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| Date: | 05 10 1950 |
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| Description: | Four Madison high school musicians, participants in the annual music festival at the University of Wisconsin stock pavillion, posing for a group portrait. ... |
| Date: | 04 13 1959 |
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| Description: | Costumes from other lands were featured at the First Madison YWCA Folk Festival and Fair. Shown modeling Norwegian dresses are, left to right: Eleanor Nerd... |
| Date: | 07 01 1958 |
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| Description: | Madison Mayor Ivan Nestingen, second from right, poses with scissors while opening the 36th Annual East Side Business Men's Festival, held at Voit Field. S... |
| Date: | 03 23 1959 |
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| Description: | Judith Brockett Jackson, a sophomore economics and political science major at the University of Wisconsin, will be will be Wisconsin's princess in the trad... |
| Date: | 06 28 1950 |
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| Description: | Children who came to the UNICO festival in Brittingham Park gather around a soap box derby car for a group portrait. The festival is sponsored by the Madis... |
| Date: | 08 30 1959 |
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| Description: | Linda and Donald Harrison enjoying the Watermelon Festival sponsored by the Monona Businessmen's Association. |
| Date: | 11 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Sari Elkind, Jonthan Wolman, Lory Rosen show toys and model clothes that were among the items to be sold at the Beth El Sisterhood Bazaar. |
| Date: | 08 30 1959 |
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| Description: | Mark and Mike Merkle and Bill Lachnit enjoy watermelon at the Monona Grove Businessmen's Association Watermelon Festival. |
| Date: | 07 30 1950 |
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| Description: | Mildred Rand is crowned "East Side Merchandise Queen" by City Councilman Herbert C. Schenk at the annual festival of the East Side Business Men's Associati... |
| Date: | 11 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Irvine (Marg) Elliott of 4601 Wallace Avenue, co-chairman of the "Party Fixins' booth at the Lake Edge Congregational Church bazaar, wears the cap and... |
| Date: | 12 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. F.D. Chamberlin displays samples of Christmas home decorations to be sold by the West Side Garden Club at their annual "Holiday House" sale. |
| Date: | 08 30 1959 |
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| Description: | Children enjoying big slices of watermelon at the Monona Grove Businessmen's Association watermelon festival. They include, from left, Kay Marks, Dannie Du... |
| Date: | 08 30 1959 |
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| Description: | President Edward Herzfeldt selling tickets for the Monona Grove Businessmen's Association-sponsored Watermelon Festival. Ticket buyers, left to right, incl... |
| Date: | 11 18 1954 |
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| Description: | (Left to right) Mrs. Frank (Clara) Zeier, Mrs. J.W. (Lucille) Noltner, Mrs. Wilfred J. (Blanche) Schlimgen, and Mrs. Joseph (Edith) Hoffman plan the annual... |
| Date: | 05 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Professor E.B. Gordon is shown surrounded by some of his 90,000 "radio children," 3,500 of whom sang for him Saturday at the University of Wisconsin stock ... |
| Date: | 05 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Professor E.B. Gordon conducts at the seventeenth annual radio music festival. Professor Gordon has a radio class of 90,000 boys and girls who are enrolled... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Friends of Lewis Arms enjoy beer at a party at Brittingham Park. Seated on the ground from left to right are: Elinora (mother of Lewis Arms, Jr.), Hattie, ... |
| Date: | 11 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Herbert Szelestey of 5410 Esther Beach Road puts the finishing touches on the first of several large pictures that illustrate the old song, "An Old-Fa... |
| Date: | 11 11 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Elwin Willett of 4115 Jerome Street (left) and Mrs. Robert (Helen) Brettell of 4603 Gordon Avenue, president of the Ladies Fellowship at Lake Edge Con... |
| Date: | 11 13 1954 |
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| Description: | Women's Catholic Order of Foresters Court 597 at Madison's Our Lady Queen of Peace bazaar committee admire articles that will be on sale. From left are: an... |
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