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Man Sits at Desk in Western Union Office

Date: 1930
Description: Leon Lamoreux sits at his desk in the Western Union office at 21 West Main Street. (This building no longer exists.) He and his wife, Beatrice, later taugh...
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500 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the north side of the 500 block of State Street. Business include: The Towers (student apartments), Pantorium Dry Cleaners, The...
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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E...
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700 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 700 block of State Street. Lake Street parking ramp and University of Wisconsin Extension building are vi...
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Save the Mounds Demonstration

Date: 01 12 2016
Description: Save the Mounds demonstration around the Capitol Square against Assembly Bill 620. Two protestors hold a banner that reads: "Yo, WI-GOP-Thugs, Why Not 'Dev...
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Terrace on Lake Mendota

Date: 08 19 2014
Description: View of Lake Mendota from the Memorial Union Terrace. A man is sitting in one of the terrace chairs at one of the tables, looking at his phone. A seagull i...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: At the crossing at Monroe and Regent Streets, the flagman activates warning lights before the stopped Illinois-Central train proceeds across the crossing. ...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: Illinois Central flagman R.D. DeRoche walking along the railroad tracks at the Monroe and Regent Streets crossing ahead of the engine after he activated wa...
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Watching Statue "Wisconsin" Get Painted

Date: 08 03 1957
Description: A mother and her children looking up at the top of the Capitol dome as the statue "Wisconsin" gets painted. They are on a street corner by posts for traff...
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We Saw You . . . at Madison Libraries

Date: 03 05 1958
Description: Dorothy Huston (1433 East Johnson Street), the reference division supervisor at the Madison Free Library's main branch at 201 West Mifflin Street, helps ma...

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