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| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Madison Police Chief Frank Trostle. Trostle served as police chief from 1925-1930. |
| Date: | 11 10 1944 |
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| Description: | Mayor F. Halsey Kraege standing in front of a 1930 City of Madison map. |
| Date: | 06 16 1949 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 06 1957 |
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| Description: | Alfred W. Bareis who is starting his 25th year as Madison city clerk. He had previously been a clothing salesman and was a popular singer. |
| Date: | 08 15 1931 |
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| Description: | Outdoor portrait of Seymour J. Johnson, Madison Horseshoe champion, holding a horseshoe at the horseshoe pit. |
| Date: | 04 21 1932 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Police Officer Earl V. Bonner, the shortest man on the Madison police force, who joined in 1928, and Romain W. York Jr., the tallest man on the... |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Artie Luetke and Dick Michels sitting on top of a sand barrel to watch the 1954 Madison soap box derby races. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Two men in suits and hats pose outdoors near a Madison Auto Good Roads Highway Patrol vehicle parked at the curb. On the side of the truck are painted sign... |
| Date: | 11 21 1931 |
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| Description: | Katherine Verikios, 10, 1135 E. Mifflin Street, wearing fur-trimmed coat. She won the Madison Label Saving contest and received a new Chevrolet. |
| Date: | 10 03 1930 |
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| Description: | Portrait of two Madison West High School football players in action stances on a field. |
| Date: | 06 28 1945 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Nancy Keenan standing on a beach in a lifeguard swimming suit. She is one of 7 women lifeguards out of a group of 19 who patrol the Madison be... |
| Date: | 11 14 1934 |
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| Description: | Two police officers are standing beside a new police ambulance parked in front of the Madison Police Station, 14-16 South Webster Street. |
| Date: | 01 1947 |
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| Description: | Joseph W. Jackson (Col. Bud), executive director of the Madison and Wisconsin Foundation, standing next to a map of the isthmus. |
| Date: | 07 24 1955 |
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| Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby champion, David Laverty of Mineral Point, posing with the plaque and his brother Larry who is a past champion. In the background is ... |
| Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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| Description: | Pierre Slightam (right), winner of the 11th annual Madison Soap Box Derby, is congratulated by Warren Jollymore, director of the Wisconsin State Journal... |
| Date: | 07 19 1936 |
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| Description: | Eldon Raemisch, age 14, in his championship car, No. 32. The Madison Soap Box Derby was held on Wilson Street in 1936. Eldon's car was the heaviest... |
| Date: | 07 18 1937 |
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| Description: | Roundy Coughlin handing Madison soap box derby champion Ken Johnson, age 15, the M.E. Coyle trophy while the crowd applauds in the background. The rac... |
| Date: | 07 22 1952 |
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| Description: | Ten-year-old David Paepke, Sauk City, is pictured with the new Sears Roebuck and Company bicycle he won in the Madison Bicycle Safety Week slogan competiti... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Stanley Hanks gazing at the camera while sitting in his office at 24 West Mifflin Street. There are framed photographs on the wall behind him of businesses... |
| Date: | 08 16 1966 |
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| Description: | Dane County Library Service Director, Donald Lamb and Librarian Barbara Larson standing outdoors in front of the Bookmobile parked at the Madison Public Li... |
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