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Manchester's Show Window

Date: 01 02 1946
Description: Manchester's show window titled "A Tribute to Madison" and featuring pages from the Saturday Evening Post article about Madison being a "miniature m...
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Magazine Window Display

Date: 06 29 1946
Description: Window display featuring the July, 1946 issue of Holiday magazine. In this issue is an article called, "Read about Wisconsin's Dairyland" by Phil Dr...
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Clayton W. Haswell

Date: 10 26 1946
Description: Clayton W. Haswell, 1610 Jefferson Street, on the steps of the United States Post Office Building, carefully guiding a wash basket filled with unclaimed ma...
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Magazine Rack at a Rennebohms Drugstore

Date: 10 30 1946
Description: Edward C. Crossman, agency supervisor for Curtis Circulation Company, standing in front of a magazine rack at a Rennebohms Drugstore.
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Esquire Magazine Display

Date: 05 09 1947
Description: Display of Esquire magazines in a store. The June 1947 issue has a feature article on the University of Wisconsin. Several students are looking at c...
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Madison Chapter of Zonta International

Date: 11 04 1947
Description: Two women sorting magazines to be distributed to the Veterans' Hospital, Lake View Sanatorium and nursing homes in Madison. Left to right are Sgt. M. Pear...
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Harlan C. Nicholls and His Three Sons

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: Harlan C. Nicholls, president of the Four Lakes Council of Boy Scouts, and his three sons, all of whom are involved in scouting. Pictured in front at the r...
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Youth Journal Photograph

Date: 02 04 1948
Description: A young woman serving as the photographer's assistant is standing beside a woman sitting in a chair wearing a hat, and a Farm and Home Week name tag. She i...
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Manchesters Window Art

Date: 11 06 1948
Description: Featured in a Harry S. Manchesters window titled "Dreamland," 2 East Mifflin Street, is a painting of a farm near Madison by John Atherton for The Satur...
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University of Wisconsin Panel for "Parade Magazine"

Date: 11 16 1949
Description: Six University of Wisconsin students and one professor sitting on a panel to record their aspirations for the second half of the twentieth century for "Par...
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Madison West High School Girls' Club

Date: 04 11 1951
Description: Four members of the Madison West High School girls' club collect newspapers, magazines, books, and cardboard for a paper drive. Proceeds will go toward sch...
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National League of American Pen Women

Date: 07 02 1951
Description: Eddie Tomlinson watches as his grandmother, Mrs. E.B. (Florence) Tomlinson make one of her famous wood engravings. Mrs. Tomalinson, who teaches art at the ...
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Painting by Ben Stahl

Date: 10 1951
Description: Photograph of a framed painting by Ben Stahl titled "Corporal Red Cloud's Last Stand." It was painted especially for "Esquire" magazine and honored Mitchel...
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Man Reading Magazine Over Radio

Date: 02 20 1952
Description: John B. Davies, news editor for radio station WKOW, reads into a microphone from the Saturday Evening Post magazine in his hands.
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Father's Day

Date: 06 10 1952
Description: Grandfather Harry L. Geisler reads a Woman's Day magazine to his grandchildren, Timmy (James William), 5, and Nancy Anne, 2, at their home at 3120 Oxford R...
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Union Women

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Mabel Huffman checks mailing files for union activities for the "Union Labor News." She is a leader in labor activities in Madison.
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Union Women

Date: 08 30 1954
Description: Mabel Huffman, a leader in labor activities in Madison, folds and binds issues of the "Union Labor News."
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Madison General Hospital Junior Aide Program

Date: 05 13 1957
Description: Madison General Hospital Junior Aides Helen Bernstein and Bonnie Rejahl use a cart full of magazines, candy and other items for sale to bring to patient's ...
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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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Edgewood High School Junior-Senior Prom

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: Planning the decorations for the Edgewood High School Junior-Senior Prom are, L to R: John Shaffer; Alice Keyes, Chairman; Jim Casey and Pat Reis. They are...

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