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Grand Prize from Panama-California Exposition

Date: 1915
Description: Award document for farm tractors and implements.
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University of Wisconsin Honor's Convocation

Date: 06 07 1959
Description: University of Wisconsin Concert Band director Raymond F. Dvorak directs the band during a rehearsal for the UW Honors Convocation ceremony to be held in th...
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University of Wisconsin Honor's Convocation

Date: 06 07 1959
Description: University of Wisconsin graduating seniors honor students wait for the ceremony's procession into the UW Memorial Union theater. A total of 447 students we...
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University of Wisconsin Honor's Convocation

Date: 06 07 1959
Description: Jerome Silber, Milwaukee, honor student in law, waits for the procession for the Honors Convocation ceremony held in the University of Wisconsin Memorial U...
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Jane Addams

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Description: Waist-up portrait of Jane Addams, a social worker, political activist, and author. She was a co-founder of Chicago's Hull House, as well as the American Ci...
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Service Awards

Date: 12 31 1958
Description: Two women receiving awards for long and meritorious service at the U.S. attorney's office. The women employees are Mrs. Mabel H. Madson, left, Deerfield, w...
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National Newspaperboy Awards

Date: 09 27 1958
Description: Four Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys show off their National Newspaperboy Awards with publisher Don Anderson. The boys are, left to right: David Lee, ...
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City of Madison Merit Award Presentation

Date: 08 28 1958
Description: Madison traffic engineer John H. Bunch, left, displays his check as a merit award for suggesting the installation of an automatic warning for tall trucks a...
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Children Walk Their Cows at the Dane County Junior Fair

Date: 07 17 1958
Description: Slightly elevated view of children parading their cows at the Dane County Junior Fair. Judy Hurlbut (15), Route 2, Verona, won the grand championship steer...
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Teen Safe Driver Awards

Date: 05 10 1958
Description: Group portrait showing two winners of the Madison Teen-age Safe Driving Road-E-O with three adults. Shown left to right, are: Jerry Padgham and Al Haas, co...
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Summer Music Clinic Try Outs

Date: 05 10 1958
Description: "Almost 4000 high school musicians came to Madison for the state solo - ensemble festival, and 20 of them went home with scholarships for the 1958 Summer M...
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Railroad Women Honored

Date: 04 23 1958
Description: Pins for 40 years of membership in the grand international auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers were presented by, at extreme right, Mrs. C...
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We Saw You Before Leaving for Europe

Date: 04 04 1958
Description: Shown outside the State Capitol after leaving the Supreme Court Chambers: (L to R): Dorothy Gregory; Mrs. Charles Doyle and daughter, Kathleen; Mrs. George...
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We Saw You Before Leaving for Europe

Date: 04 1958
Description: A scroll from the state of Wisconsin is being presented to 18-year-old Pat Stoycheff by Chief Justice John Martin. The scroll will introduce Pat to new fri...
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Commemorative Coins

Date: 02 18 1928
Description: Three commemorative coins. The center coin reads: "Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association."
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International Award Medals Won by International Harvester

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Description: Three medals from the Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition Association.
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Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition Association Diploma

Date: 1910
Description: Winnipeg Industrial Exhibition Diploma awarded to International Harvester for Internal Combustion Engines.
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First Rennebohm Award Winners

Date: 05 25 1957
Description: Group portrait of people posing together on steps leading up to a podium. There are three men at the top, and six young people in front. Flags are behind t...
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Renee Harris with Statuette

Date: 1918
Description: A studio portrait of Renee Harris holding a statuette, which is possibly an award. She is sitting, and is wearing a dark dress with a lace collar.
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President Frank Presenting Scholarship

Date: 05 20 1933
Description: University of Wisconsin President Glenn Frank presenting $4,500 Emily Jane Culver Scholarship to Charles Pfeiffer of Racine. They are standing next to the ...

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