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State Street View

Date: 1935
Description: View of the 200 and 300 blocks of State Street looking toward the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Baron's Department Store

Date: 1937
Description: Baron's Department Store at 12-18 West Mifflin Street.
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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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Holy Name Society Procession

Date: 01 11 1953
Description: An honor guard of Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus leading a procession of 300 members of the Catholic Holy Name Society from the Catholic Center on East ...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Library Exterior

Date: 02 14 1945
Description: Historical Society Library, exterior view of the U-shaped space behind the building that will be used for expansion.
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Madison Street Scene

Date: 10 1946
Description: Street scene showing cars parked at parking meters on South Carroll Street on Capitol Square.
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Winter scene with cars in a parking lot at West Washington Avenue and Fairchild Street the morning after a snowstorm, Madison, Wisconsin.
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Edgewater Hotel Opening

Date: 08 12 1948
Description: Edgewater Hotel at the foot of Wisconsin Avenue. Lake Mendota is in the background.
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Elevated view of the Memorial Day Parade on South Carroll Street from the roof of the Park Hotel. The parade featured two marching groups: a military band...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Elevated view of the starting ramp for the Madison Soap Box Derby on East Washington Avenue, including the first block of South Butler Street. Van Steiner ...
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Central High School

Date: 09 07 1951
Description: Exterior view of the main entrance to Central High School at Central High School at 214 Wisconsin Avenue. In front of the building are four diagonally park...
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Belmont Hotel Window Painting

Date: 06 18 1952
Description: William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows...
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East Shopping Center Grand Opening

Date: 10 01 1953
Description: The parking lot is filled with vehicles as the Madison East Shopping Center grand opening draws thousands of people to view the twelve-store shopping cente...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Viewed from East Washington Avenue

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: View of the one-hundred block of East Washington Avenue in Madison. The State Capitol building is in the background.
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Kroger Store

Date: 12 30 1954
Description: Exterior view of the Madison East Kroger grocery store at 2829 East Washington Avenue.
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Fleet of Cars for Driver Education Program

Date: 06 17 1957
Description: John McDowell (left), supervisor of summer program for Madison public schools, and Milo Swanton, a member of the AAA advisory committee, stand in front of ...
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New Parking Lot

Date: 07 15 1957
Description: Cars park in a new parking lot at the former site of Washington School at 217 North Broom Street.

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