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Gerald Edgren
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17-year-old Gerald Edgren, a newspaper carrier for the Capital Times, won a trip to Detroit and Canada in a magazine and newspaper contest sponsored by the Madison Newspapers, Inc.
April 14, 1951
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Governor Kohler with Newspaper Carriers
September 15, 1954
Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. signs a document while four boys, probably newspaper carriers, look on.
Tuberculosis Patient
November 12, 1951
Jack Wick listening to a radio at his home after recovering from tuberculosis.
Cedric Parker. Capital Times City Editor
October 23, 1950
Portrait of Cedric Parker, City Editor of the Capital Times.
Madison Newspaper Carriers
March 27, 1951
Group portrait of the Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carrier boys, participants in the journal's annual subscription contest. Taken in Felly's restaurant, located at 927 South Park Street.
Tuberculosis Patient
November 12, 1951
Zellie Jackson of 522 East Wilson Street, a tuberculosis patient at Lake View Sanatorium, listens to a radio while lying in bed.
Wisconsin State Journal Newspaper Carriers
April 14, 1944
Eleven boys, winners of a contest for Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carriers, and their supervisors from the circulation area standing on the steps of the Wisconsin State Capitol building.
