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Madison Apartment Fire

Date: 02 19 1959
Description: Madison firemen fighting an apartment fire at 146 West Johnson street.
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Madison Central Football Leaders

Date: 12 02 1959
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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Madison Downtown Rotary Club Scholarshop Awards

Date: 06 03 1959
Description: Walter Renk (right), president of the Madison Downtown Rotary Club presents scholarship awards to five Madison high school seniors. Left to right are: Lee ...
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Madison Lions Club Constitution Day Dinner

Date: 09 22 1959
Description: Rep. Robert Kastenmeier, right, was the main speaker at the Madison Lions Club Constitution Day Dinner. Left to right are: Alton Haessler, Madison assistan...
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Madison Chamber of Commerce Aids Junior Achievement

Date: 09 29 1959
Description: The Madison Chamber of Commerce presents a check for $50 to the Madison Junior Achievement to aid the work done by the program. Shown (L-R) are: John R. Be...
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Madison Advertising Essay Contest

Date: 04 09 1959
Description: Portrait of the four judges and event chairman for the annual essay contest for the Madison high schools, sponsored by the Madison Advertising Club. The es...
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Half Century Club of U.W. Madison

Date: 06 05 1959
Description: Portrait of Arthur Holmes, of La Crosse, of the class of 1909, UW Madison and former University of Wisconsin regent.
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Testimonial Dinner Honoring Dr. Lester McGary

Date: 10 27 1959
Description: During his years at Madison General Hospital, Dr. McGary trained several hundred laboratory technicians in the first such school established in Madison. Pi...
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Madison Stamp Club Exhibit

Date: 03 05 1959
Description: Members of the Madison Stamp Club shown examining a stamp. (Ned Lawrence on left, Fred Huebner on right). Displays of stamps on the wall behind them are pa...
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Madison Police Chief Bruce Weatherly Investigation Before City Council Committee

Date: 02 05 1959
Description: A Madison City Council investigative committee explores a traffic accident involving Police Chief Bruce Weatherly and witnesses' claims that he was under t...
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President of Kroger Foods with LaVon Martin

Date: 07 16 1959
Description: Joseph Hall, president of Krogers food chain, came to Madison for a business meeting with Lavon Martin, vice-president of the Madison branch of Kroger Comp...
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Madison Boys Baseball Program

Date: 08 03 1959
Description: Chuck Amera, a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, has umpired more than a thousand games in the Madison Boys Baseball Program.
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Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition

Date: 10 07 1959
Description: Dr. Adrian Davis (left), Mrs. Carl Carper, Margorie Boissard and Ann Bolz attend the opening reception of the Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibiti...
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New Automobile Supply Store in Madison

Date: 02 25 1959
Description: The new Midwest Tire and Auto Store in the Madison East Shopping Center. The store manager, Richard Luedtke, is shown in the new store.
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Vere Fiedler

Date: 01 21 1959
Description: Portrait of Vere Fiedler, who recently became the new Madison District highway engineer.
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Joseph C. Jones, Highway Engineer

Date: 01 21 1959
Description: Portrait of Joseph C. Jones, retiring Madison District highway engineer.
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District Rotarian Conference

Date: 04 03 1959
Description: Members of the Madison district of Rotary clubs register for their conference at the Hotel Loraine.
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Madison Moose Lodge Donating to Muscular Dystrophy Association

Date: 04 09 1959
Description: Four members of the Madison Moose Lodge present a check to George Fess, right, president of the Madison Muscular Dystrophy Association. The money was raise...
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Conference of United States Court Reporters

Date: 08 03 1959
Description: Madison Federal Court Judge Patrick T. Stone greets members of the Conference of United States Court Reporters at their convention at the Edgewater Hotel i...
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Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition

Date: 10 07 1959
Description: Blanche Nesbit, Dr. Mark Nesbit, and Dorothy Guild posing in front of a large painting during the Madison Art Association Invitational Exhibition.

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