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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Bandleader Monty Hacker dressed in a clown suit and with smiling makeup on his face at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field....
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Truax Field Playground Costume Party

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Playground director, Phil Gottschalk, dressed as a cowboy, showing off his guns to young costumed onlookers at the recent Truax Field playground party.
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First Year of School for a Cambridge Farm Girl

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Barbara Notstad shows her older brother, Jimmy, how neatly she can write her name. They will be students at the Rockdale School near Cambridge the day afte...
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Truax Field Playground Costume Party

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Mike McKenna, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred McKenna, came to the party as Robin Hood. Prizes were awarded for the best costumes.
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First Year of School for a Cambridge Farm Girl

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Barbara Notstad holding one of the ten kittens on the family farm that she will miss when she goes to school for her first year at Rockdale School near Cam...
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First Year of School for a Cambridge Farm Girl

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Stoughton physician Dr. Rodney K. Peterson checking the ear of Barbara Notstad during a pre-school medical examination while her mother is looking on. Barb...
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Truax Field Playground Costume Party

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Santa Claus and some gypsies put in an appearance at the Truax Field Playground Costume Party. Santa was John Terry.
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Girl Smoking a Cigarette

Date: 08 29 1957
Description: Little girl smoking a cigarette on the sidewalk.
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First Year of School for a Cambridge Farm Girl

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Orlow R. Notstad reads to his four children in their farm home near Cambridge. His two oldest, Jimmy and Barbara, will be elementary students at the Rockda...
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Truax Field Playground Costume Party

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Mickey Toseff, 10, gives his brother Jeff, 3, a piggy-back ride at the Truax Field Playground Costume Party.
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Catey Doyle with Harvey the Mina bird

Date: 08 30 1957
Description: "Whooopee, whoopee! Is it true, is it true?" says Harvey, a Mina bird cared for by ten-year old Catey Doyle and owned by Professor John T. Emlen (of 2122 V...
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Randy Schwenn's First Day of School

Date: 09 10 1957
Description: Randy Schwenn at Marquette School on his first day in Mrs. Delores Platter's first-grade class.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union Convention at Hotel Loraine

Date: 09 13 1957
Description: The national Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) holds their annual convention at the Hotel Loraine. Mrs. Fred J. Tooze (of Portland, Oregon), WCTU n...
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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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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Newspaper boy Malcolm Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, dressing before dawn to prepare for completing his daily newspaper route. The hands on his alarm clock i...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Brothers Malcolm, Mathew and Sidney Bourne discussing their finances as newspaper delivery boys with their mother, Mrs. Bailey Bourne, at their home on Lat...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Newspaper delivery boy Malcolm Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, depositing his delivery earnings with Janet Simon at the Anchor Savings and Loan Company downtow...
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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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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: Three and a half year old John Pike (son of Mr. & Mrs. Wardell Pike) is shown about to drop a coin into his bank and will join other children in giving mon...
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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: Martha Jean Johnson, 6, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Everett F. Johnson is shown helping earn her weekly allowance by setting the table and doing other simple ...

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