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Wedding "Get-Away" Car

Date: 06 17 1953
Description: View towards a man and two boys decorating the "get-away" car for the wedding of Dave Wilson and Jean Goodell. The sign sprayed on the side of the car read...
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First Snowfall at Sherman Terrace

Date: 11 26 1953
Description: Trying out their sleds are Judy Stanley and Wendy Wanda.
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First Snowfall at Sherman Terrace

Date: 11 26 1953
Description: Bobby Carr enjoying a downhill run on his sled.
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Rain on a Dreary Winter Day

Date: 12 03 1953
Description: Three shoppers and two youngsters showing how you lean "left to buck the wind" when you cross Monona Avenue at the Capitol Square.
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Madison Free Library Bookmobile

Date: 02 08 1954
Description: Seen through the inside of a window in the bookmobile are Patricia Stoffel, her daughter Nancy, and a neighbor boy, Mark Albertus, approaching the back doo...
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Boys Fishing During Spring Break

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Milwaukee boys, John and David Malec, in Madison to visit their grandmother, Mrs. Louis Malec at 1134 E. Gorham Street. John is fishing on the Yahara River...
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We Saw You . . . Swinging at the Park

Date: 07 28 1954
Description: Mary Jane Caruso (of 780 Gwinnett Court) is shown playing on a swing at Brittingham Park.
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Madison Schools Safety Patrol Trip to Washington, D.C.

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: Madison Schools students chosen as Safety Patrol members by their schools board the train to Washington, D.C. to attend the National Assembly of School Saf...
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Boys Make Big Splash

Date: 05 15 1957
Description: Children frolicking in rain water which collected in the Milwaukee Railroad underpass on North Park Street during Tuesday afternoon's heavy downpour. There...
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Easter Season

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Three boys are pressing their noses to the window of a pet shop on a busy Monroe Street, while viewing five rabbits. Two boys have their thumbs in their ea...
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Girl Smoking a Cigarette

Date: 08 29 1957
Description: Little girl smoking a cigarette on the sidewalk.
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Patricia Ann Palmer (2) Caught in Truax Park Drainage Pipe

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Patricia Ann Palmer (2) is rescued from an abandoned drainage pipe at Truax Park. A rescue crew member carries her bundled in a blanket to a police car for...
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Patricia Ann Palmer (2) Caught in Truax Park Drainage Pipe

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Young children inspect the hole where Patricia Ann Palmer's (2) leg was caught in an unused drainage pipe at Truax Park. Rescue workers cut the hole in the...
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Monroe Street Detour

Date: 05 20 1958
Description: A line of cars driving on Cross Street with some Dudgeon school students walking on the side of the street while four blocks of Monroe street from Western ...
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Women Hugging Two Children on Capitol Square

Date: 05 24 1958
Description: An unidentified woman hugging two children while standing on the Capitol Square across the street from the Park Hotel. At the corner of the Park Hotel on t...
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Wisconsin Vacation Family

Date: 06 11 1958
Description: John and Margaret VanGemert with their family all ready to head out on a vacation at a Wisconsin resort.
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Grandfathers Spend Time with Grandchildren

Date: 06 10 1958
Description: Grandfather L. J. Padgham, Schroeder Road, spends time at Vilas Park with his grandchildren (L-R) Jody (2) and Patti (4 1/2), daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Jac...
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Family Visits from New Milford, Connecticut

Date: 10 03 1958
Description: The Charles Iltis family visiting his parents, Professor and Mrs. Leon L. Iltis at their Nakoma road home.
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Halloween Fund Drive to Help UNICEF

Date: 10 21 1958
Description: Madison children call on their neighbors and friends to contribute funds for the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF). Shown collecting in a neighbor...
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Meredeth Niemczyk, Crossing Guard

Date: 01 13 1959
Description: Crossing guard Meredeth Niemczyk, standing at the corner of Jenifer and Brearly streets, facing north, spreads her arms and displays a hand held stop sign ...

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