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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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Students Rally for Rose Bowl Bid

Date: 11 24 1952
Description: A crowd of University of Wisconsin students rally in front of the Memorial Union on getting a bid for the Rose Bowl. In 1952 the University football team w...
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Bus Passengers

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Description: Interior view of passengers riding a Madison City Railway Company bus.
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Joseph W. Jackson with Map

Date: 01 1947
Description: Joseph W. Jackson (Col. Bud), executive director of the Madison and Wisconsin Foundation, standing next to a map of the isthmus.
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Clerics File into St. Bernard's

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: Five clerics, (including Rt. Rev. Msgr. Bernard G. Traudt, Milwaukee, Rev. A.G. Schaeffer, of St. James Church and Rev. William Eggers), filing into St. Be...
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Junior Red Cross

Date: 05 26 1944
Description: Group portrait of Governor and Mrs. Walter S. Goodland at the Junior Red Cross picnic with new and retiring officers. From left to right: Mrs. Gertrude And...
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Swim Meet at B.B. Clarke Beach

Date: 06 06 1944
Description: Onlookers on slope of B.B. Clarke Beach looking out to the lake to watch a swim meet.
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Girls in YWCA Camp Bunks

Date: 07 06 1944
Description: Young girls posing on the top and bottom bunks at YWCA's Camparia Olbrich on Lake Mendota. In the upper bunk, left to right: Kathryn Eye, Barbara Fellows,...
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Making Pumpkin Pie

Date: 11 22 1954
Description: Kindergarteners at Dudgeon School in Mrs. Virginia Price's class make a pumpkin pie. Ready to add the egg is Nancy Olmstead, manning the beater is Julie Du...
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Frog Jumping Contest

Date: 04 18 1944
Description: Group of boys gather around a frog at a frog jumping contest.
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Air Raid Warden

Date: 04 17 1944
Description: Dane County chief air raid warden, Coroner E.A. "Ace" Fischer puts a gas mask on Deputy Sheriff Albert Dahle on a stairway at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Flag Day Celebration

Date: 06 14 1940
Description: Madison's first Flag Day celebration, sponsored by the Order of Elks at the University of Wisconsin stadium. After a speech by Carl Zeidler, the audience j...
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Clothing Drive Contest

Date: 05 01 1945
Description: Pupils of the Highlands-Mendota Beach School ran a clothing drive contest among school rooms and collected well over a truckload of clothing. Pictured are ...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 26 1947
Description: Crowd and officials watch Soap Box Derby contestants at the finish line on East Gorham Street.
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USO Service Club Interior

Date: 12 20 1945
Description: Two African American women at a counter in the USO Service Club. There is a Coca-Cola machine behind a counter. Probably taken in First Unitarian Society P...
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Mother and Baby

Date: 01 03 1944
Description: Patricia Fitzpatrick is held by her mother (?), Frances Risdon Fitzpatrick. The house is decorated for Christmas. Patricia was born Aug. 26, 1943 and her f...
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20th Century Market

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior of the 20th Century Market, 2701 University Avenue, a new supermarket on Madison's growing western edge. Several cars are parked in the parking l...
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Couple on Pier with Water Skis

Date: 07 12 1955
Description: A man and woman sitting on a pier on a lake putting on water skis. A boat is next to the pier.
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Women Dancing

Date: 03 10 1944
Description: Two sets of twins dance at the recreation center for school pupils at the Cottage Grove Town Hall. Included on the left are Jean and Joan Hanson of Cottage...
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War Chest Workers

Date: 10 11 1944
Description: Three female war chest workers seated at a table sort war chest printed material. The wall in the background is covered with Madison War Chest posters. M...

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