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Pete O'Neil and Sons

Date: 05 04 1953
Description: Group portrait of Pete O'Neil and his two sons.
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Rotary Club Scholarship Luncheon

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Prof. Richard U. Ratcliff, Rotary member, is sitting to the left of his daughter, Ann Ratcliff, who was awarded the West High School Rotary scholarship. Ra...
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Father-Son Banquet at University Methodist Church

Date: 12 02 1953
Description: J. Frank Wilkinson signs autographs for Tom Novick and three boys at the annual father-son banquet at University Methodist Church.
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Father-Son Banquet at University Methodist Church

Date: 12 02 1953
Description: David Piper Sr. and David Piper Jr. were among dozens, who heard Badger coaches and players talk at the annual father-son banquet at University Methodist C...
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Father-Son Banquet at University Methodist Church

Date: 12 02 1953
Description: Bob Mikulak (in a bow tie) and his father, Peter, gazing at autographs of Wisconsin football players he collected, while at the annual father-son banquet a...
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger is teaching his daughter, Susan Jane, to ice skate at the Vilas Park ice skating rink by Lake Wingra.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger helping daughter, Susan Jane, after she fell face forward on the ice at Vilas Park ice rink by Lake Wingra.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger helping daughter, Susan Jane, learn how to skate at Vilas Park ice rink by Lake Wingra.
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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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Polio Victim Returns Home After Treatment

Date: 05 22 1957
Description: Robert Jensen, 24 of McFarland, is sitting in a wheelchair after exiting an airplane following a flight from Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was treated for ...
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Stanley Bokelmann Celebrates the Birth of Twin Sons

Date: 11 22 1957
Description: Stanley Bokelmann, 337 Orchard Drive, a local builder, celebrates the birth of twin sons at St. Mary's Hospital by hosting two blue pennants on the flag po...
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First Baby of the Year

Date: 01 01 1958
Description: Newborn baby boy with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dohm. He was born at 12:07 a.m., the first baby born in Madison in 1958.
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James Edward Doyle, Sr. Family

Date: 02 02 1958
Description: Attorney James E. Doyle, Sr. looking at a big picture book with his young daughter, Anne.
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Honesty Pays Off for Boy

Date: 02 26 1958
Description: David Schumacher (13) is shown with his father, Stanley Schumacher, as David models his first wrist watch and new jacket. David found a $20 bill on the sid...
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Warren Flisram the Honest Teen

Date: 02 28 1958
Description: Warren Flisram (16, rural Brooklyn) is receiving $100 for his honesty in finding and helping recover $13,500 in cash along a railroad right-of-way on Janua...
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Patricia Ann Palmer (2) Caught in Truax Park Drainage Pipe

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Patricia Ann Palmer (2) waiting for rescue workers to free her right leg caught in an unused drainage pipe at Truax Park. Her father Michael B. Palmer, at ...
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Bobby Jones

Date: 03 18 1958
Description: Bobby Jones (Arena) is receiving an award for his life-saving efforts in the Governor's Office on March 18th, 1958. Bobby is showing his father the award a...
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Summer Music Clinic Try Outs

Date: 05 10 1958
Description: "Almost 4000 high school musicians came to Madison for the state solo - ensemble festival, and 20 of them went home with scholarships for the 1958 Summer M...
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Sweeney Family Baseball Team

Date: 06 10 1958
Description: Raymond E. Sweeney with his nine sons.
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Law Firm Family

Date: 06 20 1958
Description: Father and four sons who are attorneys at the Hartman law firm of Juneau. The Hartman family partners are, from left: George, Jr.; Leo C.; father George A....

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