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Madison Police Chief

Date: 11 29 1958
Description: Portrait of Madison police chief Bruce Weatherly.
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Gas Main Explosions Killed a Madison Couple

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: Two Madison Gas and Electric Company workmen checking pipes on Main Street in downtown Madison after two gas blasts and fires rocked downtown Madison, kill...
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Madison Newspapers Meeting

Date: 08 06 1954
Description: Group portrait of eight men at a meeting of Madison Newspapers, Inc., the publisher of the Madison State Journal and Capitol Times.
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Woolworth's in the Madison East Shopping Center

Date: 09 24 1953
Description: Exterior of the F.W. Woolworth Company in the Madison East Shopping Center, 2925 East Washington Avenue.
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Man Drinking From a Bubbler in a City of Madison Park

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: A man drinking from a bubbler in a Madison park on a spring day.
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Man Playing Tennis in a Madison City Park

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: A man playing tennis in a Madison city park.
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Madison Labor Temple

Date: 07 16 1958
Description: The new Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park Street, nearing completion.
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Madison Art Association Collectors' Show

Date: 12 04 1953
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Irving J. Maurer studying paintings at Madison Art Association Collectors' Show in Scanlan Hall at the Madison Vocational school.
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Madison Art Association Exhibition

Date: 10 15 1953
Description: Dr. Paul and Alice Clark amidst paintings at the preview of the Madison Art Association art exhibit in Scanlan Hall at the Madison Vocational School.
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Madison Business Promotion Group Support

Date: 07 11 1958
Description: The National Sales Executive club of Madison purchased stock in the Madison Improvement Corporation. Pictured are, left to right: John G. Schutz, president...
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Madison News Bureau Manager

Date: 09 30 1958
Description: Portrait of John W. "Wally" Wyngaard, manager of the Wisconsin State Journal's Madison News Bureau.
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Sailboats on a Madison Lake

Date: 10 25 1958
Description: Sailboats on a Madison lake, it is unclear whether it is Lake Mendota or Lake Monona. Trees are along the far shoreline.
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Zor Shrine Tour of Hawaii

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Zor Shrine group boarding their plane at the Madison airport for their tour of Hawaii.
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Madison City Council Meeting

Date: 11 24 1953
Description: Spectators and members at the Madison City Council meeting on November 24,1953. A cigar-smoking man listens to the proceedings.
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Madison Apartment Fire

Date: 02 19 1959
Description: Madison firemen fighting an apartment fire at 146 West Johnson street.
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Madison Art Association Collectors' Show

Date: 12 04 1953
Description: A.T. Flint taking a close look at one of the paintings at the Madison Art Association Collectors' Show in Scanlan Hall at the Madison Vocational school.
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Madison Art Association Collectors' Show

Date: 12 04 1953
Description: Elizabeth Harris chatting with Dr. Horace K. and Lucia Tenney at the Madison Art Association Collectors' Show in Scanlan Hall at the Madison Vocational Sch...
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Madison Playwright, Mary-Kate Lorenz

Date: 01 23 1958
Description: Portrait of Madison playwright Mary-Kate Lorenz. Her play, "Beauty and the Beast", will be performed by the Madison Theater Guild at the Central High Schoo...
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Beautiful Madison Week Proclamation

Date: 04 20 1957
Description: Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen signing a proclamation designating April 26 through May 4 as Beautiful Madison Week, when residents are urged to spruce up the...
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Visiting Russian Social Welfare Workers

Date: 12 04 1958
Description: Acting Madison mayor George Elder introducing five Russian welfare officials to Madison. The Russians are, left to right, front row: Vasilya Sadykova, Dmit...

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