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Columbus Foods Corporation Employee Receiving Award

Date: 02 06 1944
Description: L.C. Richards, assistant factory superintendent of the Columbus Foods Corporation, receiving the first "A" Achievement award pin from Donald E. Smith, depu...
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War Work Awards Presentation Ceremony

Date: 03 13 1944
Description: Gordon Gunderson, State Supervisor, Office of Distribution, War Food Administration, watches as Corp. David Moul, Lodi, pins a citation on the lapel of Gor...
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University of Wisconsin Basketball Dinner Speakers Table

Date: 03 11 1947
Description: Six men seated at speakers table at University of Wisconsin Basketball Dinner sponsored by Madison Gyro Club.
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Arthur Pugh Retirement

Date: 01 27 1948
Description: State Treasurer John Sonderegger, on right, presenting a tie pin to his chief accountant, Arthur Pugh, wearing eyeglasses on left, at his retirement. A gro...
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Frank Blied Receiving Award from Bishop O'Connor

Date: 03 04 1949
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor presents the medal of Benemerenti to Frank Blied, a member of a pioneer Madison family. The medal, awarded by Pope Pius XII, is ...
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Izaak Walton League Award Ceremony

Date: 03 19 1949
Description: Members of the Izaak Walton League presenting the member-at-large award to Fred Luening of Milwaukee for his work in conservation. In the photograph are, l...
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Gimbel Brothers Art Competition

Date: 07 21 1949
Description: Madison and University of Wisconsin artists carried off the major share of the prizes and awards in the 1949 Gimbel Brothers art competition. Seated, left...
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Founder's Day Banquet

Date: 01 29 1950
Description: Three members of the board of curators of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin sitting and standing at a banquet table. They are, from left: Professor...
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Madison Lutheran School Spelling Champion

Date: 04 12 1950
Description: Barbara North of 1003 Jenifer Street, the spelling champion of the Madison Lutheran School, sits at a desk while reading a newspaper. A dictionary lies ope...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 29 1950
Description: Spelling bee champion Arlene Brown of Janesville holding her trophy. Smiling on the right is her eighth grade teacher at St. Mary's Catholic school, Siste...
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Madison Vocational and Adult School Award Winners

Date: 05 16 1950
Description: Seven Madison Vocational and Adult Education school students who received awards for "exceptional records in attendance, achievement and effort" at the sch...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winner

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: Jerry Wagner of Mineral Point accepts a check from Harlan C. Nicholls, a cashier at the First National Bank of Madison, for the sportsmanship award of the ...
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Music Scholarship Winners

Date: 08 16 1950
Description: Four Madison high school graduates awarded University of Wisconsin music scholarships at the Summer Music Clinic posing against a wood-paneled wall for a p...
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Kennedy-Mansfield Dairy Quarter Century Club

Date: 11 21 1950
Description: Arthur F. Trebilcock, president of the Kennedy-Mansfield division of Borden's, receiving his pin and certificate of membership in the company's Quarter Cen...
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Emil Frautschi Receiving Award

Date: 10 03 1951
Description: Professor Conrad Emmons, left, Madison Rotary president, presents an honor scroll to Rotarian Emil Frautschi, right, who was honored by the club.
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Carpenter's Union Award

Date: 12 26 1951
Description: George Meyer, left and Gustave H. Sander, center, receive an award for 50 years of continuous membership in the AFL United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Jo...
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North Western Railroad Safety Awards

Date: 03 19 1952
Description: Three men are shown with two awards commemorating North Western railroad safety. P.E. Feucht, executive vice-president (center), presented the Madison divi...
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Disabled American Veterans Service Award

Date: 06 25 1953
Description: Three Wisconsin veterans service officers display a citation from the Disabled American Veterans for outstanding service. Holding the plaque is O.N. Marcus...
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Merton Sutter with All-Steel Thresher

Date: 1938
Description: Merton Sutter receiving a 4-H farm accounting award in front of a McCormick-Deering All-Steel Thresher. Original caption reads: "Winner of $300 merchandisi...
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Awards for Madison Optimist Club

Date: 02 01 1954
Description: Harold R. Noer, past president of the Madison Optimists, accepts two awards for the Madison club. At left Don Hammond, district governor from Racine, prese...

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