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| Date: | 07 27 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of winners in the annual Madison swimming championships gathered at B.B. Clarke beach. |
| 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: | 1951 |
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| Description: | The Veterans' Administration Hospital, located at 2500 Overlook Terrace. |
| Date: | 12 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in line with South Pinckney Street. Includes 1 West Wilson Street state office building, the Wisconsin St... |
| 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: | 08 02 1953 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of fourteen champions of the 12 to 17 age division of the Madison swimming meet at B.B. Clarke beach. |
| 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. |
| Date: | 12 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in a line with Monona Avenue. Includes State Office Building (2 wings only), 1 West Wilson Street, the Ma... |
| 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: | 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 1953 |
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| Description: | Two Madison soap box derby contestants are racing toward the finish line on South Midvale Boulevard as a large crowd watches from behind a fence. The 1953 ... |
| Date: | 06 22 1956 |
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| Description: | Two contestants in the Soap Box Derby cross the finish line. James Eckels of Mineral Point is in the lead, beating out Dick Williams, Madison. |
| Date: | 07 19 1953 |
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| Description: | View down the hill at the Madison Soap Box Derby on South Midvale Boulevard during a soap box derby race. One car is visible on the track and a large crowd... |
| Date: | 07 30 1959 |
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| Description: | Madison Hotel, located at 108 North Pinckney, is the oldest building on the Capitol Square and one of Madison's oldest landmarks. It was built in 1838. It ... |
| Date: | 03 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking north from the Wisconsin State Capitol down Hamilton Street. The Belmont Hotel and various storefronts are along Capitol Square. |
| Date: | 03 28 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a parking lot along John Nolen Drive on the shore of a partially frozen Lake Monona. Railroad tracks are in the foreground on the right. |
| Date: | 09 04 1957 |
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| Description: | A tour guide and five new St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing students sitting on Observatory Hill during a tour of Madison. Left to right, Marie Frost, ... |
| Date: | 06 15 1953 |
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| Description: | View across road towards eight members of Madison American Legion and its Auxiliary posed and raising a large new flag at the Veteran's Administration Hosp... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View down worn path towards several tents pitched on platforms along a slope. The caption on the back reads: "Tents for summer school students in the Eagle... |
| Date: | 11 26 1953 |
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| Description: | Trying out their sleds are Judy Stanley and Wendy Wanda. |
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