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YWCA Ski Classes

Date: 12 18 1953
Description: Participants in a YWCA ski class posing on a ski hill. They are, from left: Shirley Dickson, Gerry Birchard, and YWCA instructor Sylvia Tippet.
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 28 1940
Description: Paul Johnson (left) and James Borden (right) racing down Gorham Street at Madison's (Wisconsin) 1940 soap box derby. They have just left the starting ramp....
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: The crowd watches as two racers come down the Midvale Boulevard hill during the 1954 Madison soap box derby.
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: A lineup of racers await their turn to race at the 1954 Madison soap box derby. Larry Meicher of Madison stands by his racer, "The Iceberg." The are at the...
Map or Atlas

Burial Mounds on Military Road

Date: 1844
Description: Part of a series of local maps, showing a number of burial mounds in the shape of animals near Madison, Wisconsin along military road. The maps also show d...
Print

Madison Mobile Homes Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Madison Mobile Homes, with a three-quarter view of a mobile home parked in a clearing near a wooded area on a shoreline, with the slogan "Liv...
Photograph

Picnic Grounds in Olin Park

Date: 1927
Description: Picnic area of Olin Park, where a woman reads a newspaper on a park bench.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 06 22 1956
Description: Judges Jim Green and Bob Reger view the race from the East Washington Avenue finish line. Ozzie Johnson and Dick Meyer were other judges. Most cars finishe...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 06 22 1956
Description: Two contestants in the Soap Box Derby cross the finish line. James Eckels of Mineral Point is in the lead, beating out Dick Williams, Madison.
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Town and Country House Store and Warehouse

Date: 02 01 1957
Description: A metal store building and a metal warehouse building at 3320 University Avenue. In the background is a tree lined ridge. In the foreground is a two-lane r...
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City of Madison

Date: 09 1900
Description: Elevated view from the Wisconsin State Capitol roof of the city of Madison. State Street leads toward the Wisconsin State Historical Society and Bascom Hal...
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State Historical Society Building Under Construction

Date: 05 31 1898
Description: Cyanotype elevated view across Langdon Street from the Red Gym of the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters under construction.
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St. Mary's Student Nurse Tour

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: A tour guide and five new St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing students sitting on Observatory Hill during a tour of Madison. Left to right, Marie Frost, ...
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Snow Fortress Near Midmoor Road

Date: 01 25 1959
Description: Winter scene with brothers Greg and Mark Hennen of 5709 Midmoor Road standing in their snow fort and holding snowballs at the ready the day following a fiv...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Description: Slightly elevated view over fields of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showing Bascom Hall, the Observatory, and King Hall from University Heights. Lak...
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Science Hall

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view along Langdon Street towards Science Hall on Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. On the opposite side of Bascom Hill is Music...
Painting

Sunrise on Lake Monona

Date: 1884
Description: Sunrise over Lake Monona and the Madison, Wisconsin isthmus, showing the Wisconsin State Capitol building in the distance.
Photograph

Woman Digging in a Sand Pit

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Description: A woman, Grace, digs in the sand as she kneels in a sand pit near the intersection of Fish Hatchery Road and Park Street. A note on the back of the photogr...
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Women in a Sand Pit

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Description: Florance Trask poses standing in a sand pit located near the intersection of Fish Hatchery Road and Park Street. Another woman, Grace, can be seen digging ...
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Woman Posing in a Sand Pit

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Description: A woman, Grace, smiles as she poses while standing in a sand pit near the intersection of Fish Hatchery Road and Park Street. A note on the back of the pho...

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