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Oscar Mayer Salesmen from Chicago

Date: 04 25 1947
Description: Group portrait of over 25 Oscar Mayer salesmen from Chicago shown in lot in front of Madison Oscar Mayer Plant with trucks, loading docks and billboard sta...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsor

Date: 07 11 1949
Description: Arnold Pederson, age 13, with his Soap Box Derby racer and sponsor, Leo Welch, owner of the Ace of Clubs restaurant located at 3520 East Washington Avenue.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Soap Box Derby winners from a record entry of seventy-six boys. Left to right: Runner-up Dickie Lindauer; Pierre Slightam, winner, with Ralph Hult, preside...
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Madison Golf Course Manager

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: George Vitense, manager of the Nakoma Country Club, posing with a golf club and ball on the course.
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Madison Golf Course Manager

Date: 04 19 1950
Description: Dan McCarthy, assistant manager at Glenway golf course, poses on a hole of the course.
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Korean War Opinion Poll

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: Journalist John Prindle, right, conducting an on-the-street interview with W.H. Kelly, a sporting goods dealer and Navy veteran, about his opinions on the ...
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Geese Hunters

Date: 10 24 1951
Description: Albert Becker and Carl Van Skike, hunting partners for 32 years, posing in hunting clothes with shot guns while holding three geese they bagged while hunti...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Winners

Date: 07 20 1952
Description: Ralph Hult, president of Hult's garage and the co-sponsor of the Madison Soap Box Derby, poses with the top winners. At left is champion Larry Laverty who ...
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Man Posing by Shoeshine Stand

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Description: An African American man wearing a hat, shirt, open vest, trousers, and boots, posing by a shoeshine stand in front of a commercial building.
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Olson's Broadway Cities Service Station

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: Advertising portrait of Ole Olson. He is wearing a uniform and bow tie with emblem patches on his jacket and cap. He is holding a gas hose nozzle and is st...
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Putting Goodrich Tire Sticker On Police Car

Date: 06 11 1956
Description: Two men look on as a third man crouches to apply a Goodrich Tire sticker to the back of a (Ford) police car. One of the men looking on is wearing a police ...
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Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 12 14 1957
Description: Johnnie Vitale (left) of the Friendly Tavern hands Roundy a check for Roundy's Fun Fund.
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Portrait of a Man

Date: 08 10 1954
Description: Myron J. Caves, owner of Caves Buick, which was located at 21 North Park Street.

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