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| Date: | 01 21 1935 |
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| Description: | The Board of Directors burning the mortgage for the Nakoma Country Club to celebrate paying it off, with l-r: H.M. Lambert, Frank Davies, Carl Laughnan, H.... |
| Date: | 09 1912 |
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| Description: | The first airmail shipment from Cicero Field to Wheaton and Elmhurst, Illinois. Postmaster MacDonald of Cicero is swearing-in pilots Max Lillie, Paul Stude... |
| Date: | 01 21 1935 |
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| Description: | Seven men preparing for the burning of the second mortgage, Nakoma Country Club. It became the Nakoma Golf Club in 1944. |
| Date: | 11 01 1931 |
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| Description: | Governor Philip F. La Follette presses a telegraph key at the Western Union Office to open an event in Green Bay. |
| Date: | 12 31 1948 |
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| Description: | Joseph J. Wirka, former superintendent of mails, on the left, is shown receiving the keys to the post office from Walter J. Hyland, on the right, retiring ... |
| Date: | 05 21 1950 |
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| Description: | Edgewater Hotel dedicated to Madison contractor and civic leader John H. Findorff, builder of the hotel. Dedication is marked with a bronze plaque hanging... |
| Date: | 11 15 1951 |
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| Description: | New members of the Ray-O-Vac Company's 25 Year Club were initiated during ceremonies at the organization's annual banquet at Hotel Loraine. |
| Date: | 07 1985 |
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| Description: | "A ribbon cutting ceremony was held when Theresa's new Post Office was officially opened." |
| Date: | 06 1921 |
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| Description: | Full-length studio graduation portrait of Genevieve Milward (later McVicar), (1902-1987) of Madison, Wisconsin, standing in front of a painted backdrop. Sh... |
| Date: | 06 1996 |
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| Description: | "When Theresa firemen purchased a new truck, as is customary, other fire departments came to initiate the new truck." |
| Date: | 06 1996 |
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| Description: | "Fire Chief Bob Bogenschneider 'cuts' a cake with a fire axe." |
| Date: | 12 05 1957 |
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| Description: | Union Members are honored at a dinner at the Hotel Loraine. They include, from left: Harold Good, Lewis Higley, and Frank Cook. Joseph Frigerio (right), un... |
| Date: | 06 06 1953 |
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| Description: | The official opening of Wade House. Amid great fanfare, complete with an appearance by poet Carl Sandburg, Wade House opened to the public on June 6th, 195... |
| Date: | 06 06 1953 |
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| Description: | Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, presents the key to Wade House to Dr. William McKern, of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. The century-old stagecoach inn and... |
| Date: | 06 16 1959 |
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| Description: | The Madison Lions Club installs new officers at its meeting at the Park Hotel. Shown (left to right) are Verdine J. Johnson, outgoing president; Alton S. H... |
| Date: | 06 09 1959 |
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| Description: | The Toastmistress Club celebrates its first year in Madison with a combination guest night and initiation of officers at the Cuba Club Supper Club. Shown g... |
| Date: | 06 09 1959 |
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| Description: | The Toastmistress Club celebrates its first year in Madison with a combination guest night and initiation of officers at the Cuba Club Supper Club. Mrs. Al... |
| Date: | 06 09 1959 |
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| Description: | The Toastmistress Club celebrates its first year in Madison with a combination guest night and initiation of officers at the Cuba Club Supper Club. Shown (... |
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