. Mary's of the Lakes Catholic Church prior to the 7th Annual St. Mary's of the Lakes Harness Ra...
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City Playground Youngsters Catch Cameraman's Eye

Date: 06 29 1957
Description: Group of children on a city playground playing dodge ball (called "ball tag"). The boy on far left is finishing a toss.
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City Playground Youngsters Catch Cameraman's Eye

Date: 06 29 1957
Description: Two boys playing "washers" game at a city playground.
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City Playground Youngsters Catch Cameraman's Eye

Date: 06 29 1957
Description: Three girls watching the neighbor kids at play at a city playground. A girl in the foreground has pins holding her hair and the caption calls her a "Pin-U...
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Lifeguard Helps Open Madison Beaches for Summer

Date: 06 15 1957
Description: Lifeguard Nancy Thomsen (5524 Lake Mendota Drive) warns a youngster not to go into deep water at the Tenney Park beach on the official opening day for the ...
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City Playground Youngsters Catch Cameraman's Eye

Date: 06 29 1957
Description: Two kids at an outdoor table in a shelter playing checkers with three more looking on and "kibitzing."
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City Playground Youngsters Catch Cameraman's Eye

Date: 06 29 1957
Description: Children playing croquet at a city playground. The boy is pointing to where he is aiming to hit his ball with the mallet. The caption reads: "I'm going tha...
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Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Review

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: Six official reviewers at the ROTC review at Camp Randall stadium. Left to right are: U.W. President E.B. Fred; Col. Chester Allen, Army ROTC; U.W. Vice-Pr...
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We Saw You . . . at Bible School

Date: 07 19 1957
Description: One hundred children attend summer Bible school at the Midvale Community Lutheran Church on 4329 Tokay Boulevard. Shown is the church pastor Reverend Sig G...
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We Saw You . . . at Bible School

Date: 07 19 1957
Description: Children attend the summer Bible school session at the Midvale Community Lutheran Church on 4329 Tokay Boulevard. Bowing their heads in prayer, they are (l...
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We Saw You . . . at Bible School

Date: 07 19 1957
Description: Children attend the summer Bible school session at Midvale Community Lutheran Church at 4329 Tokay Boulevard. Shown doing an art project are (left to right...
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We Saw You . . . at Bible School

Date: 07 19 1957
Description: Children attend the summer Bible school session at Midvale Community Lutheran Church at 4329 Tokay Boulevard. Shown singing are 1st-grade teacher Mrs. P. J...
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: A handicapped child is enjoying the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field. Her crutches are laying beside her chair. Her T-shirt ...

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