Date: | 10 06 1944 |
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Description: | Lula Lawrence, lsft, and Esther Gunderson combing hemp fibers. In the background two women are sorting hemp fiber bundles for rope and cordage during Worl... |
Date: | 08 05 1945 |
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Description: | Display of German "war junk," including fire arms, clothing and a German Nazi flag, at the East Side Business Men's Festival. The souvenirs displayed were... |
Date: | 05 25 1948 |
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Description: | Group portrait of the University of Wisconsin eight-man crew standing on the crew pier on Lake Mendota holding their oars. |
Date: | 1944 |
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Description: | Instructor on the wing of a biplane talking with an airman trainee in the cockpit of a plane during flight training at Truax Field during World War II. |
Date: | 06 26 1946 |
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Description: | A gas station attendant talks to a customer in a car at the H.W. Risberg & Sons Black Eagle Service Station, 1200 East Washington Avenue. |
Date: | 01 12 1948 |
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Description: | State Street fire at Smith's Flower Shop and Leah's Smart Shop, 121-123 State Street. Other businesses on the block include the Leath & Company Furniture ... |
Date: | 06 26 1946 |
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Description: | A woman pumping gas at the H.W. Risberg & Sons Black Eagle Service Station, 1200 East Washington Avenue. |
Date: | 05 08 1945 |
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Description: | Two women and three men (one in uniform) gathered around a table listening to a radio commentary on V-E (Victory in Europe) Day. |
Date: | 1944 |
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Description: | Airman trainee in cockpit of biplane with two flight instructors standing next to the plane at Truax Field during World War II. |
Date: | 01 03 1948 |
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Description: | Ice fishing on Lake Mendota. A traffic problem was created in the village of Maple Bluff during the weekend when hundreds of persons from all parts of sout... |
Date: | 01 03 1948 |
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Description: | Hundreds of persons from all parts of southern Wisconsin descend on Lake Mendota to fish through the ice for perch and other pan fish. The picture was take... |
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Description: | Portrait of Professor Selig Perlman, a student of University of Wisconsin economics professor John R. Commons. |
Date: | 1944 |
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Description: | Man operating a drill press at Madison-Kipp Corporation, 201 Waubesa Street, producing war materiel during World War II. |
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Description: | Portrait of Thomas E. Coleman sitting at a desk. He was the "boss" of the Republican Party in Wisconsin in the 1950s and President of Madison-Kipp Corporat... |
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Description: | Shoppers crowd the interior of Manchester's Department Store at Christmas time. |
Date: | 1944 |
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Description: | Female employee inspecting the quality of "Yellow Band" weiners at Oscar Mayer plant, 910 Mayer Avenue. |
Date: | 01 04 1952 |
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Description: | Winter scene with George Schneider and Roy Staley attempting to push a car stuck in the snow away from a curb on the Capitol Square. |
Date: | 08 05 1945 |
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Description: | View of Albert Reque's Madison Marine Service Booth at the Eastside Festival with banner "Buy War Bonds" and "Bonds Will Buy Boats." The booth also feature... |
Date: | 01 01 1952 |
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Description: | A mother, with a mask over her mouth and nose, lying in a bed holding an infant. This is probably the first baby born in Madison in 1952, just 5 seconds af... |
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Description: | A line of people waiting to look through a large telescope at Manchester's Department Store at Christmas. |
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