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| Date: | 06 1837 |
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| Description: | Lithograph based on a painting by Mrs. E.E. Bailey showing the Peck cabin, the first house in Madison. In addition to the cabin, the lithograph includes a ... |
| Date: | 01 15 1946 |
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| Description: | Arnold S. Zander making slush for ice skating rink border at 175 Virginia Terrace. |
| Date: | 05 07 1935 |
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| Description: | Four men are looking on during installation of a billboard designed by Hinkson Advertising Agency, at the corner of S. Park Street and Olin Avenue. The sig... |
| Date: | 09 15 1932 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of assistant University of Wisconsin football Coach Eddie Lynch, standing on the football field. |
| Date: | 08 06 1931 |
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| Description: | Five University of Wisconsin-Madison athletes (L. to R. Walter Gnabah, Russel Rebholz, George Wright, McClure Thompson, and William Eller) shoveling dirt a... |
| Date: | 04 03 1931 |
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| Description: | Harold Smith, a University of Wisconsin football tackle, is working his way through school by pumping gas at the Monroe Street Valvoline Oil service statio... |
| Date: | 08 20 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Novoid corkboard being installed on the roof of the new University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House, looking southwest. Men are working on... |
| Date: | 07 14 1897 |
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| Description: | James Whalen, boss canvasman with the Ringling Brothers circus, at work in a van. |
| Date: | 12 27 1945 |
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| Description: | John Steuart Curry standing next to an action painting of David N. Schreiner, an All-American end in 1942 who was killed in action on Okinawa in 1945, whil... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 25 1948 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of sponsors of the Madison Soap Box Derby competition who will be cheering for champion Frankie Meyers at the international Soap Box Derby c... |
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| Description: | Cutting the grass with a large lawn mower near the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House (currently Camp Randall Stadium). |
| Date: | 01 03 1949 |
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| Description: | Austin Thorson, winner of a $100 prize in a Lipton Tea Co. jingle contest, also won $1,200 worth of groceries from the Kroger Co. by writing the address of... |
| Date: | 01 27 1949 |
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| Description: | Dr. Elinor Verville, left, staff psychologist serving at several of Madison's well-baby centers, discusses with Mrs. Jake Ament her baby's health and behav... |
| Date: | 03 04 1949 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin boxer, Dick Curran, lands a punch to the head of Syracuse boxer, Jay Wason. |
| Date: | 07 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Don Jean Goodwin (left), who is a racer in the Soap Box Derby, with his sponsor, Sol Epstein from Madison Delivery Service. |
| Date: | 05 31 1898 |
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| Description: | The stake driving crew for the Sells Bros. & Forepaugh Circus. A group of men drive several stakes into the ground. |
| Date: | 01 09 1950 |
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| Description: | U.W. Madison track coach Guy Sundt, right, examining new track shoes with his star miler, Don Gehrmann, who once ran a mile race in 4:09.5 minutes. |
| Date: | 06 27 1950 |
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| Description: | Michael Welch is being sponsored by his dad's filling station, Welch's Service Station, 2030 University Avenue, and Jordan Brothers' grocery, 1863 Monroe S... |
| Date: | 06 30 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of construction of new concrete bleachers at the north end of Camp Randall Stadium. |
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