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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Madison isthmus looking north. Caption reads: "Madison Wisconsin — Between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona". |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior from lawn of Home Economics building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 03 16 1950 |
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| Description: | Map of areas surveyed by block number as part of the Madison Housing Authority Survey of Substandard Housing. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | This map of Madison is also a brochure of activities for vacationers in the area. The map includes indexes and some points of interest are shown pictoriall... |
| Date: | 03 16 1950 |
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| Description: | Map of locations by block of dwellings rated as blighted as part of the Madison Housing Authority Survey of Substandard Housing. |
| Date: | 03 16 1950 |
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| Description: | Map of locations of blocks of dwellings rated as slums, as part of the Madison Housing Authority Survey of Substandard Housing. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Side view of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The first wing, which was built onto the old building. |
| 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: | 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: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Thirteen year-old Philip Lenhart of Madison, Wisconsin, sitting in his new and improved soap box derby car. In the 1950 Madison race held on July 23, 1950,... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Although probably a posed shot, Madison photographer John Newhouse has nevertheless managed to capture much of the annoyance associated with receiving a ti... |
| Date: | 03 13 1950 |
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| Description: | Part of a crowd of interested citizens are shown in attendance at a Madison city council meeting to listen to arguments on off-street parking. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin Avenue entrance to the Kennedy Manor apartments. |
| 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: | 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: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of the Oscar Mayer plant. |
| 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... |
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