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Milwaukee Fender Bender

Date: 1956
Description: Passers-by help move a disabled vehicle after an automobile accident on Wisconsin Avenue.
Photograph

Flooding at Nakoma Bus Stop

Date: 03 13 1950
Description: A woman is standing at a bus stop at the end of Monroe Street, the entrance to Nakoma, where puddles from melting snow cause water from passing traffic to ...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of Main Street. Businesses line the street, including the Adams Auto Company Dodge-Plymouth, McBride Equipment Company, and McCormick...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 666-673

Date: 
Description: Height is might

The expansionists and the young
want up the elevation

An overview high, and especially away
Photograph

Rain on a Dreary Winter Day

Date: 12 03 1953
Description: A person is bicycling around Capitol Square in the rain.
Photograph

Capitol View from Van Vleck Hall

Date: 08 22 1962
Description: Looking up State Street towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from the top of Van Vleck Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Photograph

Removal of Pedestrian Safety Islands on University Avenue

Date: 06 08 1957
Description: Pedestrian safety islands at University Avenue and Brooks Street were raised concrete islands (referred to as "meat-blocks") and are being removed to possi...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Experimental Plastic Traffic Strips on Square

Date: 07 24 1958
Description: Elevated view showing newly applied, experimental, white plastic traffic strips installed on the streets around the Capitol Square. The automobiles are tra...
Photograph

State Street Towards the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1965
Description: View down center of State Street, with automobile traffic moving up and down the street, towards the Wisconsin State Capitol. On the corner of W. Johnson S...

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