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Lioness At Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 07 31 1952
Description: A 2-year old lioness was purchased from a San Francisco firm by the Madison Lions Club and presented to the city of Madison as a gift.
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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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Wisconsin Lutheran Student Foundation Open House

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Students attending the Wisconsin Lutheran Student Foundation Open House. Left to right: Chuck Stumpf, Madison; Nancy Schroeder, Middleton; Darlene Peterson...
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Beautiful Madison, Inc.

Date: 08 30 1956
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...
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Madison General Hospital Auxiliary

Date: 01 02 1951
Description: Madison General Hospital Auxiliary volunteer worker Mabel Lewis reading to Billy McCord, patient.
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New Director of Madison Chamber of Commerce and Foundation

Date: 07 09 1952
Description: Portrait of Irwin W. Lackore, the new executive director of the Madison Chamber of Commerce and Foundation.
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Formation of the Madison Junior Achievement Corporation

Date: 03 12 1959
Description: Two incorporators of the Madison Junior Achievement Corporation sign the papers that will put teen-age boys and girls into their own profit-making business...
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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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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 Community Center Craft Class

Date: 01 04 1955
Description: Lydia MacKenzie, Helen Burkhart, the instructor, and Lucille Harks participate in a class on textile handicrafts at the Madison Community Center.
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Madison General Hospital Auxiliary

Date: 01 02 1951
Description: Madison General Hospital Auxiliary volunteer workers, Dorothy (Robert W.) Wylde, left, and Margaret (Eldon B.) Russell, deliver plants to hospital patients...
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Madison General Hospital Auxiliary

Date: 01 02 1951
Description: Madison General Hospital Auxiliary volunteer worker Goldye Mohr standing at the bedside of Sidney Hargrove, age 2.
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: Leona Engelberger laces up her white skates; she is a member of the Madison Skating Club at Truax Field skating rink.
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Madison Gladiolus Show

Date: 08 09 1953
Description: Sandra Fiscus admires one of the entries at the 12th annual Madison Gladiolus show in the First National Bank lobby.
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Membership Tea for B'nai B'rith Women

Date: 08 02 1954
Description: Mrs. Gerald Goldberg, guest speaker at the membership tea of the B'nai B'rith Women of Madison, receives a corsage from Madison membership chairman Elizabe...
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Madison Civic Symphony Orchestra

Date: 10 02 1957
Description: A violinist's view of conductor Walter Heermann leading the Madison Civic Symphony orchestra during rehearsal at Scanlan Hall, which occurred Tuesday eveni...
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Board of Directors of the Madison Improvement Corporation

Date: 06 04 1958
Description: Members of the board of directors of the Madison Improvement Corporation that unwrapped plans to increase the industrial potential of the Madison metropoli...
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: Johnny Beck, age 2, stands firmly and solemnly on his tiny double-runner skates as he watches the older Madison Skating Club skaters at Truax skating rink.
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Madison Skating Club Activities

Date: 02 05 1952
Description: Three teanage girls gather regularly at the Truax ice arena of the Madison Skating Club. From left, they are: Carolyn Freeman, Katy Grimmer, and Valerie W...
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Mrs. Theodore (Helen) Zillman, University League President

Date: 09 28 1954
Description: Portrait of Mrs. Theodore (Helen) Zillman, president of the University League at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.

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