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| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of the Mendota grade school during construction. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Madison-Kipp Corporation, 2824 Atwood Avenue entrance. The building was built in 1918 by the US government to manufacture guns for World War I. It was own... |
| Date: | 07 17 1953 |
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| Description: | Four members of the Madison Parks Department building the ramp on Midvale Avenue for the upcoming Madison Soap Box derby. Left to right: Vie Cramer, Don Ke... |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | A lineup of racers await their turn to race at the 1954 Madison soap box derby. Larry Meicher of Madison stands by his racer, "The Iceberg." The are at the... |
| Date: | 12 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in line with South Pinckney Street. Includes St. Raphael's steeple, 1 West Wilson Street state office bui... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Carillon Tower on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. There is a plaque on a rock near the curb close to the entrance to the tower. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Exterior of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus at 600 N. Park Street. The building was demolished to make way for the Helen C. White Un... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Exterior of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. 600 N. Park Street. The building was demolished to make way for the Helen C. White Und... |
| Date: | 07 1954 |
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| Description: | Fritz Ragatz waiting in line to race his WMTV-sponsored car on Midvale Avenue at the Madison soap box derby. |
| Date: | 10 18 1952 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Madison General Hospital and the surrounding Greenbush and Vilas neighborhoods. Also visible is Monona Bay with Camp Randall and Picnic Poi... |
| Date: | 09 24 1953 |
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| Description: | Produce section of the Kroger Store at the new Madison East Shopping Center on East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 09 24 1953 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Badger Paint store in the new Madison East Shopping Center on East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Shows city limits, adjoining municipalities, and schools. Indexes, illustrations, ancillary map of Dane County, and ancillary map of Madison business secti... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | View of the Mendota grade school. Snow is on the ground. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Blacktopping a new Madison residential street. Construction of the ranch-style houses in the background is almost complete. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view over University Avenue of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, including University farm in the upper middle. The shoreline of Lake Mend... |
| Date: | 05 13 1950 |
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| Description: | More than 150 Madison high school pupils recruited through the Madison Youth Council helped plant trees and shrubs on the Vilas Park island. |
| Date: | 02 24 1959 |
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| Description: | View of a car driving over a pothole in a Madison street pavement. |
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