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Motocycle Trip to Alaska

Date: 09 11 1952
Description: Bill Mickle, left, and Edwin Smythe posing with the motorcycle on which they traveled to Fairbanks, Alaska on a recently completed 12,000 mile summer vacat...
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Young Columbus Winner

Date: 03 26 1959
Description: Newspaper carrier Donald Fay, 15, of Edgerton is the winner of the Young Columbus trip to Italy sponsored by the Wisconsin State Journal and its Sun...
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Donal Tormey and Franklin Conway with Motor Scooters

Date: 06 30 1949
Description: Donald Tormey, left, age 17, and Franklin Conway, age 16, with their motor scooters shortly after completing a 1,300 mile trip to Canada on the bikes.
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Pfc. Charles F. Moore and Cat Mascot

Date: 08 17 1946
Description: Pfc. Charles F. Moore with cat "Kwajie" who was the mascot of the B-29 airplane "Dave's Dream" and who made the trip over Bikini when the plane dropped the...
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Newspaper Carrier

Date: 05 28 1952
Description: Donald Taylor, one of eight individual portraits of newspaper carriers who won a three-day, all-expense paid trip to Indianapolis for the Memorial Day spee...
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Bishop William P. O'Connor

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison Catholic diocese as he boards a Chicago-bound train on the first leg of his trip to Rome, where he will report to...
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Professor Chester V. Easum

Date: 11 30 1944
Description: Portrait of University of Wisconsin professor of history Chester V. Easum. Professor Easum wore out his voice speaking to groups warning of Nazis after a s...
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Newspaper Carrier

Date: 05 28 1952
Description: James Bormett, one of ten individual portraits of newspaper carriers who won a three-day, all-expense paid trip to Indianapolis for the Memorial Day speedw...
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Girl Scout Reunion

Date: 07 30 1964
Description: Veronica Gonzalez, of Mexico City, is having a reunion with Girl Scout Troop 31 in Madison and their leader, Dorothy Conrad (right). She served as a guide ...
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Jimmie Schiavo

Date: 10 10 1964
Description: Portrait of Jimmie Schiavo, owner of the Continental restaurant, 4213 E. Washington Ave. The news story says Schiavo would visit southern Europe to find wa...
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Dr. Phil and Edith Wallestad

Date: 06 20 1954
Description: Portrait of Dr. Philip and Edith (Stolle) Wallestad who were honored at a party celebrating Dr. Wallestad's graduation from U.W. Medical School and Edith's...

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