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Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit

Date: 01 15 1955
Description: Nancy Thielen, left, and Charlotte Chidester sorting paintings for the Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit at Grace Episcopal Church.
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Madison Free Library

Date: 01 28 1954
Description: A man is studying material from the Madison Free Library at 206 North Carroll Street.
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Miss America Visits Madison

Date: 10 22 1957
Description: Portrait of Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur, the crowned Miss America for 1958, as she visited Madison on her tour of the country.
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Belgian Criminal Investigator

Date: 10 03 1950
Description: Madison police chief Bruce Weatherly (left) explains how Madison police fight crimes to visiting internationally-famous Belgian criminal investigator Flour...
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United Commercial Travelers Booster Meeting

Date: 02 07 1954
Description: Visiting at the state meeting of the United Commercial Travelers insurance company are, left to right: George Frost, Madison; Velma Foust, Madison; John Sc...
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Edgewood High School 10th Reunion

Date: 09 21 1957
Description: Mr. & Mrs. Wilham Wiedholz (Maurine Durkin), Madison; Mrs. Cornelius Collins (Carol Fitzgibbon), Madison; and Philip Schwarz, Appleton, chatTING together a...
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Madison United Givers' Fund First Drive

Date: 10 16 1950
Description: Three Madison citizens involved in directing the United Givers' Fund drive of 1950, the first Madison United Givers' Fund campaign, gather at a desk. Shown...
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U.W. Student Service Projects

Date: 12 10 1951
Description: Members of Phi Beta Speech Sorority rehearse a play reading they will be putting on for patients in Madison hospitals. Left to right: Jean Day, Madison; Ev...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsor

Date: 07 10 1952
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby entrant, 11-year-old Billy West, son of Mr. and Mrs. William West of Route 2 in Madison, is shown behind the wheel of a Willys car. ...
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Madison Catholic Women Deanery Officers

Date: 05 06 1954
Description: Group portrait of the officers of the Madison deanery of the Madison Diocesan council of the National Council of Catholic Women. Seated is Mrs. Loren Grisw...
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Madison Curling Club Invitational Bonspiel

Date: 03 04 1956
Description: Madison Curling Club members during the Invitational Bonspiel at Lavern Harmon Rink. The Madison Curling Club received the Walter C. Rhodes Trophy for the ...
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Madison Women Host Television Shows

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. Luella Mortenson, women's director for bot...
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Madison Women Host Television Shows

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. Fern Fowler demonstrates a plant made of t...
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Madison Women Host Television Shows

Date: 05 15 1958
Description: Madison television programs are hosted by Madison women and cover topics like cooking, arts, fashion and crafts. Jeanne Parr, also known as Jeanne Noth, ho...
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Madison Women Host Television Shows

Date: 05 15 1958
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...
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Wisconsin Lutheran Student Foundation Open House

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Pictured left to right: Rolf Giere, Galesville; the Rev. Carl A. Becker, Madison, pastoral adviser for the foundation; Evelyn Christenson, Madison, student...
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Amerian Legion 40 et 8 Check Presentation

Date: 03 31 1950
Description: Amerian Legion 40 et 8 presents checks to three Madison welfare groups; Rev. J. Van Handel of the Madison Catholic diocese welfare bureau, Rabbi Manfred Sw...
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Wisconsin Barbers Convention Committee

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Barbers Local #153 and Barbers Guild #23 joint committee to plan the annual convention of the Wisconsin Barber and Beauty Culture ...
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Madison Improvement Corporation Meeting

Date: 06 16 1958
Description: Leaders in the Madison metropolitan area met to learn more about the Madison Improvement Corporation, whose purpose is to buy and develop land for the expa...
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William F. Vilas House

Date: 1951
Description: An interior view of the William F. Vilas house, 12 East Gilman Street, which later became the College Woman's Club.

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