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| Date: | 03 09 1954 |
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| Description: | Group portrait at the Madison Advertising Club dinner. |
| Date: | 11 01 1956 |
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| Description: | Madison West High School player Don Quam (81) crowns the homecoming queen, Joan Herreid, at the Madison West High School versus Madison East football game.... |
| Date: | 02 12 1950 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 13 1958 |
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| 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.; ... |
| Date: | 12 11 1954 |
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| Description: | View of the outdoor Christmas nativity scene erected on Olin Terrace facing Monona Avenue off the Capitol Square in Madison. It was sponsored by the Madiso... |
| Date: | 03 21 1956 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 09 26 1950 |
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| Description: | Sets of buttons in display boxes are arranged in the Madison Button Club store window display. |
| Date: | 11 02 1954 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 08 1952 |
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| Description: | Madison City Clerk, A. W. Bareis, right, is swearing in "Miss 21," Eunice Mehtala, left, who is representing the Madison area's newest eligible voters. At... |
| Date: | 09 06 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Evelyn Gotzion of 3222 James Street in Madison, Labor Day Queen, shows her ring to Orla Coleman, president of the Madison Federation of Labor. The rin... |
| 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: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Graduation at Camp Randall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| Date: | 08 15 1956 |
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| Description: | More than 113 secretaries of bowling leagues affiliated with the Madison Bowling Association gather at the Eagles Club for their annual fall meeting. Front... |
| Date: | 06 16 1953 |
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| Description: | A photographic tribute to Madison dads on Fathers Day includes a portrait of Madison City Engineer John G. Thompson and his three sons, Jim Thompson, Dougl... |
| Date: | 08 30 1956 |
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| Description: | Three members of Beautiful Madison, Inc. give a letter to Mayor Ivan Nestingen (seated at desk) requesting a city ordinance against littering in Madison st... |
| Date: | 07 15 1957 |
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| Description: | Four men attend the installation of Madison Optimists officers. They are, from left to right, Wesley West, lieutenant governor of the Madison area; Melvin ... |
| Date: | 07 16 1953 |
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| Description: | The T.H. Keating trophy which will be awarded to the city champion of the Madison Soap Box Derby. |
| Date: | 01 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Charles Watson is shown with her rosemaled plate during the Madison Art Guild Crafts Group exchange. |
| Date: | 12 02 1959 |
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| Description: | Madison Central football coach Harold (Gus) Pollock with two of his players at the annual Bank of Madison banquet. At left is Dick Putnam, an all-city end.... |
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