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Removal of High-Voltage Towers

Date: 04 05 1961
Description: One of the high-voltage towers that intersected Sherman Avenue between Roth Street and Aberg Avenue that was removed to make way for expansion of the North...
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Madison Inn Motor Hotel

Date: 05 02 1961
Description: Manager James Payton standing across the street from the recently completed Madison Inn motor hotel at Frances and Langdon Streets.
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Razing of Old Park Hotel

Date: 06 08 1961
Description: A lone workman is silhouetted in the rear of the old Park Hotel. A new hotel is scheduled for completion in the fall of 1962.
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Polly Erickson Retains City Women's Golf Title

Date: 06 27 1961
Description: Polly Erickson, wife of the University of Wisconsin basketball coach John Erickson, won her second straight women's city golf championship. Flight winners ...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler using a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded thro...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler using a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded thro...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler uses a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded throu...
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Razing of Park Hotel

Date: 07 27 1961
Description: A view from West Main Street of the site of the oldest part of Park Hotel which workmen had just completed razing. The view, looking northwest, shows the s...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building New Construction

Date: 08 14 1961
Description: Construction of an addition to the Wisconsin Telephone Co. building at 17 S. Fairchild St. The addition provides for a fourth floor on the older rear porti...
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Park Motor Hotel

Date: 11 21 1961
Description: "Sidewalk superintendent's" view of the excavation for the new Park Motor Inn on the Capitol Square.
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Masonary Work Continues as Firemen Put Out Fire

Date: 05 03 1962
Description: Employees of the Monona Masonry Company continue to install glass block windows at the Madison Board of Education building, 351 W. Wilson Street, while fir...
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Madison Service Clubs Olympics

Date: 07 10 1962
Description: Four of the organizers of the Madison Service Clubs Olympics pointing their golf clubs high toward a record turnout for the 1962 event at the Monona Munici...
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Teenage Pool Party at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 07 11 1962
Description: Reid Bennett (left) and Ray Evans, and Fern Langmeyer attending the pool party for teenager members of the Maple Bluff Country Club and their friends.
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Winners at the Madison Junior Girls Golf Tournament

Date: 08 14 1962
Description: Winners posing at the Madison Junior girls golf tournament held at the Nakoma Blackhawk Country Club. Shown (left to right) are the winners of the various ...
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Jack Nicklaus Participates in Golf Exhibition at Odana Golf Course

Date: 08 16 1962
Description: Jack Nicklaus beats Jack Allen, Maple Bluff Country Club champion, by one stroke at the West Madison Optimists' 2nd Annual Golf Exhibition held at Odana Go...
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Opening of the Park Motor Inn on Madison's Capitol Square

Date: 05 02 1963
Description: Street view of the new Park Motor Inn on Madison's Capitol Square.
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Opening of the Park Motor Inn on Madison's Capitol Square

Date: 05 02 1963
Description: Street view of the newly finished Park Motor Inn on Madison's Capitol Square. The steeple of St. Raphaell's Cathedral is on the left.
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Barn Fire Near Brooklyn

Date: 10 05 1963
Description: Firemen are fighting a blaze that destroyed a barn and its contents 2 miles south of Brooklyn.
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Fire Destroys Chase Lumber & Fuel, Inc. Lumber Storage Shed and Inventory in Downtown Sun Prairie

Date: 01 03 1964
Description: A $100,000-$150,000 fire destroys a lumber storage shed and its lumber and building supply inventory in downtown Sun Prairie. More than 100 firemen battled...
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Gov. Wallace Given Good Reception Here

Date: 04 03 1964
Description: Three people of the 18 protestors outside of the Cuba Club restaurant. A large protest sign states, "Wallace: Blood is on your hands." The protestors were...

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