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Young Worker Sands Wooden Wagon Wheel Section

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Description: Young man - possibly a teenager - sanding a section of a wooden wagon wheel with a belt sander at International Harvester's Accurate Engineering Works.
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West High School Football Squad

Date: 09 14 1932
Description: Group portrait of the West High School football squad in uniform taken outside. Also shows houses at 1 S. Vista Road and 2301 Regent Street.
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West High School Football Team

Date: 09 02 1931
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the West High School football team. Houses are on a hill in the background, and automobiles are parked in front of them.
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Brick School and Students

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Description: View of a brick school building and a crowd of students, with two boys up in a tree. Other people are posing in some of the open windows of the school. Boy...
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McComb High School Students

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Description: Elevated view of a group of students from McComb High School standing near a car holding signs with messages, including: "Vote Negroes" and "We Will Suffer...
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Happ Residence

Date: 1885
Description: Exterior view of the home of M. Happ, with a horse-drawn wagon parked along the curb, and a man and woman standing on the terrace. A sign next to the house...
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Madison Central High School Students on Pier

Date: 05 28 1945
Description: Group portrait of four Madison Central High School students relaxing on a pier on Lake Mendota. Pictured left to right: Alice Jensen, daughter of Mr. and M...
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Bicycle Safety Week

Date: 04 17 1947
Description: Two teen-age boys, Jerry Lenz, left, and Bob Consigny, with bicycle, are shown discussing Bicycle Safety Week which the Madison Youth Council sponsors.
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Gathering Raspberries at Grant's Point

Date: 1913
Description: Elizabeth Baker and Anne Ashley gathering raspberries and getting milk on the road to Grant's Point on Madeline Island.
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Captain Dan Angus and Companions

Date: 1913
Description: Captain Dan Angus stands next to Elsie Tough, and adolescent Anne Ashley, on a dock on one of the Apostle Islands.
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Group on Devils Island

Date: 1913
Description: Group of men and women standing on a dock at Devils Island. From left to right are Nelson Angus, A.G. Hull, Elsie Tough (Kansas City), Anne Ashley, Mrs. Hu...
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Seven Girls on a Dock

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Description: Seven teenage girls posing on a dock on on one of the Apostle Islands.
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Group of Young People on Dock

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Description: Group of six young men and women standing on dock of an Apostle Island.
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Group on Basswood Island Dock

Date: 1917
Description: Group of men and women standing on Basswood Island Dock. Bill Baker, Elizabeth Hull, Florence Baker, Dorothy Stickney Ross, Louise Baker, Hamilton N. Ross ...
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Girls on Madeline Island Dock

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Description: Seven girls lined up on Madeline Island Dock.
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Hoyt Park Toboggan Slide

Date: 12 23 1947
Description: Three teenagers posing on the steps of the toboggan slide at Hoyt Park. Ascending the steps are Al Gay, Mary Homann, and Ruth Ann Gay. Two young boys are s...
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Private Airplane Crash

Date: 02 29 1948
Description: View of small private plane which crashed into a 30-foot open space narrowly missing the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Vick at 102 Lansing Street and an adjace...
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Family Farming

Date: 1942
Description: Slightly elevated view of Louis Finn and his five sons and three daughters working on their 150-acre potato farm with a Farmall tractor, a potato digger an...
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Jefferson Thomas of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 08 17 1959
Description: Jefferson Thomas of the Little Rock Nine is harassed by Central High School students as he waits for transportation after the first day of school.
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Lake Mendota Yacht Club Youth Program

Date: 06 09 1948
Description: Two of Madison's most enthusiastic young sailors are Ann Hastings, left, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold W. Hastings, 3326 Lake Mendota Drive, and Rosamond...

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