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The Locks, Tenney Park and Lake Mendota

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Description: View of the locks at Tenney Park where Lake Mendota meets the Yahara River. A boat with five people is passing through the canal. Caption reads: "The Locks...
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On Mendota Lake near Varsity Boat House

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Description: View across water towards people in an excursion boat on Lake Mendota heading towards a pier. The Varsity Boat House is in the background on the left shore...
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Williamson Street Bridge, Yahara Parkway

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Description: View of the Yahara River as it passes under the Williamson Street Bridge. Two people are in a rowboat near the bridge. Two boats are tied up near the shore...
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Farmers' Market Vegetables

Date: 09 1984
Description: A display of vegetables for sale at the Dane County Farmers' Market. People are standing in the background, and trucks are parked along the curb.
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A Quiet Summer Day in Orton Park

Date: 1982
Description: Two people sit at a table in a gazebo in Orton Park. Houses in the neighborhood surrounding the park stand in the background behind the blooming trees.
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Rennebohm Drug Store Soda Fountain

Date: 05 25 1954
Description: People, mostly women, eating at the counter of Rennebohm Better Drug Store soda fountain. The Coronet Magazine display is also pictured.
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Bucky Badger and Friends

Date: 09 08 2019
Description: Bucky Badger mascot with people at Camp Randall.
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Charles McCarthy Plaque

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Description: A plaque featuring the likeness of Charles McCarthy in a Celtic cross. The inscription reads: "'Charles McCarthy, 1873 + 1921. The kindly people of the Sta...
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Railway Hotel

Date: 1890
Description: People and carriages in front of the depot-hotel Railway Hotel on West Washington Avenue. This was the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Ticket Offi...
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Elevated View of People Standing in front of a Building

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Description: Elevated view of people standing on the sidewalk in front of a building that used to be the United States Hotel, which was demolished in 1874 and replaced ...
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Kermit Bliss

Date: 04 06 1954
Description: Portrait of Kermit "Kert" Bliss. He became director of the Madison Community Center after serving as acting director since August 1952. The Center's progr...
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Wisconsin Rubber Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Rubber Company of Madison, Wisconsin, which operated the Florida plantation in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. Includes an oval i...
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Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker

Date: 04 1998
Description: "In ceremonies at Madison, Joe Widmer was named a Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker. His mentor was his uncle, Ralph Widmer."
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Old Science Hall

Date: 1884
Description: View from Bascom Hill towards the west facade of the original Science Hall building (1876-1884) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus after the fir...
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Milwaukee Braves Branch Ticket Office

Date: 03 01 1954
Description: View down the line of people waiting to buy tickets for Milwaukee Braves baseball games at The Hub clothing store in downtown Madison, where the branch tic...
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Gas Main Explosions Killed a Madison Couple

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: Workmen from Madison Gas and Electric Company work on Main Street at the Capitol Square to check for gas leaks after two explosions rocked downtown Madison...
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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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Social Afternoon Klub

Date: 01 18 1951
Description: A group of retired people play a game of canasta at the Social Afternoon Klub which is held weekly at the Madison Community Center. The Social Afternoon Kl...
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Capitol Theatre Under Construction

Date: 04 02 1927
Description: Capitol Theatre at 211 or 213? State Street. Entrance under construction is between Fred W. Kruse Co. and Peoples Clothing Co. stores.
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Re-dedication of St. Raphael's Cathedral

Date: 03 10 1955
Description: Re-dedication of St. Raphael's Cathedral. Elevated view of people sitting in pews for a service. Newspaper caption reads: "Resplendent St. Raphael Cathedra...

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