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Madison Central-Madison East Football Game

Date: 11 02 1949
Description: Madison East High School end Trig Oliverson carries the ball in a football game against Madison Central High School at Breese Stevens Field.
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Aerial Photograph of West Madison

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Aerial photograph of the west side of Madison and the western edge of Lake Mendota. Taken over the west side of Madison looking northwest toward Middleton.
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Madison East-Madison Central Football Game

Date: 11 02 1949
Description: Madison Central High School fullback Willy Mischke (#22) carries the ball against Madison East High School in a football game at Breese Stevens Field. Also...
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Madison Free Library

Date: 11 20 1947
Description: Madison Free Library, 206 North Carroll Street. The library was built with Carnegie money and opened in 1906. The name changed to Madison Public Library ...
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Gulseth Pitches No-Hitter

Date: 05 03 1949
Description: Wendell "Windy" Gulseth of Madison East high school's baseball team pitches a 6-0 no-hit game against Madison Central at Breese Stevens Field.
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Madison Snowstorm

Date: 01 30 1947
Description: Winter scene looking west along the first block of West Doty Street at a car stuck in a snow bank, Madison, Wisconsin.
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Madison Sandblast and Body Shop

Date: 04 16 1947
Description: Exterior view of Madison Sandblast and Body Shop, 113 South Dickinson Street, located in back of the Gisholt Machine Company.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Students near Campus

Date: 05 09 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students along State Street near The University Coop bookstore at Lake Street.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Students on Campus

Date: 05 09 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students along State Street east of Park Street. The State Historical Society building is on the right.
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Aerial View of Madison

Date: 02 09 1949
Description: Aerial view of Madison, looking east across the Isthmus including the Wisconsin State Capitol, Lake Mendota, and Lake Monona.
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Madison Newspapers Incorporated Signage

Date: 08 30 1949
Description: Madison Newspapers Incorporated, located at 115 North Carroll Street, displaying a new sign at the entrance.
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Madison Newspapers Building

Date: 12 30 1949
Description: Street view of the Madison Newspapers Building, located at the corner of South Carroll Street at West Doty Street. The capitol dome is visible at left and...
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Aerial View of the Capitol Square Area

Date: 05 08 1947
Description: Aerial photograph of the Capitol Square area of Madison, looking to the southwest.
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Mayor F. Halsey Kraege and 1930 City of Madison Map

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Mayor F. Halsey Kraege standing in front of a 1930 City of Madison map.
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Madison Softball Photographs

Date: 05 02 1949
Description: Carroll Becker of Norberg Electric batting in a Madison women's softball league game. The umpire is Charlie Pendergast.
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Madison Murder Scene

Date: 12 16 1949
Description: Scene along the Yahara River where the body of Max Hobert, a Madison bartender, was found.
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Aerial View of Downtown Madison

Date: 1945
Description: Aerial view of downtown Madison in the before construction of the Wisconsin Telephone Company in 1947 at the corner of South Fairchild Street and East Main...
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Trygve Lie, United Nations Secretary-General

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: Pictured as he arrived in Madison is Trygve Lie, United Nations secretary-general. Mr. Lie was in Madison to receive an honorary degree from the University...
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Wisconsin Telephone Company

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of the Wisconsin Telephone Company Building, 17 South Fairchild Street.
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Vilas Park Zoo Buffalo

Date: 12 20 1948
Description: Bison at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) in Madison.

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