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Planning Committee for State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

Date: 10 23 1958
Description: The planning committee for the 6th annual state conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) meets to discuss the c...
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We Saw You . . . at Labor Day Event

Date: 09 05 1960
Description: More than 300 people attend the annual Labor Day program sponsored by the Madison Federation of Labor at the Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park Street. Hilton Hann...
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Employees

Date: 01 05 1954
Description: A group of people working at desks. One of these operators responds when someone dials for information. Most of their work is to provide telephone numbers ...
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Police and Firemen's Show

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Firemen practice demonstrating the rescue of people from a burning building with an aerial ladder. They are preparing for the Police and Fireman's show at ...
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Union Theater Windows Reflections

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: Reflections in the curved windows of the theater box office cause distortions as patrons wait in line for the office to open. The people are silhouetted ag...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: People waiting in line to mail their letters, packages and parcels in the lobby of the United States Post Office on Monona Avenue. A woman is standing at t...
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Dane County Republican Women's Club

Date: 10 10 1957
Description: Three people at the head table of the Dane County Republican Women's Club meeting are: Warren R. Smith, Wisconsin State Treasurer; Margaret Smith, Treasure...
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Pastor Posing as Judas

Date: 02 12 1959
Description: Rev. Sig Sandrock at Midvale Community Lutheran Church, shown in costume posing as Judas to give a "first person" report. He will also assume the roles of ...
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Children of Irish Descent

Date: 03 10 1959
Description: Portrait of Kathleen McCue, one of seven kindergarten students at the Edgewood campus school whose photograph is featured in a newspaper article about the ...
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Maharajah Visits Madison

Date: 05 01 1959
Description: His Highness, the Maharajah of Mysore India, left, being greeted on arrival by Prof. A. Campbell Garnett, center, of the U.W. philosophy department. The pe...
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Maple Bluff Country Club Holiday Teen Party Committee

Date: 12 07 1957
Description: Some of the young people working on committees for the Maple Bluff Counry Club's holiday party for the high school are shown. From left to right are: Sydne...
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Inauguration Day for Governor Nelson and the First Lady

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: People lining up in the governor's conference room at the Wisconsin State Capitol to congratulate Governor and Mrs. Gaylord (Carrie) Nelson after his inaug...
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Proposed U.W. Building in Bascom Woods

Date: 01 16 1959
Description: Several people looking at a topographical model of Bascom Woods and Muir Knoll by the surrounding buildings between Elizabeth Waters Hall, the Carillon Tow...
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Mallory Club Sail Boat Races on Lake Mendota

Date: 09 12 1960
Description: The yachts Ivanhoe (L), skippered by Philip L. Peoples, and Wannaboy (R), skippered by H. John Sangmeister, race during the Mallory Cup on La...
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We Saw You . . . On Television

Date: 07 29 1958
Description: Members from Madison's five Senior Citizens groups tour the University of Wisconsin television station WHA-TV. Shown smiling at the camera are, (L-R): Mrs....
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St. James Catholic Church Pays Respect to Deceased Pastor Msgr. John A. Koelzer

Date: 12 18 1957
Description: Elevated view through an arch towards a large group of people sitting in pews. The body of Msgr. John A. Koelzer, 67, pastor of St. James Catholic Church, ...
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Children of Irish Descent

Date: 03 10 1959
Description: Portrait of Peter McKenna, one of seven kindergarten students at the Edgewood campus school whose photograph is featured in a newspaper article about the "...
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Children of Irish Descent

Date: 03 10 1959
Description: Portrait of Mary Jo Sweeney, one of seven kindergarten students at the Edgewood campus school whose photograph is featured in a newspaper article about the...
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Children of Irish Descent

Date: 03 10 1959
Description: Portrait of Dennis Kennedy, one of seven kindergarten members of the Edgewood campus school whose photograph is featured in a newspaper article about the "...
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Children of Irish Descent

Date: 03 10 1959
Description: Portrait of Colleen Dunn, one of seven kindergarten members of the Edgewood campus school whose photograph is featured in a newspaper article about the "li...

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