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East High School vs. LaCrosse Central Basketball Game

Date: 12 27 1951
Description: Chuck Brendler (center), Ted Blackney (#22) and Jim Kurth (#21) of Madison East, and Don Hawkins (#31) of LaCrosse Central, wait for a rebound as East defe...
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Alfalfa for the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1951
Description: Irving Gerhardt, instructor of Vocational Agriculture, and Duane Lehr, Future Farmers of America member and agriculture student from Madison East High Scho...
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Stairwell in Pierce House

Date: 1951
Description: Interior view of a stairwell located within the Pierce residence, 424 North Pinckney Street, also known by the surnames of its other owners: McDonnell, Gar...
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Demonstration of Techniques to Help Hearing-Handicapped Children

Date: 02 07 1951
Description: Mrs. Ella Zillner, Madison Public Schools teacher of hearing-impaired children, demonstrates learning techniques she uses with two of her students before a...
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Older Adult Klub Activities

Date: 02 13 1951
Description: Members of the Older Adult Klub play canasta at the Madison Community Center. They are Mrs. Minnie Ewing, Mrs. Carrie Soule, Mrs. Margaret Durkee, and Mrs....
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Older Adult Klub Activities

Date: 02 13 1951
Description: C.R. Cripps watching his friend J.W. Brown line up a shot during a game of pool at the Madison Community Center during a gathering of the Older Adult Klub.
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Wisconsin-Syracuse Boxing Match

Date: 03 02 1951
Description: Action photo of a boxing match between the University of Wisconsin and Syracuse University at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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WIAA State Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 15 1951
Description: www. cAction shot of the game between Madison West and Onalaska during the opening game of the WIAA state high school basketball tournament.
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WIAA State High School Wrestling Tournament

Date: 03 17 1951
Description: Individual winners of the state high school wrestling tournament pose on a mat in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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West High School Track Meet

Date: 04 07 1951
Description: Action shot during West High School's invitational track meet at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. Shown are six competitors racing toward t...
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Bus Fire

Date: 05 01 1951
Description: A Madison fire truck parks at the scene of a Greyhound bus fire at the corner of East Main Street and South Pinckney Street in front of the S.S. Kresge sto...
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Legislative Party

Date: 05 23 1951
Description: Republican Assemblyman Ray Bice of LaCrosse performs a magic trick on Democratic Assemblywoman Ruth Doyle of Madison at a cheese party for lawmakers, legis...
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Volunteers at Red Cross Regional Blood Center

Date: 06 14 1951
Description: Volunteer nurses Mrs. J.W. Brown and Mrs. R.H. Olsen work at the year-old Red Cross Regional Blood Center in Madison.
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North-South Football Game Poster

Date: 08 07 1951
Description: Three Madison high school youths admire a poster describing the North-South All-Star high school football game to be held in Green Bay. From left to right:...
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Hoover Boat Tour

Date: 08 11 1951
Description: A Hoover Boat Company boat, with fourteen Madison aldermen and their parties, is taken on a tour of Lakes Mendota and Monona and the Yahara River.
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Oil Progress Week Proclamation Signing

Date: 10 12 1951
Description: Madison mayor George Forster signs the proclamation to observe Oil Progress Week, while Arnold Wake (center), the general chairman for the observance, and ...
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Holiday Charity Doubleheaders

Date: 12 04 1951
Description: The East High School basketball team plays in the Holiday Doubleheader games at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House. This is the seventh annual...
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Rat Bait Trap Contest Winner

Date: 12 16 1951
Description: At left, Lynn Hazelbaker is shown demonstrating the winning entry of the Madison Youth Council's rat bait box building contest built by Edward Ripp, age 14...
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Herfurth House

Date: 1951
Description: The Herfurth house, 703 East Gorham Street, built by Theodore Herfurth around 1870 and owned in 1952 by Mrs. Ralph Dennis. People are standing on the sidew...
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Kennedy Home

Date: 1951
Description: The Kennedy home at 215 North Pinckney Street.

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