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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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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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Eagle Heights

Date: 1949
Description: Elevated view of faculty housing project, under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Postcard

Greetings from Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1949
Description: Large Letter style postcard with the Capitol in the foreground, and other buildings within the letters of Madison. Text on back reads: "Madison is the capi...
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King and Wilson Streets

Date: 1949
Description: View downhill towards the intersection of King and Wilson streets.
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Jenifer Street House

Date: 1949
Description: 748 Jenifer Street, also known as the Vogel cottage.
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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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Bascom Hall

Date: 1949
Description: Exterior of entrance to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison camppus. Students are sitting around the Lincoln Monument o...
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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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200 Block of King Street

Date: 1949
Description: The 200 block of King Street looking toward the Union Transfer building.
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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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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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New Pavement for Myrtle Street, Looking East

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Madison streets, Myrtle Street looking east, are being newly paved.
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Aerial Photograph of the Westminster Presbyterian Church Site

Date: 10 07 1949
Description: Aerial photograph of the Westminster Presbyterian Church site on Madison west side, looking south across Nakoma Road at Yuma Drive.
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley tract community garden. Mrs. Rex L. Liebenberg is picking peas with her children, Lelia (14) and Don (17).
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley tract community garden. Robert Thompson, age 6, is standing and holding a container full of harvested peas.
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Madison Saddle Club Horse Show

Date: 10 09 1949
Description: Terry Haley and Lynn Haley sit on horseback at the Dane County Fair Grounds for the Madison Saddle Club Horse Show.

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