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| Date: | 06 22 1960 |
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| Description: | Madison mayor Ivan Nestigen declared a "Fiftieth State Day" in Madison to honor Hawaii's entry into the Union. A ceremony was held in front of the City-Cou... |
| Date: | 07 19 1952 |
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| Description: | A crowd of about one hundred persons attended the dedication of the new $2,750,000 wing of Madison General hospital, which is seen in the background. |
| Date: | 07 1908 |
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| Description: | Unveiling ceremony, in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Two American flags and a Wisconsin pennant hang from a wire abov... |
| Date: | 06 1908 |
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| Description: | Unveiling ceremony, in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Two American flags and a Wisconsin pennant hang from a wire abov... |
| Date: | 06 29 1957 |
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| Description: | View of the dedication event of the new $8.6 million City-County Building in Madison from the sidewalk across the street on Monona Avenue (now Martin Luthe... |
| Date: | 11 11 1958 |
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| Description: | A Service Auxiliary member, escorted by a Marine, lays a wreath at the State Capitol cenotaph during Veterans Day observances in Madison. |
| Date: | 05 17 1958 |
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| Description: | Four Zor Shrine Temple officials await the start of the public exhibition of uniformed units during the Shrine ceremonial in Madison. Left to right are: Fr... |
| Date: | 11 11 1950 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a procession being led out of St. Raphael's Cathedral by Bishop William P. O'Connor in honor of the Madison Knights of Columbus 5... |
| Date: | 10 03 1960 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison diocese walking in a procession at the dedication of the new building for St. Patrick's convent, 30 S. Franklin S... |
| Date: | 07 23 1949 |
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| Description: | Luanne Unbehaun of Richland Center is crowned Madison Soap Box Derby Princess by beauty queen Jackie Stafford. Looking on at right is Lee Baron of Baron's ... |
| Date: | 05 14 1950 |
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| Description: | President Harry S. Truman came to Madison for the opening and dedication of the Filene House, located at 1617 Sherman Avenue, and is shown here surrounded ... |
| Date: | 08 03 1948 |
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| Description: | Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, at left, christens the "Northliner Alice in Dairyland" with a bottle of milk at the Madison municipal airport, with N... |
| Date: | 05 19 1952 |
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| Description: | May crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Edgewood College, Madison. Part of the court of honor is shown with Rosemary Darcey, Watertown, (last in the cen... |
| Date: | 06 15 1953 |
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| Description: | View across road towards eight members of Madison American Legion and its Auxiliary posed and raising a large new flag at the Veteran's Administration Hosp... |
| Date: | 10 29 1963 |
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| Description: | Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Madison Public Library building at the south corner of W. Mifflin and N. Fairchild Streets. Rev. Joseph Brown is standi... |
| Date: | 06 01 1950 |
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| Description: | City Manager Leonard G. Howell turns the first shovelful of dirt for the first of eleven houses to be built by Madison builders under the Good American Hom... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Ten men are standing near a pit, which is in the foreground. All but one of the men are wearing suits, and several are holding shovels or pickaxes. Two men... |
| Date: | 09 15 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison's first home show in thirteen years was officially opened by Acting Manager George Forster when he cut the ribbon at the entrance to the exhibit ar... |
| Date: | 06 19 1912 |
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| Description: | A group of people posing in front of the Camp Randall Memorial Arch during its dedication. |
| Date: | 05 29 1942 |
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| Description: | Students and nuns kneeling outside of Edgewood High School, 1000 Edgewood Avenue during the May Crowning Mass. |
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