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Iceboats on Lake Mendota

Date: 1896
Description: A gathering of iceboats and their captains on Lake Mendota.
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The "Spirit of St. Louis"

Date: 1928
Description: Charles Lindbergh's airplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," while visiting Madison.
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Train and Automobile at Intersection

Date: 1939
Description: A train is shown at the intersection of Williamson, S. Blair, and E. Wilson Streets in front of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot.
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Fire Company Wagon

Date: 1868
Description: The first ladder wagon of Capitol Hook and Ladder Company #1 posed at the corner of Pinckney and Main streets to show off the length of the wagon and the 4...
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Group at USO Service Club

Date: 12 20 1945
Description: Group of 15 women and six men attending a meeting at USO Service Club. The group is predominantly African Americans. Probably taken in First Unitarian Soc...
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Ice Fishing

Date: 01 03 1948
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...
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Ice Fishing

Date: 01 03 1948
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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Man Sitting in an Automobile

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Description: Driver of the week, Elmer L. Nordness of 2406 Gregory Street in his car. Nordness was chosen as the Wisconsin State Journal's "Courteous Driver of ...
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Presenting Wreath on Armistice Day

Date: 11 11 1952
Description: Nena Aylward, left, of the Women's Relief Corps, is placing a wreath on the cenotaph in Armistice Day ceremonies in Capitol Park. Assisting is Clarence R. ...
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Rustic Bridge

Date: 1901
Description: A.G. Zimmerman parked on an artfully rustic, wooden bridge in his automobile, a "locomobile steamer," on Mendota Drive.
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Franz Haas at his Standard Gas Station

Date: 11 11 1952
Description: Franz Haas, sheriff elect, washing the windshield of a car at his Standard Gas Station, 318 South Park Street.
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Funeral of Robert M. La Follette Jr.

Date: 02 27 1953
Description: Robert M. La Follette Jr., funeral at Grace Episcopal Church. The former senator, who committed suicide, was thought to have been depressed. Some thought h...
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Grocery Store Shoppers

Date: 02 23 1955
Description: A father and two children at the Kroger grocery store check out counter purchase Dean's milk, Red Dot potato chips, Kroger pancake mix, macaroni, and bread...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: The Soap Box Derby held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wisconsin State Capitol. Shown are two boys in their racers on the starting ramp. Starte...
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Man Deplaning Airplane following Rose Bowl Trip

Date: 01 02 1953
Description: Football coach Ivy Williamson (?) is interviewed by a man with a radio transmitter on the steps of the airplane upon his return from the Rose Bowl game.
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Duncan Hines Advertisement

Date: 01 16 1953
Description: Six people are standing in front of a railroad car with a Duncan Hines advertisement on the side, two boxes of cake mix and a large cake with the sign: "An...
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Kiwanis Curling Champions

Date: 02 19 1955
Description: Championship winning Kiwanis curling team at the annual Service Clubs Olympics. Left to right are C.B. Stumpf, R.E. Ohnstad, Laurie E. Carlson, and Leon Il...
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Mrs. Lawrence J. McCormick, Christmas Seal Chairman

Date: 11 08 1955
Description: Mrs. Lawrence J. McCormick, former patient at Lake View Sanatorium, looking at her chest x-ray with Dr. John K. Shumate. Mrs. McCormick was chairman of the...
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Russell Frost Family

Date: 10 11 1956
Description: Outdoor group portrait of members of the Russell Frost family. The woman in the center is holding her ankle-length skirt wide to the sides.
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Madison Street Construction

Date: 1913
Description: Street construction at the corner of Regent and Roby Road in Madison. The home of the photographer, W.H. Dudley, is in the background

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