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Madison Soap Box Derby Parade

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby Parade of Youth with the VFW Drum and Bugle Corps on East Washington Avenue. Club Royal and Blied Printing Company is visible in the...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Parade

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby Parade with the VFW Color Guard. Kroger Super Market and Uptown Liquor Store, located on the 100 block of East Washington Avenue, ar...
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Purple Heart Week Opening Ceremony

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: Governor Rennebohm purchases the first viola from Walter Nettum, Stoughton, a member of the Iron Brigade Chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart....
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Two Illinois World War II Veterans Out on Bail

Date: 08 13 1949
Description: Two World War II veterans from Berwyn, Illinois, released on bail pending a new hearing, are with their lawyers. The two young men were convicted and impri...
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Veterans Applying for Insurance Dividend

Date: 08 29 1949
Description: A group of veterans applies for insurance dividends at a table at the Veterans Administration office. Left to right are: Rolf N. Olsen, Madison; Ralph Coop...
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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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American Legion Clubhouse Robbery

Date: 09 19 1949
Description: Joseph C. Schabo, the watchman who lives in the Madison American Legion clubhouse at 110 East Wilson Street, is shown at left examining one of two safes th...
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Red Arrow Division Veterans

Date: 09 22 1949
Description: Veterans of the 32nd "Red Arrow" Division honor Rev. Gustav Stearns, Milwaukee, who served as a chaplain with the 127th Infantry of the division during Wor...
Poster

"The War is Over"

Date: 03 23 1971
Description: Poster advocating individuals to "vote yes for peace on April 6." The poster reads, "The war is over for 55,000 G.I.s and a million Vietnamese, it's all ov...
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World War II Veteran Don Dickinson and His Daughter Linda Sue

Date: 01 13 1950
Description: Portrait of Don Dickinson of 114 East Mifflin Street, World War II veteran, with his three-year-old daughter Linda Sue seated in his lap. Mr. Dickinson is ...
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Amerian Legion 40 et 8 Check Presentation

Date: 03 31 1950
Description: Amerian Legion 40 et 8 presents checks to three Madison welfare groups; Rev. J. Van Handel of the Madison Catholic diocese welfare bureau, Rabbi Manfred Sw...
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Madison Veterans of Foreign Wars Mortgage Burning

Date: 04 11 1950
Description: Mrs. Frieda Abrahams, president of the VFW woman's auxiliary, holds a candle to the mortgage held by C.L. Skinner, post commander. The ceremony was for the...
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Joseph Rothschild Honored for Service to Veterans

Date: 04 11 1950
Description: Joseph Rothschild, Madison civic and business leader, receives special recognition for his service to veterans and the community by the Madison Veterans of...
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Governor Rennebohm Receiving an American Legion Poppy

Date: 05 10 1950
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm receiving the first poppy of the year from Patty Coyne, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J.J. Coyne and Phillip Thornton, son of Mr. and M...
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Korean War Opinion Poll

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: Journalist John Prindle, right, conducting an on-the-street interview with W.H. Kelly, a sporting goods dealer and Navy veteran, about his opinions on the ...
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Korean War Opinion Poll

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: Journalist John Prindle, left, doing an on-the-street interview with Conrad Druse, veteran and University of Wisconsin graduate student, about his opinions...
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Veterans of Foreign Wars

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: A memorial plaque in honor of Corporal Kenneth Grosse was presented to the air force man's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grosse, center, and their daughter, P...
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Peace Parade in Madison

Date: 1970
Description: A Ford Mustang carrying four elderly men and one woman driving past a crowd in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam. A sign on the passenger side of ...
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Peace Parade in Madison

Date: 1970
Description: Elevated view of a Ford Mustang carrying four elderly men and one woman driving down a street in a demonstration against the war in Vietnam. An American fl...
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Madison VFW Drum and Bugle Corps

Date: 10 13 1950
Description: Portrait of Madison VFW Drum and Bugle Corps officials holding cymbals. They are, from left, Gilbert Dennis, musical director; A.J. Taff, corps president,...

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