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Forest Hill Cemetery Dike Damage

Date: 05 21 1933
Description: Two men examine a break in the dike and the wash out damage at Forest Hill Cemetery, Section 22. The house in the background is located at 454 Virginia Ter...
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St. Bernard's Parish

Date: 03 20 1944
Description: View of St. Bernard's Catholic Church on Atwood Avenue.
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House on Bernard Court

Date: 12 19 1936
Description: View across street towards a three-story house on Bernard Court. The address on the door reads "202," and a sled is leaning up against the wall near the fr...
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Fourteen Foot Tomato Plant

Date: 09 27 1936
Description: Mr. Liebenberg standing on a ladder measuring a 14 foot tomato plant growing in his garden. Mrs. Liebenberg is standing beside the plant.
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Fulcher House

Date: 07 29 1935
Description: Paul M. Fulcher house at Chamberlain & Allen Streets, 122 N. Allen Street.
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Tennis Players

Date: 03 12 1935
Description: Four young women tennis players greeting each other at the net at Tenney Park's new tennis courts. From left to right are: Alta Mae Freund, Violette Spence...
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Stacy and Stacy Chiropractic Sign

Date: 12 15 1933
Description: Sign hanging from front porch for Stacy and Stacy Chiropractors, 332 W. Washington Avenue, J. Clifford Stacy and Mary E. Stacy practitioners. The sign read...
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Volunteers of America Church & Dormitory

Date: 07 14 1933
Description: Volunteers of America church and dormitory, 412 S. Baldwin Street.
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Jessie Manchester in Garden

Date: 05 25 1933
Description: Jessie (Mrs. Harry) Manchester in her garden, with lilacs, tulips and a bird bath, in Maple Bluff.
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Jenny Justo Saying Goodbye to Her Dog

Date: 05 15 1933
Description: Jenny Justo, 921 Spring Street, saying goodbye to her dog before leaving for a year in the Milwaukee jail.
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Crippled Children Fire Drill

Date: 11 28 1932
Description: Crippled children in a fire drill at Longfellow School, 1002 Chandler Street. Greenbush Neighborhood. "They emerge in two orderly files, one for the most a...
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The Stein

Date: 05 18 1932
Description: The Stein, a root beer stand in the shape of a glass mug, on Atwood Avenue near Walter Street.
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Apatment House, 148 E. Gorham Street

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Three-story apartment house, 148 E. Gorham Street, with snow on the ground.
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Big Fish

Date: 09 04 1931
Description: Two men in a backyard are holding up a large pickerel fish that they presumably caught.
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School Kids Leaving Home for School

Date: 09 05 1931
Description: Two school kids on the sidewalk leaving home for school.
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Virginia Gillette Spanking Dicky Dupois

Date: 08 27 1931
Description: Virginia Gillette demonstrates how residents in the 400 block of Virginia Terrace are combating traffic dangers by spanking. Dicky Dupois is over her knee,...
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Horseshoe Pitching Champion, Seymour J. Johnson

Date: 08 15 1931
Description: Outdoor portrait of Seymour J. Johnson, Madison Horseshoe champion, holding a horseshoe at the horseshoe pit.
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East High School

Date: 01 19 1931
Description: View across snow-covered lawn and steps towards the East High School entrance tower after a snowstorm.
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Behr Residence Showing Where Child Fell

Date: 10 23 1930
Description: Behr residence, with a dotted line and an "x" showing where a child fell.
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Chi Phi House Homecoming Decorations

Date: 10 18 1930
Description: Chi Phi House, 200 Langdon Street, with the facade decorated as a theater with a marquee for homecoming. "See the Badgers in 'Smashing Pennsylvania.'" 1st ...

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