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| Date: | 04 12 1930 |
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| Description: | Cyrus McCormick III riding the 100,000th Farmall tractor off the Farmall Works assembly line. The tractor was painted silver to mark the occasion. At the f... |
| Date: | 03 10 1949 |
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| Description: | Mailman George A. Perkins receiving a purse containing 25 silver dollars from Marshall Browne, publisher of the East Side News, on the 25th anniversary of ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Three men pose with boxes of Wisconsin strawberries at the Strawberry Festival. From left to right are Rex Eberdt, who is the manager of Warrens Fruit Grow... |
| Date: | 11 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Louis Gardner (center) stands and chats with Bernie Reese (left) while his wife, Mrs. Gardner (right), gazes up at him. Louis Gardner was chairman of the b... |
| Date: | 04 28 1958 |
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| Description: | Four auto dealers are holding four signs saying "You," "Auto," "Buy," "Now." A fifth seated man, Mayor Ivan Nestingen, signs a proclamation designating, "A... |
| Date: | 03 01 1959 |
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| Description: | A group of men posing in front of an engine and under the fuselage of a DC-3 air liner. The original caption states: "Cutting the tape for the inaugural fl... |
| Date: | 05 19 1959 |
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| Description: | Two men are posing in front of a new Piggly Wiggly grocery store. The new store was located in Middleton at the intersection of Gateway Street and Universi... |
| Date: | 01 16 1961 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of 17 insurance men, each who have been named by his agency as "Man of the Year." They are at the Madison Association of General Agents and ... |
| Date: | 01 16 1961 |
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| Description: | New officers of the Downtown Kiwanis club are installed. They include, left to right: V.W. (Matt) Matthias, manager of the University of Wisconsin farms, p... |
| Date: | 03 12 1961 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of seven people at Stoughton's Badger Bowl bowling alley grand opening. At center wearing a bowling shirt is Harry Smith, 1960 national All-... |
| Date: | 05 02 1961 |
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| Description: | Three men examining a plaque. The original caption states: "F.J. Williams, left, Portage theater owner and longtime Wisconsin showman, receives a plaque co... |
| Date: | 09 16 1965 |
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| Description: | Two members of the state Conservation Department being honored at their retirement. George Sprecher, left, assistant department director; and Lew Laughlin,... |
| Date: | 08 13 1965 |
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| Description: | Three men posing with a plaque. The original caption states: "An award for meritorious public service was presented to CUNA International officials by W.S.... |
| Date: | 01 08 1958 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the outgoing board president of the Madison Real Estate Board with his successor and other newly installed officers. Seated are Robert ... |
| Date: | 04 20 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen signing a proclamation designating April 26 through May 4 as Beautiful Madison Week, when residents are urged to spruce up the... |
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