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Central High School Homecoming Court

Date: 10 18 1952
Description: Central High School Homecoming King, Miles Kiefer; Queen, Mildred Fish; attendants Bonnie Willmoth, Shirley Jackson, Peggy Swadley, and Beverly Larson; and...
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Menasha High School Cheerleaders

Date: 03 20 1953
Description: Seven female cheerleaders from Menasha High School watching a basketball game at the WIAA State Basketball Tournament.
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Chartreuse Seven Band, Wisconsin High School

Date: 05 09 1955
Description: Members of the Wisconsin High School band, named the Chartreuse Seven Band, include Laird Marshall, piano, John Taylor, drummer, Charles Thompson, William ...
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Swimming Safety

Date: 06 1944
Description: George Miller is reporting a problem to Lifeguard Lois Gardner. She is standing on a platform near a chair, and is wearing a whistle on a chain around her ...
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Teens at Clothing Drive

Date: 04 20 1945
Description: Five high school teenagers at the LOFT, donating used clothing to the Dane County clothing drive. The teenagers, left to right, are Bob Drake, Gene Bliss, ...
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Junior Red Cross War Related Activities

Date: 08 15 1945
Description: Junior Red Cross members making Christmas tree decorations for military service units and hospitals overseas. Arline Whitefoot, on the right, assists a you...
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Southern Ten Conference Golf Champion

Date: 05 08 1948
Description: Wisconsin High School student Doug Campbell, wearing a letter sweater, is the medalist for the Southern 10 meets.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 05 27 1948
Description: Freddy Fleury, 14, of 210 N. Paterson Street, talks over plans for his 1948 Soap Box Derby racer with Master Sgt. Wilfred W. Wall at the U.S. Army & Air Fo...
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First Alice in Dairyland

Date: 06 07 1948
Description: Wisconsin's first Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, riding on a float in a parade in her hometown.
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Newspaper Carrier Robert Goddertz

Date: 09 24 1948
Description: Portrait of Robert Stephen Goddertz, a Wisconsin State Journal newspaper delivery boy, wearing a large delivery bag and extending a newspaper toward...
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Y-Teen Club Members

Date: 10 05 1948
Description: Three Madison Y-Teen Club members placing candles in the Y-Teen emblem as an observance of Nation Y-Teen Week. Left to right are Robereta Polkinghorn, West...
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National Book Week

Date: 11 16 1948
Description: "Books Tell the Story" display at Wisconsin High School as part of the observance of National Book Week. Students looking at display are, left to right: Ph...
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Junior Red Cross Council Toy Drive

Date: 11 23 1948
Description: Fritz Hanson, Peggy Huiskamp, and Winifred Grant of Wisconsin High School, are shown checking on the drive for toys which the school's Junior Red Cross Cou...
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Boy Scouts with Torches at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 02 12 1949
Description: Scouts representing each of the 17 Boy Scout councils of Wisconsin line up with torches inside the Wisconsin State Capitol to open their national campaign ...
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State High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 10 1949
Description: Reedsburg cheerleaders at the state high school basketball tournament. Left to right are: Mary Warten, Paula Krueger, Susy Dohner, Evelyn Koenecke, Ardel N...
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Miss America With Campus Lovelies

Date: 04 02 1949
Description: Miss America of 1948, BeBe Shopp, second from left, rides in the back seat of a convertible with Jaenne Faber, Suzaanne Wheeler, and Anne Barber. BeBe Shop...
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Junior Red Cross Leadership Training

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Organizers of the Junior Red Cross leadership training conference gather around a table. From left are: Lois Brustman, Wisconsin High School; Stefan Anders...
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Mistletoe

Date: 12 21 1949
Description: Shown contemplating what may be the results of her standing under the traditional mistletoe is Connie Connor. On her left is Arlen Rosenbloom and on her ri...
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High School Driver Training

Date: 07 10 1950
Description: Willis Jones gives instructions to Doris Johnson, seated in the driver's seat of a dual control driver training car, and Grace Goldburg during the behind-t...
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Teen-Agers at Summer Jobs

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: Madison teenagers J. Ludger Parr and Jim Graham dispense cokes to Carma Rae Chapman and Sheila Ryan at a local drug store as they work at their summer jobs...

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