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Madison East-Central Football Game

Date: 11 01 1950
Description: Madison East High School guard Dale Pollock is about to tackle Madison Central High School fullback Ralph Rabinowitz in the high school game at Breese Stev...
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Madison Bowler Joseph P. Fedele, Jr.

Date: 04 18 1950
Description: Portrait of Madison bowler Joseph P. Fedele, Jr. of 906 Vilas Avenue.
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Madison Button Club Display

Date: 09 26 1950
Description: Sets of buttons in display boxes are arranged in the Madison Button Club store window display.
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Madison West-Kenosha Football Game

Date: 11 02 1950
Description: Kenosha running back Alan Ameche (#14) scores one of his five touchdowns against Madison West High School in their game at Breese Stevens Field. Madison We...
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Madison Skating Club's Junior Club

Date: 01 17 1950
Description: Karen Nelson, age 7, gliding on one skate. She is a member of the Madison Skating Club's Junior Club.
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Madison Skating Club's Junior Club

Date: 01 17 1950
Description: Madison Skating Club's Junior Club members Venita Plazewski and Barbara Rieman skating on one leg while holding hands.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winner

Date: 07 1950
Description: Roddy Botts with the tool set he won for best constructed car in the 1950 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby.
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 1950
Description: Thirteen year-old Philip Lenhart of Madison, Wisconsin, sitting in his new and improved soap box derby car. In the 1950 Madison race held on July 23, 1950,...
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Madison East vs. Madison West High School Football Games

Date: 10 27 1950
Description: Shown is Madison East's second touchdown in its victory over Madison West in a Big-Eight and intra-city football game. Shown is Ronnie Schara (#40) scoring...
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Madison Brass Works Bowling Team

Date: 03 29 1950
Description: Five men from the Madison Brass Works Bowling Team pose for a group portrait. They are, from left to right, Earl Zanoya, Billy Dye, Steve Caravella, Harry ...
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Madison Bowler Frank Trostle

Date: 04 04 1950
Description: Frank "Chief" Trostle, who bowled a Madison record 727 series at the Arcade Recreation alleys. He was a service station operator on East Washington Avenue.
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Newsboys Bus Trip

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: 101 Madison Newspapers, Inc. carrier boys from Madison and southwestern Wisconsin stand by three charter buses before the start of their trip to the Memori...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 11 1950
Description: Nurse Sadie Zum Brunnen tends to a patient, seven-year-old Bonita Gill, at Madison General Hospital. Sadie is a member of the Madison Business and Professi...
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Madison Summer Playground Program

Date: 06 23 1950
Description: Glenn "Pat" Holmes (left) and Frank Blau, directors of the Madison summer playground program, are shown checking equipment out to the 30 playgrounds which ...
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Madison Swimming Meet

Date: 08 06 1950
Description: Group portrait of children and youth in swimsuits, winners of various events of the Madison city swimming meet held at the B.B. Clarke beach on Lake Monona...
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Madison West High School Basketball Player Billy Marshall

Date: 12 27 1950
Description: Billy Marshall, a guard and one of Madison West High School basketball team's three leading scorers, shoots on the court.
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West High School Relays

Date: 04 08 1950
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.
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West High School Basketball Players

Date: 11 21 1950
Description: Group portrait of four unidentified Madison West High School basketball players.
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Madison Police Lost-Found Auction at Breese Stevens Field

Date: 06 23 1950
Description: Madison police officer Hector Naze is shown in front of a crowd at Breese Stevens Field acting as an auctioneer of lost and found items which have accumula...
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Madison East-Central Football Game

Date: 11 01 1950
Description: Madison East High School halfback Gene Eldred carries the ball for a touchdown behind a block by Leo Schlicht. Reaching for the ball carrier are Charles Ha...

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