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| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | A view of the upper portion of the southeast-facing facade of a house at 524 North Henry Street. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Mears house, the residence of Flora E. Mears at 116 East Gilman Street, built by Charles Mears in 1859 or 1860. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Lecture hall/classroom setting with a podium and a chalkboard in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Bacteriology Laboratory building. |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Rendering of the Memorial Library building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The drawing of the building depicts a group of people near the en... |
| Date: | 01 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Workmen from Madison Gas and Electric Company work on Main Street at the Capitol Square to check for gas leaks after two explosions rocked downtown Madison... |
| Date: | 12 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Downtown Madison shoreline taken from Lake Monona in line with Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard as of January 19, 1987). Includes Wisconsi... |
| Date: | 05 29 1950 |
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| Description: | 101 Madison Newspapers, Inc. carrier boys from Madison and southwestern Wisconsin stand by three charter buses before the start of their trip to the Memori... |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Roger McFadden of New Glarus is shown in his racer at the starting line at the 1954 Madison soap box derby. He lost by a few inches to the champion, Phil P... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Gymnasium annex undergoing demolition on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is on the left. Three men are working... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Gymnasium annex undergoing demolition near Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A man is working in the lower center of t... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Birge and Bascom Halls (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Birge Hall (foreground) with addition under cons... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Chadbourne Hall under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The new building is at the corner of Park Street and Unive... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Chadbourne Hall under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus at the corner of Park Street and University Avenue. Music H... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Aerial View of Eagle Heights Apartments, built especially for married students' housing, under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. ... |
| Date: | 01 28 1951 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the boys' and girls' 1951 Madison speed skating champions in the midget, cub, junior, intermediate, and senior divisions. |
| Date: | 03 19 1951 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Madison Vocational and Adult School building, featuring a newly constructed wing located at the corner of North Carroll and West Dayto... |
| Date: | 07 17 1953 |
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| Description: | WIBA truck and two radio broadcasters on south Midvale Boulevard, the site of the Madison Soap Box Derby. |
| Date: | 02 09 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of North Pinckney street on the Capitol Square in Madison as seen from the Wisconsin State Capitol Building. |
| Date: | 07 03 1954 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Willard Burbank look at the flooded basement of their home at 829 Burbank Place in the Garden Homes subdivision of Madison. |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | The crowd watches as two racers come down the Midvale Boulevard hill during the 1954 Madison soap box derby. |
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