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Executive Residence

Date: 1964
Description: The Executive Residence in Maple Bluff, a Madison suburb. A group of people can be seen on the porch and lawn.
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Animal Watching at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 08 12 1961
Description: A group of people watching the animals at the Vilas Park Zoo, a popular summer pastime in Madison.
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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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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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Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Campaigns in Madison

Date: 09 21 1960
Description: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., ex-United Nations Envoy and Republican Vice-Presidential nominee, spoke to nearly 300 people at the Madison Municipal Airport.
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Madison Public Library Scenes

Date: 03 11 1961
Description: Young people crowded around library tables laden with stacks of books. The photograph is one of a series showing the crowded conditions at the Madison Publ...
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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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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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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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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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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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House

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Street view of a ranch-style house with a person on the roof who appears to be hanging laundry on a television aerial.
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Art Fair at the Capitol

Date: 1968
Description: Crowds of people around the Wisconsin State Capitol at an art fair. On the left, paintings are displayed for sale.
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West High School Spanish Class

Date: 12 02 1964
Description: View of people dancing. One from a series of photographs of a West High School Spanish class.
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Memorial Lilies at First Congregational Church

Date: 04 16 1965
Description: A cross of lilies, each lily representing a deceased person, commemorates the resurrection at First Congregational Church, 1609 University Avenue.
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Wisconsin Spring Market Hog Show

Date: 02 24 1961
Description: More than 150 Madison area young people in vocational-agricultural classes and 4-H clubs took part in the activity of judging 20 pork cuts and placing 10 l...
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Mifflin Street Block Party

Date: 05 05 1969
Description: Crowd of people in front of house on Mifflin Street during the annual Mifflin Street block party.
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We Saw You . . . Marking Mexico Independence

Date: 08 17 1960
Description: People from Mexico and their Madison area friends gather at the Truax Field Officer's Club to celebrate Mexico Independence Day. Some of the Mexican women ...
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Scuba Diving Class Students Demonstrate "Buddy Breathing"

Date: 07 13 1961
Description: Scuba diving class student Stephanie Morgan of 3534 Topping Road, Madison; and instructor, Paul Geisler, 4206 Council Crest, Madison, demonstrate the "budd...

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