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| Date: | 11 24 1953 |
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| Description: | Spectators and members at the Madison City Council meeting on November 24,1953. A cigar-smoking man listens to the proceedings. |
| Date: | 03 24 1954 |
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| Description: | Frank Gugel of Madison Ward 8 standing at his seat to speak as Ivor McBeath of Madison Ward 11 (hand on chin) and Orin McConnell from the Town of Pleasant ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison Bus Company employee Roger Drouin. He is posing in front of his Westmorland bus with his left foot resting on the bumper. |
| Date: | 09 15 1953 |
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| Description: | West Madison-Middleton Optimist Club members (left to right) W.C. Matthews, Keith McKenzie, Less Fleury and Dr. H.G. Meidell. |
| Date: | 10 09 1957 |
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| Description: | The 19th annual Wisconsin Printmakers Exhibition was held for the first time at the Memorial Union. Magnus Harding, president of the Madison Art Associatio... |
| Date: | 02 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Milton Geier, smoking a cigarette, is examining a stamp with a magnifier, while W.L. Millar is looking on, at the Madison Stamp Club meeting at the City YM... |
| Date: | 04 12 1957 |
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| Description: | Three men visit at a table at the combined luncheon of the Knights of Columbus and Madison Shrine Club. They are L.J. Larson, Shriner; Ed Schmitz, a knight... |
| Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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| Description: | Participating in the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, is Ben Swetmore who is checking out one of the boats parked ... |
| Date: | 03 24 1954 |
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| Description: | Hermann Eisner (left) from the town of Berry is speaking as Dane County Board Chairman Robert Eisner of Madison Ward 17 rapping his gavel. The air is hazy ... |
| Date: | 06 1955 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter J. Kohler, Jr., meeting with a delegation of Latin American newspapermen in his office at the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
| Date: | 05 21 1952 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter Kohler, (left) chats with Chancellor Leopold Figl, Austrian Chancellor, during the latter's visit to Madison. Dr. Figl, on a 16-day visit t... |
| Date: | 02 05 1957 |
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| Description: | Emeritus Professor Warren W. Clark of Madison renewed acquaintanceship with many friends at the annual University of Wisconsin's Farm and Home Week. He was... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the Ice Chippers, members of a winter ice fishing group based in Madison. They are posing indoors, and Sid Boyum is sitting on the floor ... |
| Date: | 03 24 1955 |
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| Description: | Man smoking a cigarette and blowing a smoke ring towards the ceiling. |
| 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: | 09 29 1953 |
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| Description: | Barber Harry Hicks smoking a cigarette and relaxing between customers at the Park Hotel barbershop. He is wearing a black bow tie and belt as part of his a... |
| Date: | 08 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Little girl smoking a cigarette on the sidewalk. |
| Date: | 12 16 1953 |
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| Description: | Two members of the Madison Curling Club during an intra-club competition. Norm Sonju (left) and Gil Bach survey shots made by members of their rinks. Bach,... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | A group of carpenters pose in front of an unfinished building. The caption reads "Carpenters union donate wages to community fund". |
| Date: | 02 17 1954 |
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| Description: | "Ads & Fads," Madison Advertising Club Women's Night, was held at the Hoffman House. Members are wearing fashions from the first half of the twentieth cent... |
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