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Unitarian Church's Work Day

Date: 1950
Description: People gather around a table of food for the First Unitarian Society's "Work Day". The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and some of the construc...
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Chief McCormick Buying Forget-Me-Not

Date: 09 29 1932
Description: Chief of Police William McCormick buying the first Forget-me-not from the Disabled American Veterans on the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. Left to right: L...
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Burning Building and Volunteer Fire Fighters

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Description: Volunteer fire fighters prepare to put out a fire on a roof. The fire company's hose cart is the vehicle with two large wheels which was attached to any av...
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Red Cross Blood Bank Donors

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Group of 67 people from Viola, Wisconsin, who came by bus to donate blood to the American Red Cross Blood Bank.
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Red Cross Blood Bank Donors

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Group of 22 people from Wilton, Wisconsin, who came by bus to donate blood to the American Red Cross Blood Bank.
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Hubert Humphrey Campaigning

Date: 1960
Description: Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota campaigning for the presidential nomination in southwestern Wisconsin. Humphrey stands at the historical marker in Co...
Poster

International Harvester's Ideal Work Spirit

Date: 1916
Description: A poster or signboard titled: "The Right Spirit" depicting five examples of International Harvester employees engaging in recreational and voluntary activi...
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Benefit Dance Committee

Date: 06 25 1948
Description: Posing outdoors on the shoreline of a lake are, left to right: Clem McCann, Thomas McGuire, Kathleen Kellogg and Robert Dunn, committee members of "The Ass...
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Attic Angels Site Clean-up Party

Date: 07 12 1952
Description: Attic Angel members (plus a few husbands and children) took part in a clean-up party at the former Louis M. Hobbins house at 102 East Gorham Street that th...
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Attic Angels Site Clean-up Party

Date: 07 12 1952
Description: Attic Angel members (plus a few husbands and children) took part in a clean-up party at the former Louis M. Hobbins house at 102 East Gorham Street that th...
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Attic Angels Site Clean-up Party

Date: 07 12 1952
Description: Attic Angel members (plus a few husbands and children) took part in a clean-up party at the former Louis M. Hobbins house at 102 East Gorham Street that th...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 08 1953
Description: Portrait of four employees of Hult's Garage who will be in charge of transporting soap box derby racers and returning vehicles after the race. Left to righ...
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Junior Division of the University League

Date: 09 27 1953
Description: Richard and Ruth Shackleford posing with a prize white mink outside of the small animal house at 2105 Herrick Drive. Richard, a member of the U.W. genetics...
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Shorewood Hills Boys with "Roundy"

Date: 07 30 1954
Description: Shorewood Hills boys shown with "Roundy" Coughlin, Wisconsin State Journal columnist, after the presentation of money raised for Roundy's Fun Fund a...
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Civil Defense Mass Feeding Practice

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Edith Getz (left), Lillian Fried, and George Bernhagen cooking pancakes on an improvised grill during a Civil Defence emergency mass-feeding practice.
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Civil Defense Mass Feeding Practice

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Robert Nuckles (left); Mrs. Earl Siggelkow, McFarland; George Solsrud; and Laura Palmer washing dishes in halved oil drums during a Civil Defense emergency...
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Civil Defense Mass Feeding Practice

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Mrs. Ryerson (left) and Melvin Dykman use shovels to build a brick stove during a Civil Defense emergency mass-feeding practice. Katheryn Henning stacks la...
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Civil Defense Mass Feeding Practice

Date: 10 14 1954
Description: Eldred Heiser (left), Isabelle Hyslop, and Janet DePiazza gather around an oven/kettle intended for cooking soup, meats, and stews during a Civil Defense e...
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Nakoma PTA Blood Drive

Date: 01 04 1954
Description: Girl Scout Betsy Paddock, age eleven, talks to Lawrence and Arneita Halle in an effort to recruit donors for an upcoming Red Cross blood drive at Nakoma Sc...
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Altrusa Club Spring Garden Festival

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: A volunteer discussing seed catalogs with two nursing home residents as they are sitting outside on lawn chairs. They are at Monona Drive Rest Home at 4202...

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