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| Date: | 12 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in a line with South Carroll Street. Includes State Office Building (2 wings only), 1 West Wilson Street,... |
| Date: | 06 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison police officer Hector Naze is shown in front of a crowd at Breese Stevens Field acting as an auctioneer of lost and found items which have accumula... |
| Date: | 01 24 1951 |
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| Description: | North addition to University of Wisconsin-Madison Camp Randall Stadium, with steel framework connecting to the old structure on the east side. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Large stacks of oak barrel heads and staves curing outdoors at the Hess Cooperage. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Barrel making tools and cattails, use for cauking barrels, at the Hess Cooperage. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | A residence at 930 East Gorham Street, on the site once occupied by the Walker "castle". |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of the Oscar Mayer plant. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View of Yost-Kessinich Department Store at 201 State Street. |
| Date: | 03 1951 |
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| Description: | An interior view of the Spring Inn at 3706 Nakoma Road, built in 1854. A chair and a spinning wheel are in the foreground. Interior stairway, one of a seri... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Armory tower with crenels and narrow arched windows. The building is on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus and is also known as the Red Gym or Old ... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Aerial view over University Avenue of University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Chadbourne Hall, built 1958-1959, is in the lower foreground, the Wisconsin H... |
| Date: | 03 16 1950 |
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| Description: | Map of locations by blocks or areas of dwelling units in which violations of ordinance were apparent as part of the Madison Housing Authority Survey of Sub... |
| Date: | 03 16 1950 |
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| Description: | A chart showing distribution of 1,148 substandard dwelling units found in the survey area, by basic type of fault, as part of the Madison Housing Authority... |
| Date: | 04 17 1952 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Madison looking toward the capitol building from over East Washington Avenue and Commercial Avenue. Other images in this set look toward the... |
| Date: | 07 20 1952 |
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| Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby starter, Glen (Pat) Holmes, watches as two racers go down the East Gorham Street hill in front of the crowd watching the race. |
| 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: | 09 10 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the principals and coaches from seven of the nine member schools of the Madison Suburban High School Sports League. |
| Date: | 09 24 1953 |
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| Description: | Racks of coats at the May's women's clothing store in the new Madison East Shopping Center on East Washington Avenue. Advertised as the state's first self-... |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Racer Ken Johnson of Mineral Point waits for the starting signal from city recreation director Glenn Pat Holmes at the 1954 Madison soap box derby. |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Four local kids watch the races at the 1954 Madison soap box derby. From left are Mary Ann, Richard, and Dolores Crotsenberg, and John Dyreson. |
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