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Mrs. Augusta Giddings

Date: 05 02 1944
Description: Mrs. Augusta Giddings signs documents, with Mayor Halsey Kreage as a witness, selling her property at the eastern end of the 900 block of East Gorham Stree...
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Governor Walter S. Goodland

Date: 05 25 1944
Description: Governor Walter S. Goodland filing nomination papers at the Secretary of State Office with Gaige E. Roberts, chief of the elections and records division.
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Margaret Smith with Servicemen's Letters

Date: 04 26 1945
Description: Margaret Smith, secretary of the Madison and Wisconsin Foundation, surveys a few of the letters received from servicemen who trained in Madison and plan to...
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Henry Reynolds

Date: 03 21 1947
Description: Henry Reynolds, candidate for Madison City Council, shown seated at his desk at Reynolds Transfer and Storage Company.
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WIBA Christmas Mail

Date: 12 17 1947
Description: Mailman delivering Christmas letters and packages to a man at NBC - WIBA radio station.
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Legislative Reference Bureau Library

Date: 11 23 1947
Description: Mrs. Ann Johnson, senior clerk typist, filing clippings in the stacks of the Legislative Reference Bureau stacks.
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United States Armed Forces Institute

Date: 12 30 1947
Description: Assembling educational materials for servicemen-students all over the world are the employees of the United States Armed Forces Institute (USAFI), headquar...
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WHA Radio Station

Date: 01 1948
Description: Mae Hoeft, sitting on right, and Rosalind (Ronnie) Krug Fenz, standing on ladder, are assembling recordings for a WHA Radio music program.
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Wisconsin Deptartment of Agriculture Staff

Date: 01 1948
Description: Four staff members of the Marketing division of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture standing around a desk with a stack of papers.
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Madison Catholic Diocese Committee

Date: 01 23 1948
Description: Group portrait of the executive committee of the Holy Name Union for the Catholic diocese of Madison meeting to plan the activities for 1948. Left to right...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches Dinner

Date: 01 20 1948
Description: Officers and speakers attending the annual dinner meeting of the Wisconsin Council of Churches: front row, Dr. Hermann Morse, administrator of the Presbyte...
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Clara Meyers

Date: 02 06 1948
Description: Clara Meyers, ex-Nazi prisoner and post World War II Dutch women's army veteran of 2 years service in Java, shown discussing University of Wisconsin regist...
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm and Boy Scout Steve Clark, Jr,

Date: 02 11 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm accepting a report on the 1947 services of Wisconsin Boy Scouts from Steve Clark, Jr. (left) a member of Boy Scout Troop 1, Madiso...
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Mary Janet Hall Registering to Vote

Date: 02 24 1948
Description: Mary Janet Hall, (at left) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hall, registering at City Hall as a new voter, and City Clerk A.W. Bareis (at right.)
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Stassen-for-President Campaign

Date: 03 02 1948
Description: Victor Johnston (right) state manager of the Stassen-for-President campaign presenting nomination papers for fifteen of the Republican National Convention ...
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Easter Seal Volunteer Workers

Date: 03 04 1948
Description: Vocational school students and Easter Seal Workers stuffing envelopes for the Easter Seal campaign for mailing to Madison residents. Pictured left to right...
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Six St. Mary's Graduate Nurses

Date: 03 07 1948
Description: Group portrait of six graduates of St. Mary's school of nursing posing in their uniforms. Pictured from left to right are: Marguerite Hotz, Sheboygan; Donn...
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University of Wisconsin-Extension Moves

Date: 03 04 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin-Extension mailing department, with Mrs. May B. Shire and Craig Gunter hard at work mailing loan packages of information throughout ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 05 28 1948
Description: Dane County traffic police with Jimmy Christensen pointing to his plans for a soap box racer. The traffic police are sponsoring Jimmy in the Soap Box Derby...
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East Side Women's Club Spring Banquet

Date: 06 02 1948
Description: Officers of the East Side Womens' Club are, left to right: Mrs. Alfred (Bessie) Olson, 2029 Jenifer Street, treasurer; Miss Esther Weddig, 1702 Yahara Plac...

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