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Sleep Over Party

Date: 02 12 1956
Description: Young women talk about a dance and their dates while lounging on pushed-together twin beds in their pajamas.
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Daisy Bates Standing Behind Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 26 1957
Description: Daisy Bates, the head of the Arkansas NAACP, stands behind seven of the Little Rock Nine, who are seated on a sofa in her living room. They have assembled ...
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Family with Christmas Table Decorations

Date: 12 20 1955
Description: Mrs. Philip Falk with daughter Carol, displaying their Christmas table centerpiece made by Mrs. Falk which was inspired by the family Christmas card.
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High School Couples at Sorority Dance

Date: 02 12 1944
Description: Two high school couples at a Beta Gamma Chi and Mu Delta Chi sorority dance at the Loraine Hotel. Left to right: Georgianna Browne, Emerson Black, Dan Benk...
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Vocational School Aptitude Testing

Date: 09 28 1944
Description: Two students, Stanley Stemp Jr., Central High School, and Victor Brockmiller Jr., West High School, assemble mechanical devices as part of the vocational a...
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Girl Scouts at Camp Brandenburg

Date: 07 23 1945
Description: Three girl scouts and the camp director chatting while sitting on a cot in a tent at Camp Brandenburg near Springfield Corners. Pictured left to right: Mar...
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Portrait of Two Adults and Two Girls

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Description: A studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a seated man and woman. Two girls stand behind the seated adults, one resting her hand on the seated wo...
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Remodeled Clothes for Displaced Persons

Date: 02 25 1949
Description: West High School pupils Muriel Showers and Anna Pronin watch Pamela Showers, 15 months, and Joan Gmeinder, 7, model two of the outfits that clothing studen...
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Reverend John H. Keene Family

Date: 03 27 1950
Description: The family of the Reverend John H. Keene arrived with Reverend Keene as he took up his duties as Rector of Grace Episcopal Church. Pictured are Mrs. Kather...
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Mrs. Arnold H. (Margaret) Dammen and Her Children

Date: 05 09 1950
Description: Mrs. Arnold H. (Margaret) Dammen, 4329 Hillcrest Drive, is pictured with her four children. Jane, age 5, sits at left next to her mother, and Mary Kate, 4,...
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Mrs. Arthur (Alta) Lentz and Her Children

Date: 05 09 1950
Description: Mrs. Arthur (Alta) Lentz of 2210 Hollister Avenue poses for a portrait with her children. Mark Steven, age 10 months, sits on his mother's lap and his thre...
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Madison's First Camp Week

Date: 05 23 1950
Description: Members of the Y-Teen group of the YWCA talk over summer camp plans with Patricia Powell, YWCA staff member who will be in charge of musical activities at ...
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New Teachers

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: New home economics teachers at West High School Jeane Schwartz and Patricia Weege (center) are shown with pupils Pamla Wobig (left) and Carla Tande; they a...
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Madison Central High School Committee

Date: 03 04 1954
Description: Members of the Madison Central High School committee plan the annual Student Council Faculty Tea. Seated are, left to right: Miss Elizabeth Ritzmann, advis...
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Madison High School Party Code

Date: 11 09 1954
Description: Illustrating four major points in the "Madison High School Party Code" are Central High School students and their hosts. Seated left to right: Lorenzo Doss...
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Christmas with Foreign Students

Date: 12 14 1954
Description: Ritva Jantunen (standing right) of Helsinki, Findland displays a symmetrical "himmelis." In Finland, a "himmelis" would be made of straw and oats and place...
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Christmas with Foreign Students

Date: 12 14 1954
Description: Josephine Chance (lower right), of Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, is shown wrapping presents for "Boxing Day," a December 26th observance day on which Engli...
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Typing Class

Date: 1939
Description: Interior view of a classroom with young men and women learning about, and working on, typewriters.
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Babysitting the Charlton Children

Date: 08 07 1956
Description: Linda Taylor babysits for the Catherine and Henry Charlton children. Catherine Charlton explains the babysitting job to Linda Taylor. There is a mirror on ...
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Family in Living Room

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Description: In the center is a man posing sitting in a chair. Beside him on the left are two teenage girls standing near a doorway, and on the right standing next to h...

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