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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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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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"Milwaukee Journal" Tour Group

Date: 12 08 1931
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of Oconomowoc High School students on a tour at the "Milwaukee Journal." They are viewing the newspaper's presses in oper...
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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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Madison High School Party Code

Date: 11 09 1954
Description: Point 5 of the "Madison High School Party Code" is illustrated by Robert and Charlotte J. Burns, parents, with daughter Charlotte Ann Burns and her date Bi...
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Madison High School Party Code

Date: 11 09 1954
Description: W.L. Ragatz with son Dick Ragatz and Dick's date Sally Tisdale illustrate a driving safety point in the "Madison High School Party Code."
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Edgewood High School Crusader Staff

Date: 05 18 1955
Description: Edgewood High School's "Crusader" annual co-editors and business managers celebrate the finish of their work on the annual. They include, from left: Mike D...
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Monona Grove High School Student Leaders

Date: 03 13 1956
Description: Portrait of the staff members of the first annual yearbook, the Silver Scroll, at Monona Grove High School. They are, left to right: Gene Rankin, Jerry Und...
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Madison Central High School PTA Athletic Banquet

Date: 03 26 1957
Description: Group portrait of four athletes and three coaches. Shown left to right, they are: (front) Al Smith, football captain; Russ Allen, basketball captain; and K...
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Swear In To Vote Day

Date: 01 15 1980
Description: "New Voters — It was "Swear In to Vote Day' at Pulaski High School. Students who have reached 18 were sworn in as voters during a ceremony at the school, a...
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Madison West Relays

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Madison West High School took second place in the Class A sprint medley relay. Left to right: Tom Steffen, Howie Mazur, Mike Morgan, and Roger Wiebe.
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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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Spelling Bee Championship in Iowa County

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: The last five spellers left in the Iowa county championship spelling bee all look a bit worried as they wait for the final rounds of the bee, held in the D...
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Spelling Bee Championship in Iowa County

Date: 04 01 1961
Description: A happy Julie Matthews (right) receiving a hug from her mother, Mrs. Harlan Matthews (left) of Platteville, after winning the Iowa County Spelling Bee. Jul...
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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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Junior Red Cross Blood Drive Recruitment

Date: 05 29 1958
Description: Dick Johnson, center, with a birthday cake, being honored as the first blood donor recruited by the Junior Red Cross "18 Club. At left is Carla Helmus, Eas...
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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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Women Scientists Inspire High School Girls

Date: 05 31 1959
Description: Demonstrating the Navy Research laboratory's electronic computer to a high school student is, seated, experimental physicist, Dr. Anneke Levelt. Dr. Levelt...

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