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Madison Mothers March on Polio

Date: 01 23 1952
Description: Mrs. Robert Fletcher, 3304 Wallace Avenue, holds one of the large March of Dimes containers seen in Madison business places this month. Mrs. Fletcher is on...
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First Official Dial Telephone Call in Madison

Date: 09 30 1949
Description: Maple Bluff fire chief Lawrence Nielsen places the first official dial call on Madison's new 100 percent dial phone service.
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Mrs. Mary Kundrat, Czechoslovakian Immigrant

Date: 11 06 1965
Description: Mrs. Mary Kundrat, age 85, moved to the United States from Czechoslovakia in 1907. She describes her life in places she has lived and the work she has done...
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Madison Chamber of Commerce Publishes a Brochure on Madison

Date: 09 27 1960
Description: Members of the Madison Chamber of Commerce staff and board show off a new brochure promoting the city. The brochure includes sections on the State Capitol,...
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Decorating First Apartment

Date: 04 17 1950
Description: Newlyweds George and Lorna Homes decorate their first apartment at 1028 Erin Street. George places his oil painting "Russian Spring" on the wall as Lorna i...
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Central High Homecoming King and Queen

Date: 09 26 1951
Description: Central High School homecoming king Gilbert Pond places a crown on the homecoming queen, Marilyn Krask. In the background are two members of the queen's co...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: Christine and Bill Schuldt admiring posters and relics of circuses founded in Wisconsin at an exhibit in the State Historical Society Museum. The photograp...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: Pat, 8, and Vicki Rohan, 14, examine some of the equipment in the press room of Madison Newspapers, Inc. The photograph was taken for part of an article su...
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Mental Health Drive

Date: 01 29 1959
Description: Mrs. Gaylord Nelson, wife of the governor and honorary chairman of the Dane County mental health campaign, places one of the first telephone calls to recru...
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West Junior High School Spelling Finalists

Date: 04 04 1950
Description: Roger E. Trafford, principal at West junior high school, standing in an auditorium with his students who won the first four places in the school spelling b...
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West High School Art Class Makes UN Day Posters

Date: 10 10 1951
Description: Students in a West High School art class make posters to commemorate United Nations Day and to be distributed to business and public places by the League o...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: Judith 7, and Barbara, 4, daughters of Dr. and Mrs Richard MacLean of Sheridan, Wyoming, watching cows being milked in the milking parlor at the Bowman Dai...
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Madison Altrusa Club Annual Country Fair

Date: 04 25 1958
Description: One of the philanthropic projects of the Madison Altrusa Club's annual country fair proceeds is scholarships for young women to take the practical nurse's ...
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Charity Contribution Container in Sheriff's Office

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: Sheriff Herman P. Kerl, and Sally Penfield, with the four-gallon glass bottle for collecting donations to the "State Journal" Empty Stocking club, the Kidd...
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John P. O'Connor

Date: 07 16 1958
Description: Window-breaker John O'Connor, 18, with Detective Kennety Hartwich in court. He pleaded guilty to smashing $2,210 worth of front windows at 14 State Street ...
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Women's Christian Temperance Union Convention at Hotel Loraine

Date: 09 13 1957
Description: The national Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) holds their annual convention at the Hotel Loraine. Mrs. Fred J. Tooze (of Portland, Oregon), WCTU n...
Historical Essay

Have You Seen This Madison? - Image Gallery Essay

James T. Potter's Photos
View this image collection of architectural details of places in Madison, Wisconsin.

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