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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 1951
Description: 1950 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion Warren Slightam about to compete in an exhibition race at the 1951 Madison soap box derby on Gorham Street.
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Stanley Sadler, Chief Engineer at WMTV

Date: 09 1955
Description: Stanley Sadler (b.1905-d.1969) posing with a camera. Sadler is chief engineer at the WMTV station in Madison.
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Filming a Prescribed Prairie Burn

Date: 1953
Description: Disney film crew in UW-Madison Arboretum's Curtis Prairie filming a prescribed burn.
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Edwin Stein, Wisconsin State Journal Photographer

Date: 10 24 1958
Description: Edwin Stein, photographer for the Wisconsin State Journal, poses on the Wisconsin State Capitol steps in Madison.
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Madison West-Kenosha Football Game

Date: 11 02 1950
Description: The Madison West High School running back picks up a first down in their football game against Kenosha at Breese Stevens Field. Kenosha players are Bob Gil...
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Kermit Bliss

Date: 04 06 1954
Description: Portrait of Kermit "Kert" Bliss. He became director of the Madison Community Center after serving as acting director since August 1952. The Center's progr...
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Filming The Vanishing Prairie

Date: 04 13 1953
Description: Disney film crew filming a prescribed burn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum for inclusion in the film The Vanishing Prairie. A camer...
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Madison Police Chief Bruce Weatherly

Date: 02 04 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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We Saw You . . . at Weatherly Hearing

Date: 04 07 1959
Description: A full room in Circuit Court #3, City-County Building, listens to testimony at the Police and Fire Commission hearing on misconduct charges against Madison...
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Filming The Vanishing Prairie

Date: 04 13 1953
Description: Disney film crew shooting a prescribed burn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum for inclusion in the film The Vanishing Prairie. A came...
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We Saw You . . . at Lutheran Conference

Date: 01 28 1959
Description: Thousands of Lutherans attend the National Lutheran Evangelism conference held in Madison at the Dane County Fairgrounds. The conference has its own public...
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University of Wisconsin Summer Prom

Date: 08 06 1954
Description: Preparing to have their picture taken at the university summer prom at the Memorial Union are Gloria Wruck and John R. Detter, both from Madison. Gloria is...
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Mothers with Careers

Date: 02 02 1959
Description: Beverly Stark, a Madison television personality with two children, is posing with a floral arrangement on a set in front of a television camera. A man is s...
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We Saw You . . . at Photo Preview

Date: 09 24 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Art Association and the Women's Auxiliary of the State Historical Society get a preview of "The Family of Man" photographic exhibit ...
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Edwin Stein

Date: 03 14 1958
Description: Portrait of Ed Stein, photographer for the Wisconsin State Journal.
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Frederica McCutcheon Photo Studio

Date: 08 19 1954
Description: Frederica McCutcheon stands near a display of portraits and photographic equipment, at her studio, 638 State Street.
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Edwin Stein, Wisconsin State Journal Photographer

Date: 12 10 1958
Description: Edwin Stein, Wisconsin State Journal photographer, takes a photograph of himself in a mirror.
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Fredrica McCutcheon Photo Studio

Date: 08 19 1954
Description: Frederica McCutcheon with a display of portraits and photo equipment, at her studio, 638 State Street.
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Half Century Club of U.W. Madison

Date: 06 06 1959
Description: The University of Wisconsin class of 1909 poses for its golden anniversary reunion picture as photographer William Black prepares to snap the shutter of a ...
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Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Two Canadian Y-Teens with cameras are shown the new Cherokee Heights School by a West High Y-Teen. They are (L-R): Margaret Knowles, Lynn Somerville, and ...

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