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| Date: | 10 19 1956 |
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| Description: | Madison Central High Schools's Al Smith (24) carries the ball past Madison West High School's Ken Johnson (60). |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Lewis "Lewie" Arms, Jr. poses wearing a Madison, Wisconsin t-shirt. |
| Date: | 10 17 1951 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Mrs. Harry (Velma) Hamilton, Route 3, Madison, appointed to the Governor's Commission on Human Rights and Madison Human Rights Council by Gover... |
| Date: | 05 15 1958 |
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| Description: | Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. A husband and wife team, Bea and Carson Gu... |
| Date: | 01 02 1951 |
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| Description: | Madison General Hospital Auxiliary volunteer worker Goldye Mohr standing at the bedside of Sidney Hargrove, age 2. |
| Date: | 02 09 1954 |
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| Description: | Sylvia Nuckles checking out a book from Bert Rogers, the driver and circulation staff for the Madison Free Library bookmobile. |
| Date: | 01 15 1958 |
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| Description: | Professional wrestler, "Lil" Arthur Thomas, tensing his biceps at the Madison Health Studio at 235 West Gilman Street. |
| Date: | 10 11 1950 |
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| Description: | Nurse Sadie Zum Brunnen tends to a patient, seven-year-old Bonita Gill, at Madison General Hospital. Sadie is a member of the Madison Business and Professi... |
| Date: | 04 11 1959 |
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| Description: | Louis Holland of Union Grove High School tied the sprint record during the Madison West Relays at the Camp Randall Memorial building. |
| Date: | 01 04 1951 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin boxing coach John Walsh poses with Charlie Hopkins, former Madison Central High School athlete who now boxes for Wisconsin and is a... |
| Date: | 02 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Rena Jewett, Emma Johnson, Rev. Harley Swiggum, Charlyne Hill, and Frederick Bone discuss approaches to religious education at the Madison School of Religi... |
| Date: | 07 21 1954 |
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| Description: | Catholic bishop of Madison William P. O'Connor steps off a train upon his return from two months traveling in Europe. |
| Date: | 05 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison school safety patrol captains honored at an appreciation show posing for a group portrait. In the front row are, left to right: Roger Schwarze, Jam... |
| Date: | 03 25 1952 |
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| Description: | Spelling champions from twenty-three Madison public and parochial schools will take part in the city spelling finals of the "Wisconsin State Journal" 1952 ... |
| Date: | 03 05 1958 |
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| Description: | The Madison Bookmobile makes eleven stops in the city. Shown in the bookmobile are (left to right): Mrs. Tom Newport and son, Jim (5437 Dahlen Drive); libr... |
| Date: | 09 27 1953 |
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| Description: | "Building Lasting Peace" is the theme for World Community Day, sponsored by the Madison Council of United Church Women at Grace Episcopal Church. Pictured ... |
| Date: | 02 13 1955 |
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| Description: | Comparing notes on the activities of the Royalettes and Royalites are Mrs. Pearl Cobb, Chicago; Mrs. Mary Cooper (Grimes), President of the Madison group; ... |
| Date: | 05 19 1952 |
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| Description: | The winner and two runners-up in the Madison Optimist Club's oratorical contest. In the center is the winner, fifteen-year-old Richard Harris. The runners-... |
| Date: | 03 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Dorothy Huston (1433 East Johnson Street), the reference division supervisor at the Madison Free Library's main branch at 201 West Mifflin Street, helps ma... |
| Date: | 01 15 1958 |
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| Description: | The annual meeting of the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle corps is held in Turner Hall. Left to right: Billy Lee, Calvin Harris, C.H. Beebe, and Len Trachte. |
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