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George Forrester at Ringling Circus

Date: 1953
Description: Madison Mayor, George Forrester, seated in the front row of the audience at the Ringling Brothers Circus. Clowns entertain the children seated near Forrest...
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Masonic Consistory Reunion

Date: 10 27 1948
Description: Three members of the Madison Consistory at a reunion of Masons at the Masonic Temple. Left to right: Walter Strong, First Lieutenant commander of the consi...
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Optimist Week Designation

Date: 11 08 1948
Description: Madison City Manager Leonard G. Howell signing a proclamation designating Nov. 7-13 as Optimist Week in Madison. Looking on, left to right, are: Charles Th...
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Berlin Airlift Pilot

Date: 11 08 1948
Description: Capt. Homer P. Anderson, U.S. Air Force, (center) posing at a meeting of the Kiwanis club at the Park Hotel. With him are his co-pilot from Langley Field i...
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Governor Rennebohm

Date: 11 06 1948
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Governor Oscar Rennebohm wearing a "Zor" fez.
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Elks Club Party

Date: 12 31 1948
Description: Men and women seated around a banquet dinner table. Several people are sitting in wheelchairs, and there are crutches leaning against the wall. A group of ...
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Police Chief McCormick Testimonial Dinner

Date: 01 05 1949
Description: Retired Police Chief William H. McCormick was honored by his friends and associates at a testimonial dinner at the Elk's Club. Seated at the table (left to...
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Police Chief McCormick Testimonial Dinner

Date: 01 05 1949
Description: "Roundy" Coughlin sitting between retired Police Chief William H. McCormick (left) and his successor, Chief Bruce Weatherly, at a testimonial dinner for th...
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Studio Portrait of Unidentifed Man

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Description: A studio portrait of a seated man with a moustache, possibly wearing a Masonic emblem around his neck.
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Madison Elks "Hi-Bill" Club Testimonial Dinner

Date: 02 21 1949
Description: Connie Schwoegler, national individual match-game bowling champion, was honored at a testimonial dinner sponsored by the Madison Elks "Hi-Bill" Club at the...
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Kiwanis Club Guests

Date: 03 14 1949
Description: Connie Schwoegler, world's champion bowler, and Roundy Coughlin, Wisconsin State Journal columnist, wearing "world champion" hats at a Kiwanis Club ...
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Flag Day Ceremony

Date: 06 14 1949
Description: Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild gives the keynote address at the flag day ceremony at the Madison Elks Lodge, 120 Monona Drive. At the left is Kenneth...
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South Side Men's Club X-Ray Drive

Date: 07 22 1949
Description: South Side Men's Club X-Ray Drive members urge all south-side residents over 15 years of age to have chest X-rays taken during the club's anti-tuberculosis...
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West Side Business Men's Association Auction

Date: 09 17 1949
Description: Pictured displaying a table at the WSBMA auction are, left to right: auctioneer Joe Sherven, Ron Rosa, WSBMA president, and Lyall T. Beggs, past national c...
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Constitution Day Luncheon

Date: 09 20 1949
Description: Guests sitting at the head table at the Madison Lions Club Constitution Day Luncheon at the Park Hotel. Left to right are Rev. Charles R. Bell, Jr., pastor...
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Declaration of Optimist Week

Date: 11 02 1949
Description: Madison City Manager Howell (right) signs a proclamation declaring the following week to be Optimist Week. Looking on, from the Madison Optimist Chapter, (...
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Shriners' All-City Football Team

Date: 11 16 1949
Description: Ten members of the Shriners' all-city high school football team honored at the annual banquet at the Masonic Temple. First row, left to right, are: Joe Cas...
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Annual Shrine All-City Football Banquet

Date: 11 16 1949
Description: Presentation of the city championship trophy to Madison East High School coach Herbert "Butch" Mueller at the annual Shrine All-City Football Banquet. From...
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Zor Shrine Potentate's Ball

Date: 11 21 1949
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Rufus F. Wells pose for a portrait as guests of honor at the Zor Shrine Potentates' Ball held at the Hotel Loraine. Mr. Wells is head of the Z...
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Zor Shrine Potentate's Ball

Date: 11 21 1949
Description: Some of the top Shrine officials who attended the Zor Shrine Potentate's Ball pose for a portrait at the Loraine Hotel. The men, left to right, are: Dr. M....

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