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| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of a North Central Airlines DC-3 airplane flying over the Madison isthmus. Clearly visible are the Wisconsin State Capitol, the 1 West Wilson S... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Manchester's, Incorporated, a department store on Mifflin Street. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A nighttime view of the Wisconsin State Capitol as seen from Monona Avenue (South Wisconsin Avenue until December 1, 1877; Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior view looking west at the front of the Oscar Mayer meat processing plant with a sign on the building which reads "Meat serves everybody". |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Dane County Courthouse as it is being razed. Much of it is still intact in this image. Lake Monona and Monona Bay are in the distance. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View of downtown Madison's Park Hotel. The Prescription Pharmacy also occupies a portion of the ground floor. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View of the corner of Carroll and West Main Streets downtown. The Park Hotel occupies the large building. The Prescription Pharmacy, the Park Hotel Barber ... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Bus traveling down Mifflin Street on Capitol Square. Moseleys, Woldenbergs and Walgreen's Drugs are on the right. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | A rainy, nighttime view of the corner of Main and Carroll streets on the Capitol Square. The neon signs of the Prescription Pharmacy and the Park Hotel lig... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium and Field House on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the construction of Chadbourne Hall, lower Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin campus. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View of the sun dial with the exterior of the College of Agriculture. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of lower University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with demolition of buildings on both sides of the Armory-Gymnasium to make space for future pla... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of upper campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of upper campus on the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Typewritten labels mark the location of Elizabeth Waters Hall, New Commerce Building, L... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Lincoln Terrace on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Unveiled in 1909, the Lincoln Statue was created by sculptor Adolf Weinman of Hodgenville, K... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the construction of the lakeshore dormitories, the recreation facilities and Lake Mendota on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | S.S. Kresge storefront and Miller's clothing store on Main Street. |
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