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| Date: | 04 20 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen signing a proclamation designating April 26 through May 4 as Beautiful Madison Week, when residents are urged to spruce up the... |
| Date: | 10 22 1957 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur, the crowned Miss America for 1958, as she visited Madison on her tour of the country. |
| Date: | 05 06 1957 |
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| Description: | Alfred W. Bareis who is starting his 25th year as Madison city clerk. He had previously been a clothing salesman and was a popular singer. |
| Date: | 10 02 1957 |
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| Description: | A violinist's view of conductor Walter Heermann leading the Madison Civic Symphony orchestra during rehearsal at Scanlan Hall, which occurred Tuesday eveni... |
| Date: | 06 04 1957 |
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| Description: | What do typical Madison female office workers do on their lunch break? Doris Ardelt and Joal Fenn order lunch at a downtown Madison cafeteria. |
| Date: | 09 26 1957 |
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| Description: | Two men watching the demolition of the Pioneer block and Madison Theater from the Capitol grounds in Madison. The photograph was taken with a new telephoto... |
| Date: | 12 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Eldred Garter, Madison Newspapers employee, showing a secretary how to type using a dictaphone. |
| Date: | 05 21 1957 |
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| Description: | George H. Beyler, engraving photographer, inspecting a negative on a viewer for the new ultra-modern photoengraving plant at Madison Newspapers. |
| Date: | 05 21 1957 |
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| Description: | Rolland H. Fellers, superintendent of the engraving department, checks over the new Robertson half-tone color camera at Madison Newspapers new photoengravi... |
| Date: | 08 13 1957 |
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| Description: | Image is of Helen Farr, a Madison librarian who is retiring after forty-one years of service. For the past twenty-one years she has been the Chief Libraria... |
| Date: | 09 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Jon Luck is shown wearing headphones, is surrounded by turntables, a microphone, and notes and scripts for commercials, while broadcasting "The Madison Hou... |
| Date: | 10 02 1957 |
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| Description: | Conductor Walter Heermann leading the Madison Civic Symphony orchestra of 75 members during a rehearsal at Scanlan Hall. The group rehearsed every Tuesday ... |
| Date: | 10 22 1957 |
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| Description: | Miss America, Marilyn Elaine van Derbur, being crowned "Madison's Miss 1957 United Givers' Fund Queen" at the charity's banquet during the Madison stop on ... |
| Date: | 07 03 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison General Hospital nurses singing "Happy Birthday" to Gunda Benson, who is seated in her wheelchair and surrounded by the group. |
| Date: | 09 22 1957 |
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| Description: | A young woman is peering into a drawer of the card catalog of the Madison Public Library. |
| Date: | 09 22 1957 |
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| Description: | A man sitting and reading from a book at the Madison Public Central Library. |
| Date: | 05 01 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison Schools students chosen as Safety Patrol members by their schools board the train to Washington, D.C. to attend the National Assembly of School Saf... |
| Date: | 09 26 1957 |
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| Description: | A man holding a paper-wrapped package under his arm pauses while shopping to watch the demolition of the Pioneer block and Madison Theater on the Madison C... |
| Date: | 10 22 1957 |
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| Description: | Young Madison girls requesting autographs of Miss America, Marilyn Elaine van Derbur, during a fashion show at the Casey and O'Brien, Inc. store on Atwood ... |
| Date: | 06 06 1957 |
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| Description: | David Bloodgood takes out the first free want ad in the Madison Newspapers Kids Kolumn with assistance from Ann Sundt of the classified advertising departm... |
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