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Removal of High-Voltage Towers

Date: 04 05 1961
Description: One of the high-voltage towers that intersected Sherman Avenue between Roth Street and Aberg Avenue that was removed to make way for expansion of the North...
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Wisconsin State Journal Workers

Date: 03 09 1961
Description: A worker at the Wisconsin State Journal building casting a curved plate for the letter press.
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Blasting Contractor

Date: 03 23 1961
Description: John (Cy) Ong, owner and operator of a blasting contracting service, posing with a push-button detonator ready to set off a dynamite blast.
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Madison's Hawthorne School Addition

Date: 05 04 1961
Description: View of the two-story, eight classroom addition to the Hawthorne School at 3344 Concord Avenue under construction.
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Married Medical Interns

Date: 05 05 1961
Description: Drs. Lawrence and Miriam Sherman, a married couple interning at the same time at University of Wisconsin Hospital.
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Razing of Old Park Hotel

Date: 06 08 1961
Description: A lone workman is silhouetted in the rear of the old Park Hotel. A new hotel is scheduled for completion in the fall of 1962.
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler using a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded thro...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler using a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded thro...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler uses a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded throu...
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"Floating" Truck Inspection Stations

Date: 07 27 1961
Description: A 11-man "floating" truck inspection crew checks trucks for equipment and weight violations. Too much weight was suspected on this semi-trailer but a final...
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"Floating" Truck Inspection Stations

Date: 07 27 1961
Description: A 11-man crew and their "floating" truck inspection station check trucks for equipment and weight violations. An inspector spotted several equipment defect...
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Madison General Hospital Demolition Project

Date: 11 21 1961
Description: Demolition of part of the Madison General hospital building to make way for the new psychiatric-rehabilitation wing.
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Masonary Work Continues as Firemen Put Out Fire

Date: 05 03 1962
Description: Employees of the Monona Masonry Company continue to install glass block windows at the Madison Board of Education building, 351 W. Wilson Street, while fir...
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Opening of the Park Motor Inn on Madison's Capitol Square

Date: 05 02 1963
Description: Interior view of a set dining table in front of workmen and stacked chairs at the new Park Motor Inn on Madison's Capitol Square during the rush to open fo...
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All Arabian Horse Show

Date: 06 14 1963
Description: Low angled view of a woman scrubbing a tethered horse with a puddle of water beneath them. The woman and owner is Caroline West of Burlington. Her horse is...
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East Side Evangelical Lutheran Church

Date: 01 29 1964
Description: The framework of the new East Side Evangelical Lutheran Church at 2310 Independence Lane in process of being built. One construction worker is shown at wor...
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United Community Chest Group Tours McArdle Laboratory at U.W. Hospitals

Date: 04 29 1964
Description: One of four United Community Chest (United Way) panel groups tours the McArdle Laboratory at the U.W. Hospitals to see how United Givers funds are used by ...
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State Capitol Rewiring and Remodeling Project

Date: 07 22 1964
Description: A painter is working on a wall in the State Capitol during the process of redecorating. Over a four-year period that started in 1961 the state Building Com...
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Open House Day at the Madison Fire Department

Date: 09 25 1964
Description: Jerry Hauser, 10, son of Fireman Michael and Barbara Hauser, is shown wearing a fireman's helmet equipped with a microphone and loudspeaker. An open house...
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Teen-age Baking Contest

Date: 11 18 1964
Description: Richard Krejcarek, age eighteen from Manitowoc and first-year student at the Madison Vocational, Technical, and Adult school, is the winner of the teen-age...

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