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| Date: | 09 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison Marine Reserve staff Sgt. Frank J. Kasinski embraces his wife before boarding the train taking the reserve unit for active duty in Korea. |
| Date: | 09 26 1952 |
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| Description: | Walt Kelly arriving in Madison at the Chicago & North Western depot, is met by a person dressed as Pogo, one of his cartoon characters. |
| Date: | 05 01 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison Schools students chosen as Safety Patrol members by their schools board the train to Washington, D.C. to attend the National Assembly of School Saf... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View across intersection of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad station at Blair and Wilson Streets. Three tall chimneys from the MG&E plant can be seen ... |
| Date: | 07 09 1957 |
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| Description: | George Morris says farewell to Boy Scouts Fred Rikkers of Madison (center), and David Rambow of Baraboo (right) at the railway station as they leave for th... |
| Date: | 08 16 1954 |
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| Description: | Madison Newspapers Inc. newsboy John Pertzborn gives his mother, Margaret Pertzborn, a goodbye hug before boarding the train for a week in the nation's cap... |
| Date: | 07 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Three men at the railroad station examine a schedule as they leave for the Boy Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Wallace Wikoff of the Wisco... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad station, roundhouse, and yard at the intersection of West Washington Avenue (across lower left... |
| Date: | 09 08 1950 |
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| Description: | Naval reservists line up for roll call while awaiting their train to Chicago on their way to Korea. |
| Date: | 04 18 1953 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin crew members unload a new racing shell that was made by George Pocock in Seattle. |
| Date: | 06 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a group of youth from Bethel Lutheran Church waiting at the train station. Fifty-five youth from Bethel were going to San Francisco to att... |
| Date: | 03 06 1952 |
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| Description: | Peter Storch, engineer at Ann Emery hall, and his children are shown at the Milwaukee Road depot where they met their son and brother, Alois Storch with hi... |
| Date: | 12 23 1952 |
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| Description: | Seven U.W. Band members play " California Here We Come" on imported English fanfare trumpets decorated with a red satin Wisconsin banner. They are standing... |
| Date: | 07 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Boy Scout Jim Drescher says good-by to his sister Becky Drescher and his mother, Marcine Drescher, at the railroad station before leaving for the Jamboree. |
| Date: | 05 10 1958 |
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| Description: | John Hartmeyer, left, and John Marhoefer, right, executives at the Marhoefer Packing Co., enjoying the music of a five piece German band during a brief sto... |
| Date: | 06 19 1959 |
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| Description: | Professor Ray Dvorak, U.W. Band Director, and fourteen band members put on a resounding reception for the U.W. Rowing team when they arrived at the Milwauk... |
| Date: | 08 16 1954 |
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| Description: | Seen left to right are Madison Newspapers Inc. newsboys Richard Klinger, Mike Campbell, and Chuck Misky (all from Platteville) and Tom Blanchard (of Poynet... |
| Date: | 06 18 1951 |
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| Description: | A crowd greets the University of Wisconsin varsity crew as they arrive on a train at the West Washington Avenue railroad station. At top center is crew cap... |
| Date: | 07 09 1957 |
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| Description: | Reedsburg Boy Scout Andy Nichols prepares to leave for a national Jamboree at Valley Force, Pennsylvania. He stands with his family at Madison's Milwaukee ... |
| Date: | 04 15 1958 |
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| Description: | Delta Sigma Pi fraternity purchased a used 33-ton Sherman tank from Camp McCoy for use at a spring fraternity "tank party". The fraternity's Dixieland orch... |
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