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Kenneth T. White Family in their Sailboat

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: Jane and Kenneth White and their daughters, Sue (left), Kay, and Barbara, and the family dog, Perky, sailing in their lightning class sailboat on Lake Mend...
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Madison's First Car

Date: 1902
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Zimmerman in their locomobile steamer in 1902. Zimmerman purchased the car in 1901 and claimed it was the first permanent automobil...
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Scattering Rat Poison in City Dump

Date: 08 12 1948
Description: Two men are scattering barium carbonate rat poison in a city dump located at the end of Fern Drive off Highbury Road near University Avenue. The land was o...
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Suburban Police Officers

Date: 10 13 1948
Description: Shorewood Hills marshalls Lee Cripps and Frank Ashworth measuring skid marks at an accident scene.
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Children of University of Wisconsin faculty living in University Houses at Eagle Heights are costumed as Native Americans, cowboys, and flowers are marchin...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Suzanne Seifert, 3-year-old daughter of Professor and Mrs. Lester W. Seifert, is shown in her costume made of pink crepe paper, which she wore at the Memor...
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Charles and Fern Thompson House

Date: 07 03 1951
Description: Exterior view of the Charles and Fern Thompson's new home, featuring redwood and red brick siding, at 3539 Topping Road in Shorewood Hills.
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Shorewood Hills Fourth of July Celebration

Date: 07 04 1951
Description: Children riding in a 1923 vintage fire truck at the Shorewood Hills Fourth of July celebration. Driver of the truck is Dobby Dotson and with him in the pa...
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Women Golfers Inter-Club Play

Date: 07 26 1957
Description: Three women wait to tee off during the second round of the monthly inter-club play at the Blackhawk Country Club. From left are: Katherine Mauer of Maple B...
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Shell Gas Station

Date: 05 13 1953
Description: Service station attendant standing next to gas pump at the Shell Gas Station near the Shorewood Corners Shopping Center, 801 Shorewood Boulevard.

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