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Madison Art Association Tea

Date: 02 12 1950
Description: Madison Art Association sponsored a tea at the Madison Free Library in connection with the exhibit of the works of Madison artists. Mrs. Oscar (Mary) Re...
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Madison Art Foundation

Date: 08 11 1953
Description: Portrait of supporters of the recently incorporated Madison Art Foundation. Philip Falk (left), superintendent of Madison schools, shows a piece of artwork...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Audience

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: Guy Beaumont of Madison sits atop a ladder to watch the races at the 1954 Madison soap box derby.
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Larry Leifer Rink

Date: 03 09 1958
Description: The Larry Leifer Rink of Madison copped the fourth event in the Madison Invitational Bonspiel at the Madison Curling Club. The men include, from left: Harl...
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Charles B. Morris

Date: 06 01 1950
Description: Portrait of Charles B. Morris, a circulation department employee at Madison Newspapers, Incorporated.
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Madison Bowling Association Presidents

Date: 09 04 1952
Description: Portrait of Lillian Niebuhr, left, president of the Madison Woman's Bowling Association, and Frank Gottsacker, right, president of the Madison Bowling Asso...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Audience

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: Some of the crowd watching the 1954 Madison soap box derby, including the Wilbert Rung family of Madison.
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Shrine Club Meeting

Date: 06 17 1958
Description: Alden Hawthorne, at left, of Monroe, W.S. MacDonald (Sheboygan), Earle Lewis (Madison), Lester Lee (Madison), attend a Shrine Club members meeting in Madis...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: Phil Peckham of Madison receives the first place trophy from Ralph Hult, president of Hult's Capital garage that co-sponsors the Madison soap box derby. Ph...
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Madison Advertising Club's Banquet

Date: 02 13 1958
Description: Five members of the Madison Advertising Club are shown. They are (L-R) Robert Loomer, WKOW-TV; Martin Wolman, business manager of Madison Newspapers Inc.; ...
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Bill Carow

Date: 12 27 1953
Description: Bill Carow of Madison wins the Senior Men's Speed Skating Championship while representing the West Allis Skating Club.
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Madison East-Central Football Game

Date: 11 01 1950
Description: Madison East High School guard Dale Pollock is about to tackle Madison Central High School fullback Ralph Rabinowitz in the high school game at Breese Stev...
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Madison Service Club "Little Olympics" Banquet

Date: 03 21 1956
Description: The West Madison-Middleton Optimist Club quartet entertains at the Madison Service Club's "Little Olympics" Banquet. Left to right: Fred Lantz, Bill Tuchli...
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Madison Youth Council

Date: 11 02 1954
Description: Madison mayor George Forster greets the new Madison Youth Council president George Chryst at the annual banquet. Mayor Forster administered the oath of off...
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Pearce Roberts

Date: 01 14 1954
Description: Portrait of Pearce Roberts, Executive Secretary of the Madison Building Trades Council and past president of the Madison Federation of Labor.
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Public Housing Hearing at Madison Common Council

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: Elevated view of members of the Madison Common (City) Council and speakers at a hearing of the Madison Housing Authority's (MHA) proposed public housing pr...
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American Business Women's Association Regional Brunch

Date: 07 22 1956
Description: Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen visits with, left to right: Theresa Lohbauer, Madison; Martha Austin, St. Louis; and Edith Brandt (?), Madison at the regional...
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Martin Wolman

Date: 04 26 1950
Description: Portrait of Martin Wolman, business manager of Madison Newspapers, Inc.
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Oil Week

Date: 09 26 1954
Description: Two men stand in front of a map of Madison with a document for Oil Week.
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Men Boarding Airplane

Date: 09 27 1954
Description: A group of men pose in front of Capital Airlines airplane at Madison Municipal Airport - Truax Field.

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