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The Answer Machine

Date: 11 13 1963
Description: A question is fed into a "computer" created by the mathematics club at John Marshall Junior High School. This was a project in observance of American Educa...
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First Aid Kits

Date: 05 09 1955
Description: Seventh grade students putting together first aid kits to have at home.
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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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University of Wisconsin Engineering Expo

Date: 04 10 1953
Description: Jack Botteron, Beloit high school student, touches a small Van de Graaff generator which causes his hair to stand on end while attending the UW Engineering...
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State High School Track Meet

Date: 05 29 1954
Description: Portrait of Lance Olson of Green Bay West, after setting a new record in the high jump at the state high school track meet at Camp Randall Stadium.
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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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Roundy's Fun Fund Thanks Girl for Help

Date: 06 16 1959
Description: Roundy Coughlin and the Roundy's Fun Fund committee thanks Suzy Peterson, past president of the ninth grade "Y" Teen Club at West High School. The group of...
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We Saw You at Drama Institute

Date: 11 12 1959
Description: Alice Peet, assistant technical director of the Wisconsin Union Theater, talks with Madison West High School pupils attending the Drama Institute. They are...
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Brother-Sister General Motors Scholarship Winners

Date: 04 25 1961
Description: Madison Central High School senior Arlene Parmentier (right) holding a scholarship she won from General Motors. Her brother, Robert (left), is also a Gener...
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Margaret McGuire's Roomates

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, (5th from left), with six of her roommates and the House Mother, Ms. Welch, at Whitewater State University. They are ...
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High School Shorthand Writing Awards

Date: 06 07 1957
Description: Madison East High School teacher in the school's business education department, Mary Heyer (standing by the chalkboard), awards gold pins to Barbara Lien (...
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Dea Mae Ball in the State High School Debate Tournament

Date: 02 24 1954
Description: Dea Mae Ball speaking from the podium in the forensics tournament for high school students held at Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Madison Youth to Attend National Teen-Age Press Conference

Date: 09 27 1958
Description: Mark Musolf, a Madison West High school senior, was selected to be the Wisconsin State Journal's representative at the Ford National Teen-Age Press ...
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Fans of the Milwaukee North Basketbal Cheer for Their Team

Date: 03 20 1959
Description: Fans of the Milwaukee North High School basketball team cheer for their team at the state basketball tournament held at the University of Wisconsin Field H...
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Neil Duresky Plays in the Band

Date: 03 20 1959
Description: Neil Duresky, a member of the LaCrosse Logan High School band, plays in support of the school basketball team at the state basketball tournament held at th...
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Women Scientists Inspire High School Girls

Date: 05 25 1959
Description: Demonstrating a research procedure to high school female students at a U.W. chemistry research laboratory is Dr. Carolyn Abrahams, left. Barbara Swanson, ...
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Edgewood High School Graduates

Date: 06 02 1959
Description: The top three students of the 1959 graduating class are, left to right, Nicholas Frost, Elizabeth Bergemann, and Thomas Kuehn.

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