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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 1944
Description: George Miller is reporting a problem to Lifeguard Lois Gardner. She is standing on a platform near a chair, and is wearing a whistle on a chain around her ...
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Students Modeling Spring Fashion

Date: 03 01 1948
Description: Patricia McGovern and Jane Botham model "dress up" clothes for high school girls.
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Summer Vacation Jobs for Youth

Date: 07 12 1949
Description: Ginny Hall, a West High School senior, has a summer job caring for Sharon and Sandra Sinn, the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William F. Sinn, 3405 Blackhawk Dr...
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Teen Summer Jobs

Date: 08 09 1950
Description: Jack Harned, 1950 West High School graduate, uses a telephone and typewriter at his summer job as a reporter at the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Teen Summer Jobs

Date: 08 09 1950
Description: Leon Rosenberg, West High School 1950 graduate and valedictorian, is shown at his summer job at the Wisconsin State Journal filing hundreds of engra...
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Softball Players

Date: 08 05 1952
Description: Softball players and twins Darlene and Arlene Bates are shown in their apartment 'robbing' their cookie jar. They both worked at Oscar Mayer and Co. doing ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 1951
Description: 1950 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion Warren Slightam about to compete in an exhibition race at the 1951 Madison soap box derby on Gorham Street.
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East Terrace View at Villa Louis

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Description: View of the east terrace at Villa Louis. The Dousman's office building is in the background. Relaxing near the home are Louis DeVierville Dousman, Judith D...
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Ethel Miller Models Skirt

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Ethel Miller models a skirt made by her mother, Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller. The photograph was taken to accompany an article in the Wisconsin Sta...
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Group of People with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1895
Description: A man with his back turned is posing on a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder in a field. On his left are four females, including a woman, one younger woman...
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Teenagers with Vegetables

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Description: A young man and woman wearing work clothes are standing in a garden, holding very large root vegetables. The woman is wearing a bonnet and the man is weari...
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Sauk City Basketball Tournaments

Date: 03 12 1956
Description: Sauk City School superintendent William Leahy goes over some basketball tournament details with Coach Bob Schrader, while players Larry Breunig and Wayne S...
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Education Press Conference

Date: 1978
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) holding a press conference about federal funding for education with students at Ellis School. A few journal...
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The Bauer's Risley Act

Date: 05 22 1956
Description: Portrait of George and Peter Bauer, a father and son risley act. Risley is a form of tumbling by one individual while being juggled on the feet of another....
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Babysitting the Charlton Children

Date: 08 07 1956
Description: Linda Taylor babysits the three Charlton children: Mary Teresa, 4 years old; Brendan, 3 years old; and Delia, two years old.
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Babysitting the Charlton Children

Date: 08 07 1956
Description: Babysitter Linda Taylor, a ninth grade student at West High School, reads a bedtime story to Brendan Charlton.
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Babysitting the Charlton Children

Date: 08 07 1956
Description: Babysitter Linda Taylor plays a game with Mary Teresa Charlton.
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Babysitting the Charlton Children

Date: 08 07 1956
Description: Henry Charlton escorts babysitter Linda Taylor home after she completed her babysitting job with the Charlton children.
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Babysitting the Charlton Children

Date: 08 07 1956
Description: Babysitter Linda Taylor comforts Delia Charlton.
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Edgewood High Football Candidates

Date: 08 20 1956
Description: Coach Earl Wilkie starts his 28th season at Edgewood High School, and issues locks and obtains vital data from football candidates. They include, from left...

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