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Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: Reviewing stand for the Wisconsin centennial parade being built on Monona Avenue. Visible in the background are the Woolworth store in the Pioneer Building...
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Williamson Street

Date: 1918
Description: A view east from the corner of South Blair and Williamson Streets. On the left is Joe's News Store (Joseph J. Kuhn) 520 E. Wilson Street and a sign for th...
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Wisconsin State Capitol from Monona Avenue

Date: 1918
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol from Monona Avenue, now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. Automobiles are parked in the center of the avenue.
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Lathrop Hall

Date: 1916
Description: View from across University Avenue of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Newly Reconstructed East Washington Avenue

Date: 08 18 1949
Description: Elevated view of the newly reconstructed East Washington Avenue, looking east at the 700 block. A water tower is on the right.
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Newly Reconstructed East Washington Avenue

Date: 08 18 1949
Description: View down median strip of the newly reconstructed East Washington Avenue, looking east at the 600 block.
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Pinckney Street

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Description: Elevated view down Pinckney Street on the Capitol Square. Pinckney Street, about 1865 from the corner of East Main and South Pinckney looking toward Lake M...
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Auto Accident

Date: 08 08 1950
Description: A crowd of onlookers surrounds a wrecked automobile. The accident occurred at Highway 30 and North Fair Oaks Avenue.
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Hospital Construction

Date: 08 17 1950
Description: The Veterans Administration Hospital at 895 University Bay Drive, Shorewood Hills is shown under construction before occupation.
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Highway Speed Limit Sign

Date: 09 06 1950
Description: A highway speed limit sign on Olin Avenue in Madison displays the urban speed limit of 25 miles per hour prior to leaving the Madison city limits.
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Highway Speed Limit Sign

Date: 09 06 1950
Description: The Madison city limits sign on Olin Avenue at Wingra Creek displays the start of the 25 miles per hour speed limit leaving the rural section of road.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: The winner of the 1957 Soap Box Derby, Van Steiner, receiving champion's kiss from Barbara Harned, wife of "Wisconsin State Journal writer, who was a forme...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: Derby cars are checked prior to the race at the Soap Box Derby Shellubrication Station at 140 and 144 East Gorham Street.
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Automobile Accident

Date: 08 14 1951
Description: Police investigator Boyd Hustad examines the car which a Chicago couple, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Lee, and two children were riding in when it struck the Runion c...
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Mobile Civil Defense Test

Date: 10 31 1951
Description: Lineup of parade vehicles at Law Park along Lake Monona for Wisconsin's first civil defense support battalion test in Madison.
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Map of Verona

Date: 1926
Description: A map of Verona in Dane County.
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Aerial View of Madison

Date: 04 17 1952
Description: Aerial view of Madison looking toward the capitol building from over East Washington Avenue and Commercial Avenue. Other images in this set look toward the...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 17 1953
Description: Four members of the Madison Parks Department building the ramp on Midvale Avenue for the upcoming Madison Soap Box derby. Left to right: Vie Cramer, Don Ke...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Street Department Crew

Date: 07 17 1953
Description: Seven Madison street department workers preparing the route of the upcoming Madison Soap Box derby. Left to right: Clark Evarts, William Skolaski, Ed Westb...
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House by Harold Bewick

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Advertisement for an open house at a newly-built house at 4137 Council Crest, Nakoma. The house was built by Harold E. Bewick, building contractor, and adv...

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