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Wisconsin Feed and Seed

Date: 08 22 1950
Description: View across lot towards men, a boy, and a dog standing beneath an overhang outside the Cambridge Feed and Seed Company. Parked nearby are a truck and an au...
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Auto Accident — Airman Killed

Date: 08 09 1953
Description: A group of Madison residents view the twisted hulk of a car in which David Huse, an airman at Truax Field, was killed. The accident occurred 4 miles south ...
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Henry J. McCormick

Date: 03 01 1954
Description: Henry J. McCormick, Wisconsin State Journal Sports Editor, stands beside an automobile before his departure for Bradenton, Florida to report on the M...
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Madison Recreation Boys Baseball

Date: 06 18 1956
Description: Ground rules are explained to Bob Annen (left) of the Lancers and Ron Estervig of H & J Stores prior to the baseball game in the West Midget Vilas No. 3 Le...
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Madison Recreation Boys Baseball

Date: 06 18 1956
Description: Ray Kelliher of the Elks waits for a pitch in the East Junior Burr Jones League game. Kelliher is wearing a new protective helmet, and catcher Keith Grauvo...
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Vice-President Nixon in Madison

Date: 10 24 1958
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of nearly 3,000 people gathered at the Capitol Square to hear Vice-President Richard Nixon speak. The vice-president is visible st...
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New St. James Grade School Opens

Date: 01 04 1959
Description: The American flag is raised on the flagpole of the new St. James Catholic grade school. The three safety patrol members raising the flag are (left to right...
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New St. James Grade School Opens

Date: 01 05 1959
Description: The American flag is raised on the flagpole in front of the new St.James Catholic grade school on St. James Court. More than 300 pupils stand for the flag ...
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Girl on Seesaw

Date: 10 29 1959
Description: Susan Thomsen smiling from high atop a seesaw on a warm October day while playing at Yahara Place Park near her home at 502 Dunning Street. Houses in the b...
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Newspaper Carriers Visit Milwaukee and See Braves-Cardinals Game

Date: 07 02 1954
Description: Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carriers travel by bus to attend a Milwaukee Braves versus St. Louis Cardinals baseball game. Some of the carriers are sh...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 24 1955
Description: The Soap Box Derby held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wisconsin State Capitol. Shown are two racers coming down the hill with the crowd along ...
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AAA Tour Cars

Date: 05 14 1944
Description: Men doing a periodic rotation of the synthetic and recapped tires on one of the two cars parked in front of the Park Hotel, and participating in the Americ...
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1200 Block of Williamson Street

Date: 04 17 1945
Description: The view east down the 1200 block of Williamson Street taken for Continental Casualty. Buildings include the Flesch Grocery, 1209 Williamson Street; Fire ...
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V-J Day Celebration

Date: 08 14 1945
Description: Pfc. Arthur Lovinger, passenger in the front seat; Staff Sgt. Robert Hanke, passenger in the back seat; and Staff Sgt. Louis Kaminsky, driving a car. They ...
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Madison Figure Skating Club

Date: 02 22 1948
Description: Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club at Vilas Park watching I.E. Karsten demonstrating his figure skating technique. Pictured left to right: Richard ...
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 03 02 1948
Description: A winter scene of the Capitol Square during the year's record snowstorm. Pictured are Mrs. Francis (Mayme) Harrison, 304 West Main Street, with her two ch...
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Crawford County Historical Pageant

Date: 05 08 1948
Description: Crawford County Historical pageant participants depict various early citizens. Back row: Russell Kieser, card sharper; Ray Burgess, Irishman; Lawrence Geis...
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State Eagles Convention Parade

Date: 06 26 1948
Description: Kenosha Aerie Eagles Conventioneers marching in their 46th annual parade, on East Mifflin Street. Manchester's store, at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and...
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Flooded Park Street

Date: 07 20 1948
Description: Flooded South Park Street underpass, with car stalled in three feet of water. A train is on the railroad bridge above. A young boy and girl wearing bathing...
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East Washington Avenue at Pinckney Street

Date: 12 04 1948
Description: Street scene at East Washington Avenue and Pinckney streets with pedestrians crossing the street. Advertisement on the side of a parked Railroad Express Ag...

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