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American Legion Parade on Capitol Square

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: Drum majors Beverly Schultz (left) and Dale Gourlie (right) from Hartford resting after their marching band participated in the annual state American Legio...
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Edgewood High School Football Drills

Date: 08 22 1955
Description: Edgewood High School football coach, Earl Wilke, demonstrates how to block on pass defense by interrupting Dick Miller's throw. Four other veteran players ...
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Teenagers Wield Power

Date: 04 12 1957
Description: Larry Bolen, of 1233 Jenifer Street and a senior at East High School, works after school at a local service garage to earn spending money.
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Christ Presbyterian Church Women's Society Mission Tea

Date: 07 09 1957
Description: One of the younger attendees at the annual missionary tea sponsored by the Women's Society of Christ Presbyterian Church was Jane Rudolph who is an English...
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Music Rings Out from Campus

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Teenagers walking on the sidewalk with tennis racquets as well as musical instruments as they head for Wisconsin High School to attend the University of Wi...
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Music Rings Out From Campus

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Summer music camp participants shown coming from a swim on the University of Wisconsin campus. The teenagers are (left to right): Kay Halverson (of Menasha...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Brothers Malcolm, Mathew and Sidney Bourne discussing their finances as newspaper delivery boys with their mother, Mrs. Bailey Bourne, at their home on Lat...
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Edgewood High School Teen-Age Potluck Group

Date: 11 05 1957
Description: Girls cheer on the Edgewood High School football team after having their pre-game potluck at the home of Mark and Mary Schmitz. They are seen cheering and ...
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Christmas is Sharing

Date: 12 01 1957
Description: 13-year-old Phil Shuler, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Shuler, and carrier for the Wisconsin State Journal, is shown delivering envelopes for donations...
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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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Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Two Canadian Y-Teens with cameras are shown the new Cherokee Heights School by a West High Y-Teen. They are (L-R): Margaret Knowles, Lynn Somerville, and ...
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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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Summer Music Clinic Try Outs

Date: 05 10 1958
Description: Two worried-looking high school musicians look for their names and judges' ratings. "Scanning the bulletin board outside Music hall are George Packard, Por...
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Teens Work Summer Job at Monona Drive-In

Date: 05 23 1958
Description: James Fernan, 3522 Dennett Drive (left), and Harold Hemel, 738 Lansing Street (right) serving up root beer at a Monona drive-in.
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Edgewood High School Honor Students

Date: 05 28 1958
Description: Ten scholarship winners in their caps and gowns, honored at a ceremony for Edgewood senior high honor students are, left to right: Thomas Wildeman, Abigail...
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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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Youth on View - Teenage Drivers

Date: 04 22 1959
Description: John Michaelis, president of the Lancers Auto Club, is shown opening the car door for Carla Mueller. The purpose of the club is to uphold a good reputation...
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Youth on View - Teenage Drivers

Date: 04 22 1959
Description: Many teenage drivers learn to drive in the summer driving education courses. Sue Hubbard, a student of the course, is shown explaining the parts of an engi...
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Youth on View - Teenage Drivers

Date: 04 22 1959
Description: To emphasize the usefulness of teenage driving clubs, Tom Cox, a member of the Cambusters Auto Club, is shown assisting a visitor from Elkhorn.
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Dangers of Children on Railroad Tracks

Date: 05 19 1959
Description: Henry Cuccia, a ninth-grader at Cherokee Heights school, demonstrates "what not to do" on the Illinois Central railroad tracks near the school as he walks ...

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