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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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Madison Philharmonic Chorus

Date: 05 18 1954
Description: Madison Philharmonic Chorus in concert dress at the YMCA, 207 West Washington Avenue.
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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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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 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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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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Madison Baseball League Season Opener

Date: 05 16 1954
Description: Madison mayor George Forster prepares to throw out the opening pitch at the first game of the Madison Baseball League, successor to the old Industrial Leag...
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Madison Labor Day Queen

Date: 09 06 1954
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...
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New Residents

Date: 09 13 1954
Description: New Madison residents Dorothy and Donovan Palmquist moved to Madison after Reverend Mr. Palmquist became the new pastor of Central Lutheran Church.
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Clifford Hawley, Administrative Assistant to Philip H. Falk

Date: 09 30 1954
Description: Portrait of Clifford Hawley, administrative assistant to Madison School Superintendent, Philip H. Falk. He was chosen to work with the Madison Board of Edu...
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Awards for Madison Optimist Club

Date: 02 01 1954
Description: Harold R. Noer, past president of the Madison Optimists, accepts two awards for the Madison club. At left Don Hammond, district governor from Racine, prese...
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Alfred Plaenert

Date: 02 06 1954
Description: Portrait of Alfred Plaenert, a candidate for Madison postmaster general.
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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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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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Bowman Dairy Baseball Team

Date: 08 03 1954
Description: Group portrait of the Bowman Dairy team, Madison Baseball League champions.
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United States Postal Service Promtional Exam

Date: 02 13 1954
Description: Part of the group of eighty-two Madison mail clerks and carriers write their promotional exam to qualify for supervisory jobs. Standing are V.K. Peterman (...
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Madison Police Department Records Center

Date: 04 07 1954
Description: A force of sixty-eight civilians is employed by the Madison police department to aid and supplement the city's one hundred forty-five police officers. Many...
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Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Association Benefit Ball

Date: 01 24 1954
Description: Carol Sturm, a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma, sells tickets to Robert and Bette Robinson for the Madison Alumnae Panhellenic Association Benefit Ball. Carol ...

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