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Madison City Council Meeting

Date: 11 24 1953
Description: Spectators and members at the Madison City Council meeting on November 24,1953. A cigar-smoking man listens to the proceedings.
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Backyard

Date: 09 02 1930
Description: Dilapidated backyard at Milwaukee amd N. Bryan Street next to Madison Builders Supply.
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University of Wisconsin Civil Rights Protest

Date: 02 1969
Description: Large group of demonstrators walking arm in arm on a Madison street.
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Madison Community Center 2nd Anniversary

Date: 01 29 1948
Description: Pictured are a group of Madisonians seated at tables in a large room playing cards at the Madison Community Center, West Doty Street. The center celebrate...
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Unveiling of Monona Terrace Plans

Date: 01 23 1961
Description: Architect Wesley Peters unveils Monona Terrace plans for the Auditorium committee of the Madison city council.
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'Outdoor Living Day' in Madison

Date: 05 18 1959
Description: Participating in the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, is Ben Swetmore who is checking out one of the boats parked ...
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Marlboro Billboard

Date: 04 1973
Description: A Marlboro cigarette billboard advertisement looms over King Street.
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Girl Smoking a Cigarette

Date: 08 29 1957
Description: Little girl smoking a cigarette on the sidewalk.
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Freedom Riders Boarding a Bus

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: Slightly elevated view of a large group of Freedom Riders carrying food and blankets and boarding three buses to leave Madison bound for Selma, Alabama to ...
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Mayor Ivan Nestigen at Brittingham Project

Date: 11 1957
Description: Two men stand on a sidewalk and look in the direction of a sign, which reads: "Brittingham Redevelopment Project UR Wis. 2-1 A Project of City of Madison, ...
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Gay Marchers Rally at Capitol

Date: 09 09 1979
Description: A large group of people rallying in support of gay rights at the top of State Street on the Capitol Square. They are listening to a man playing guitar. Man...
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Jacksons at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1900
Description: Russell Jackson (?), Joseph W. Jackson, and Dr. James A. Jackson, Sr., (with cigar), in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Madison Pickets Against Segregated Lunch Counters

Date: 02 27 1960
Description: Picketers walk the sidewalk in front of the F.W. Woolworth store on the Capitol Square. The protest was against the company's segregated lunch counter poli...
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Celebrating the End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Overhead view of bar and crowd in Fauerbach Brewing Co. tavern at 651 Williamson Street, celebrating the end of Prohibition.
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Sorority Ban Protest

Date: 10 04 1962
Description: A long, orderly line of student sorority and fraternity members carrying umbrellas and marching in pairs to protest of the decision to ban the Delta Gamma ...
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"Miffland Deed"

Date: 07 17 1970
Description: A deed solidifying an agreement between J. Wesley Miller and the Miffland Cooperative. Features a photograph of "Jes' Folks," portraits of a young child, a...
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Jenny Justo Saying Goodbye to Her Dog

Date: 05 15 1933
Description: Jenny Justo, 921 Spring Street, saying goodbye to her dog before leaving for a year in the Milwaukee jail.
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Group on Lakeshore

Date: 1910
Description: Two boys in swimsuits and two well-dressed men pose beside a rowboat which has been pulled up on the sandy shore of, most likely, Lake Mendota.
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Sorority Ban Protest

Date: 10 04 1962
Description: A long, orderly line of student sorority and fraternity members carrying umbrellas and marching in pairs to protest the decision to ban the Delta Gamma sor...
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Wilford Rogers and Leslie Straus

Date: 02 05 1931
Description: Wilford Rogers, 20, and Leslie Straus, 21, both of Mendota, Illinois. The two are confessed murderers of Albion postmaster, Frank H. Kelling, standing on t...

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