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Children on Curb with Uncollected Rubbish

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Uncollected garbage on South Hamilton Street being viewed by two children during a walkout strike by Local 236 Municipal Garage Department Union.
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Water Wagon Pulled by Horses

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Description: Slightly elevated view towards a horse-drawn water sprinkler on a wagon approaching an arch over the intersection during a parade. People are gathered on t...
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Safway Steel Scaffold

Date: 06 05 1946
Description: A Safway Steel Scaffold at the Capitol Heat and Power Plant, 624 East Main Street. Safway Steel Scaffolds Company, offices at 940 Williamson Street, is an ...
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Violet Feeney

Date: 12 29 1947
Description: Mrs. John (Violet) Feeney demonstrating that she can not cram any more garbage into her garbage can because the city has not collected her garbage for nine...
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Uncollected Rubbish on Capitol Square

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Uncollected garbage in bushel baskets on Capitol Square during a walkout strike by Local 236 Municipal Garage Department Union.
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Myrtle Hansen

Date: 01 27 1949
Description: Dane County Clerk of Circuit Court Myrtle Hansen in her office with some of the court orders from 1948 which permitted about 50 Madison residents to change...
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"Well Baby" Clinic

Date: 06 01 1950
Description: Dr. Ruth Foster, left, is shown examaning baby Janet Lee Sommerville while assisted by Nurse H. Anita Anderson as the mother, Mrs. Robert Somerville, is lo...
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Spraying Elms with DDT

Date: 1967
Description: Worker spraying Elm trees with DDT pumped from a tank hitched to the back of a vehicle equipped with a snow plow.
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Penn Light & Power Company

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Description: Interior view looking down from balcony of the Penn Light and Power Company, and what appear to be enormous generators or turbines.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Street Department Crew

Date: 07 22 1954
Description: Outdoor group portrait of city streets department personnel Vincent Mongold (left), Gene Westbury, and Tony Cardarello Jr. The men helped set up the race t...
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Brittingham Park Playground Castle

Date: 10 25 1957
Description: Six officials pose for a group portrait at the dedication of a playground structure made of concrete in the shape of a castle; it is sponsored by the Jayce...
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Salt and Gravel

Date: 1963
Description: Sand and gravel pit used by the Dane County highway department as a source of supply.

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