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Madison City Bus

Date: 08 01 1947
Description: Interior view looking toward the back of a Madison Bus Company's new 35 foot bus which seats 45 people. Above the windows are advertising posters.
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East High School Mural

Date: 11 14 1930
Description: East High School mural of people dancing around "Queen" in a garden.
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East High School Mural

Date: 11 14 1930
Description: East High School mural of people dancing around "Queen" in a garden.
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Police Judo Class

Date: 03 01 1961
Description: An instructor demonstrating a Judo technique for disarming a person with a gun.
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Mueller and Helminiak Wedding

Date: 02 05 1944
Description: Group portrait of twelve people sitting around the table at the Jeanne Mueller and Leonard Helminiak wedding dinner at the Madison Club.
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Man Heckling Ted Kennedy

Date: 10 27 1966
Description: View across crowd of people towards a man standing. The crowd is assembled to hear Ted Kennedy speak at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavilion.
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Italian Displaced Person in Madison

Date: 12 30 1951
Description: Pietro Palumbo, seated at a table, visits with his sponsor Matt Lombardino about his plans for a "new life" in Madison after arriving here as a displaced p...
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NAACP Brotherhood Week Display at Madison Central Library

Date: 02 15 1961
Description: The Dane County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Brotherhood Week display, including books, recordings and other material...
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We Saw You . . . Marking Mexico Independence

Date: 09 17 1960
Description: People from Mexico living in the Madison area gather along with their American friends at the Truax Field Officer's Club to celebrate Mexico's Independence...
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WIBA Red Room

Date: 12 05 1930
Description: People waiting on sofas in the WIBA radio station reception room (Red room).
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Paul Bunyan Room — Memorial Union

Date: 09 14 1968
Description: View through doorway of people relaxing at the Memorial Union in the Paul Bunyan room.
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Efficient Dishwashing

Date: 01 21 1953
Description: Mrs. Harry Segerstrom, Cuba City, sitting while washing dishes at a sink, demonstrating efficient dish washing methods for people with limited physical abi...
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Sports-Boat-Vacation Show

Date: 04 15 1964
Description: An overhead view of the Madison Sports-Boat-Vacation show's opening night at the fairground. In the foreground a crowd of people are viewing booths with ex...
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Jewish Welfare Board Seder

Date: 04 07 1944
Description: A view of people attending the Hillel Jewish Welfare Board seder.
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Some people still like to get a barber-shave, like this man who has a hot towel draped around his face.
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A & P Store Interior

Date: 10 17 1928
Description: A & P store interior, 809 University Avenue. A person is standing behind the counter.
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NAACP Leaders Plan Freedom Fund Benefit

Date: 05 10 1961
Description: Madison chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) plans annual Freedom Fund benefit at Central High School. Shown (...
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Lyall Scott

Date: 11 05 1953
Description: Portrait of Lyall Scott, an epilepsy sufferer, and one of the leaders in lobbying for rights for people with epilepsy in the state of Wisconsin.
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Scene from "The Beautiful People," A Village Playhouse Presentation

Date: 11 08 1961
Description: Clare Sampley, 5006 Buckeye Road, and Rebecca Jorgensen, 5505 Pheasant Hill, working together on a scene from "The Beautiful People," a presentation by the...
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C.U.N.A. Office

Date: 04 05 1938
Description: Remodeled C.U.N.A. office, 142 Gilman Street, from far end, with eight people working at their desks.

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