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Safety Patrol

Date: 06 03 1955
Description: Safety Patrol on Wisconsin boat at boat docks.
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League of Women Voters

Date: 02 20 1950
Description: Mrs. Robert J. (Joan) Francis of 833 Miami Pass, member of League of Women Voters, listens to City Clerk A.W. Bareis as he explains how to use a voting mac...
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League of Women's Voters

Date: 02 20 1950
Description: League of Women Voters member Mrs. Frederick (Priscilla) Greeky interviews Leon A. Smith, superintendent of Madison's Water Department, as part of the leag...
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Madison Recreation Department Staff

Date: 01 10 1952
Description: Group portrait of staff members of the Madison Recreation Department, left to right: Standing, Hermine Sauthoff, Clarence Schwengel, Glenn "Pat" Holmes and...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 17 1953
Description: Four members of the Madison Parks Department building the ramp on Midvale Avenue for the upcoming Madison Soap Box derby. Left to right: Vie Cramer, Don Ke...
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Arnold Zander

Date: 01 04 1954
Description: Portrait of Arnold Zander, founder and president of AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees). He founded the union in 1932 by ...
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Dena Smith

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Dena Smith is the private secretary for her husband, Warren Smith, the Wisconsin State Treasurer.
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Arlene Weidenkopf

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Portrait of Arlene Weidenkopf, private secretary to Wisconsin Attorney General Vernon W. Thomson.
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Jane Sulzer

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Jane Sulzer is the seretary to George Watson, Wisconsin State Superintendent in the Department of Public Instruction, and to Russell Lewis, Assistant State...
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Evelyn Tranmel

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Portrait of Evelyn Tranmel, secretary for Governor Walter J. Kohler.
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Catherine Libby

Date: 01 12 1954
Description: Portrait of Catherine Libby, a secretary to State Supreme Court Chief Justice Edward T. Fairchild.
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A.Leon Beier

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: A. Leon Beier of 169 Division Street, public information officer of the Wisconsin State Employment service, was named the recipient of the 1954 State Award...
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Madison Police Department Records Center

Date: 04 07 1954
Description: A force of sixty-eight civilians is employed by the Madison police department to aid and supplement the city's one hundred forty-five police officers. Many...
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Foster Parents

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Portrait of Marvel Albright and Cathrine Greer, both social workers with the Dane County Probation and Child Welfare Department.
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Foster Parents

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Dr. Hertha Tarrasch, center, psychiatrist, spoke to the foster parents, telling them about emotional problems of children. Dr. Tarrasch, who is consulting ...
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Wiscconsin Motor Vehicle Department Banquet

Date: 02 13 1958
Description: Group portrait of Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department employees. They include, from left to right: Evelyn Alsheimer (Waunakee), Joan Waterwirth (Fall River)...
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Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Banquet

Date: 02 13 1958
Description: In attendance at the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Banquet are (seated in the first row): Ethel Connors, H L. Stone, and Marie Howard. Standing in bac...
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Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Banquet

Date: 02 13 1958
Description: Commissioner Melvin Larson presents honorary certificates for service to Catherine Griffith (five years) and Malitta Siebel (21 years).
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Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Banquet

Date: 02 13 1958
Description: Gwen Hendricks, Vivian Reynolds, Eldon Schimming, and Hazel Lenz chat at the Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Banquet.
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D.J. Leigh Sorting Records

Date: 1955
Description: City Treasurer D.J. Leigh with an associate, sorting records.

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