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| Date: | 08 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of fourteen champions of the 12 to 17 age division of the Madison swimming meet at B.B. Clarke beach. |
| Date: | 03 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Dolly Higbie (left) and Lillian Schroedl, Madison Woman's Bowling Association Class B title holders. |
| Date: | 04 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Carriers for Madison Newspapers, Inc. sitting at tables for one of four "kickoff" breakfasts for the annual newspaper-magazine selling contest. |
| Date: | 05 07 1954 |
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| Description: | Participants line up for the 880-yard run at the city track meet held at Madison East High School athletic field. |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | The crowd watches as two racers come down the Midvale Boulevard hill during the 1954 Madison soap box derby. |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Artie Luetke and Dick Michels sitting on top of a sand barrel to watch the 1954 Madison soap box derby races. |
| Date: | 08 06 1954 |
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| Description: | Don Quam and Don Christianson, captains of the Nakoma team that won the team title at the Madison Inter-Club Junior Golf Tournament, hold the traveling tro... |
| Date: | 10 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Gymnastic instructor Edward Strobel spots student Virginia Hollfelder as she practices on the side horse for the Madison Turners 1955 Centennial Celebratio... |
| Date: | 04 02 1956 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Madison Rifle Club, winners of the Southern Wisconsin Rifle League championship, at the University of Wisconsin rifle range. |
| Date: | 07 16 1956 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the South Side Merchants Club team of the West Midget Vilas Number 3 League of the Madison Boys Baseball Program. |
| Date: | 07 18 1956 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Oscar Mayer Yellow Bands team of the East Midget Central Number 3 league of the Madison Boys Baseball Program. |
| Date: | 01 07 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison Art Guild oil painters participate in a workshop at Doris Brobst's home at 211 Lathrop Street. Sitting: Virginia Oosterhous. Standing: Kathleen Cla... |
| Date: | 01 28 1958 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Joe Amato, who had 730 series in the Arcade Club League, the 14th national honor count rolled by male bowlers in Madison this season. |
| Date: | 03 07 1958 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of members of the championship Madison rifle club of the Southern Wisconsin Rifle League. The men are shown with their rifles. |
| Date: | 04 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Madison West High School took second place in the Class A sprint medley relay. Left to right: Tom Steffen, Howie Mazur, Mike Morgan, and Roger Wiebe. |
| Date: | 04 24 1956 |
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| Description: | Coin display and 3 placards of explantion in a window at Madison Bank & Trust Company, 23 West Main Street. |
| Date: | 06 12 1955 |
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| Description: | A man and a woman water ski behind a power boat on a Lake Mendota with downtown Madison skyline in the background. |
| Date: | 04 08 1950 |
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| Description: | A runner breaks the tape at the finsih line. Image taken inside the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House during the West High School relays. |
| Date: | 11 21 1950 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of four unidentified Madison West High School basketball players. |
| Date: | 06 22 1952 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Miller High Life baseball team players. The team was a member of the Madison Baseball League. |
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