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Advance Registration for UW Freshmen

Date: 07 29 1959
Description: Joy Justensen of Sun Prairie participates in the advance registration process for University of Wisconsin freshmen. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.H. Justense...
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We Saw You Before Leaving for Europe

Date: 04 1958
Description: A scroll from the state of Wisconsin is being presented to 18-year-old Pat Stoycheff by Chief Justice John Martin. The scroll will introduce Pat to new fri...
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New Members of the Wisconsin Assembly

Date: 01 11 1961
Description: New Assemblyman Frederick P. Kessler, Democrat from Milwaukee, receiving a kiss on the check from his mother, Mrs. Frederick Kessler. Kessler, the younges...
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Polio Victims

Date: 08 02 1951
Description: Bonnie Wainscott (left), age 16, and her mother Mrs. Grace Wainscott are greeted by Francis M. Higgins, President of Wisconsin Central Airlines. The Wainsc...
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Mother and Son Dance

Date: 06 07 1958
Description: Mrs. Kondrad, a dancer, and her son, dancing in a studio.
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Group Gathered Outside

Date: 1930
Description: Large group portrait of men, women, and children out front of a wooden building. Some of the men are wearing suits and ties, and some of the women are wear...
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Group Gathered Outdoors

Date: 1930
Description: Large group portrait of men, women, and children in front of a wooden building. Some of the men are wearing suits and ties, and some of the women are weari...
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Philip John Dumbleton

Date: 07 25 1944
Description: Philip John Dumbleton, his mother Mrs. Ruth Dumbleton, and client Bernadyne Hogan photographed in one of two beauty shops he owns. Mr. Dumbleton who is bl...
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Parents and Infant

Date: 12 19 1950
Description: Durwed T. and Barbara Hefty Cook of Tucson, Arizona, posing with their 4 month old daughter, Madeline.
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Jeffrey Family

Date: 04 17 1954
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. John Jefferey seated with her two children, Jill, age 11 and John, age 18.
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We Saw You Before Leaving for Europe

Date: 04 04 1958
Description: 18-year-old Pat Stoycheff is shown with his mother, Mrs. George Stoycheff, in Gov. Vernon Thompson's office prior to his 8-day trip to Spain as "Young Colu...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Family

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified family group. The man is holding an infant in his arms, and near him on the right is a woman standing, and wearing a st...
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Elizabeth Miller Modeling Suit

Date: 10 08 1953
Description: Elizabeth (Mrs. Howard C.) Miller models a French-style suit she made. The photograph was taken to accompany an article about Elizabeth's seamstress work f...
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 04 11 1956
Description: Cherokee Heights School principal Emery Bainbridge stands beside student Robert Kurtenacker and his mother, Elizabeth, who needed blood donations during he...
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First Baby Born in Madison in 1965

Date: 01 01 1965
Description: Ronald James Steele was born at 12:54 a.m. at St. Mary's Hospital. The son of Carrol and Ronald Steele was the first Madison baby of 1965.
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Memorial Day

Date: 05 30 1961
Description: World War I veteran Edward J. Starr watches the Memorial Day service at the State Capitol while holding a small American flag. He is from a Menominee India...
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First Baby of the Year

Date: 01 01 1958
Description: Newborn baby boy with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dohm. He was born at 12:07 a.m., the first baby born in Madison in 1958.
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East Side Women's Club Mother-Son Banquet

Date: 03 08 1949
Description: Pictured from left to right are: Opal Morrell, co-chair of the East Side Women's Club annual mother-son banquet; James Allen Morrell; and Lois Brandes, co-...
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East Side Women's Club Mother-Son Banquet

Date: 03 08 1949
Description: Pictured at the East Side Women's Club annual mother-son banquet from left to right are: Mrs. Olaf (Beret) Strand, Reidar Strand, and Reidar Olaf Strand.
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East Side Women's Club Mother-Son Banquet

Date: 03 08 1949
Description: Mrs. Al (Arlette) Reque, hostess of the evening in charge of decorations, and her son Al Reque, Jr., at the East Side Women's Club annual mother-son banque...

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