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Bowlers for Reynolds for Mayor

Date: 03 29 1961
Description: Two women holding up bowling balls pose in profile. The original caption states: "In a gesture of loyalty to their boss, Henry Reynolds, members of the Rey...
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Madison Diocesan Convention

Date: 06 08 1965
Description: Three women chatting during the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women convention at Edgewood College. In this group portrait are Mrs. Patrick O'Connor...
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Madison Diocesan Convention

Date: 06 08 1965
Description: Three women confering at the convention of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at Edgewood College. In this portrait are Mrs. Fred Segebrecht, B...
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Beverage Tax Discussion

Date: 06 01 1965
Description: Two unidentified individuals (man and woman) discuss a beverage tax proposed by the state legislature. The man may be Edwin Jones?
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Madison Diocesan Convention

Date: 06 08 1965
Description: Four of the more than one thousand women who attended the convention of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women at Edgewood College. In this photogr...
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Shopping for Christmas

Date: 12 08 1961
Description: A woman is holding a doll while standing in front of a display of dolls and stuffed animals.
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Spring Election 1961

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: "We Saw You Performing Your Civic Duty" in the spring 1961 elections. A pensive woman voter, her slip in hand, waits a turn in the booth.
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Annual League of Women Voters Fund Drive

Date: 09 22 1965
Description: William B. Manchester, public relations director for Harry S. Manchester, Inc., is shown "checking the facts" in a brochure before contributing to the annu...
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Wilbur N. Renk

Date: 02 26 1964
Description: Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate Wilbur N. Renk chatting with party volunteers Mrs. David Orfan and Kay Smith at the annual Lincoln Day dinner. Ren...
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Mrs. Wilbur (Helen) Renk

Date: 05 28 1964
Description: Mrs. Helen Renk, Rt. 2, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, is shown in her kitchen. Mrs. Renk is submitting a favorite recipe for possible "election" into the Wiscons...
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Jessie Harloff Honored for Work for Kenneth Luedtke

Date: 07 07 1964
Description: Jessie Harloff is presented with an orchid by Kenneth Luedtke, a GOP candidate for the State Senate from Madison. She circulated nomination papers for Lued...
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New U.S. Citizens Celebrate at Citizenship Ceremony

Date: 11 14 1961
Description: Forty-one men, women, and children receiving their U.S. citizenship from Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone. The Lawyers' Wives of Dane County entertain the ne...
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Committee Plans Fund Drive Meetings for Members of the First Congregational Church

Date: 11 21 1961
Description: Planning committee meets to make arrangements for a series of group meetings for women members of the First Congregational Church, at the corner of Univers...
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New GOP Officers

Date: 06 12 1963
Description: Newly elected state GOP chairman Talbot Peterson of Appleton is congratulated with a handshake by newly elected first vice-chairman Mrs. Norris Krohn of Os...
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Spring Election 1961

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: Long lines of voters gather at Midvale School for the spring 1961 election. Poll workers are sitting at two tables to register the voters.
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Spring Election 1961

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: "We Saw You Performing Civic Duty" at Midvale School. A voter is shown studying a sample ballot at the 1961 spring election.
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Sally Bowles Recruits for Peace Corps

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: Portrait of Sally Bowles, of Washington, D.C., who was on campus to promote the recently formed Peace Corps as part of her job as "assistant to the associa...
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Milford Thompson, Republican Candidate for 16th District State Senate Seat

Date: 06 03 1964
Description: Milford Thompson, a rural Mt. Horeb farmer, a Republican candidate for the 15th district State Senate seat. He made the announcement at a meeting of the Da...
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Democratic Candidates File County Nomination Papers

Date: 07 14 1964
Description: Democratic candidates file nomination papers for Dane County positions. Left to right are Otto Festge for county clerk; Harold Hill for register of deeds; ...
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Fitchburg Voters Use Voting Machines at New Town Hall

Date: 09 08 1964
Description: Voting machines are used for the first time by Fitchburg voters at the new town hall at 2733 Fitch Hatchery Road.

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