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Women and Young Girls Posing in Dresses and Hats

Date: 1907
Description: Outdoor group portrait of women and young girls posing in dresses and flowered hats in an urban area, perhaps near the McCormick Works Club House. There ap...
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Central High School Boys Track Team

Date: 05 17 1937
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Central High School boys track team in uniform, with one member in the center holding a trophy.
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Speed Skaters Posing with Trophy

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Description: Junior Girls Speed Skaters Co-Champs, Andrea Melin, of Superior, Wisconsin, and Linda Schubert, of West Allis, posing together with their trophy.
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Speed Skater Posing with Trophy

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Description: Juvenile girls speed skater, Louise Jerome from Superior, Wisconsin, posing with a trophy.
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Blackbourn Receives All-Star Award

Date: 09 22 1946
Description: Lisle Blackbourn Jr., former Milwaukee Washington high school star playing for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was awarded a trophy as the most outsta...
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Men in Women's Clothes

Date: 07 04 1913
Description: Three young men dressed in women's clothing stand on a tennis court during 4th of July celebration. William Baker, Ted Dwyer, and Herbert Rogers.
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Young Adult Club Subscription Dance

Date: 12 26 1947
Description: From the left: Michael Dean, Jo Ann Donovan, Cameron Adams, and Mary Weston, at the subscription dance at the Madison club held for the teenage children of...
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Governor Rennebohm placing a wreath of red roses on the head of Highland's Margaret McGuire, who was selected as Wisconsin's first Alice in Dairyland. Marg...
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Newly crowned Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, and governor Oscar Rennebohm shown with Highland's oldest resident, 93-year old Chris Blabaum at Highla...
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Newly selected Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, receiving an orchid from Virginia Palan, legionnaire and WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency ...
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Prom Court

Date: 07 1965
Description: Curtis and his friend Pete Sandberg escort Queen of the prom, Marcy Smith and her friend (? Cole), alternate queen.
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Happy Holidays

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Description: Color photographic holiday card from Governor and Mrs. Earl and family, governor of Wisconsin, 1983-1987. To the right it reads: "Happy Holidays" with "The...
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Maple Bluff Country Club Teen Dance Planners

Date: 06 21 1954
Description: Group portrait of some of the young people assisting with arrangements for a high school dance to be held at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Seated, left to ...
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Madison Inter-Club Junior Golf Tournament

Date: 08 06 1954
Description: Don Quam and Don Christianson, captains of the Nakoma team that won the team title at the Madison Inter-Club Junior Golf Tournament, hold the traveling tro...
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Mayville High School Graduation

Date: 1962
Description: "Mayville High School graduates assemble at Mayville Firemen's Park."
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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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WIAA Football Champions

Date: 11 1994
Description: "When the Mayville Cardinals defeated Baldwin-Woodville for the WIAA State Football Championship, Dave Vanden Bloom (50) and Mike Lance (52) proudly displa...
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JCC Junior Golf Tournament

Date: 06 23 1958
Description: Ray Hustad, sitting, displays his championship trophy won in the JCC junior golf tournament as Madison's three other qualifiers to the state meet look on. ...
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Presenting the Key to Wade House

Date: 06 06 1953
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...
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Madison JCC District Junior Golf Tournament

Date: 06 15 1959
Description: The Madison JCC District Junior golf tournament is held at West Side Park (Odana) golf course. A total of 107 golfers took part in the single round tournam...

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