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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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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace with Lake Mendota and sailboats in the background.
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Madison Boys Baseball Program

Date: 07 16 1956
Description: A group of rooters attends a Madison Boys Baseball Program game.
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Madison Philharmonic Chorus Picnic

Date: 07 30 1952
Description: Six people are gathering around a picnic table at the Madison Philharmonic Chorus picnic supper. They are, left to right: Ruth Foster, president of the gro...
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Madison Women's Interclub Golf Play

Date: 08 07 1958
Description: Three scorers at the annual Women's Interclub golf play between the women golfers of the three Madison private country clubs. Left to right, and the countr...
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Madison Bowling Association

Date: 07 27 1954
Description: Outdoor group portrait of officials and dignitaries at the 21st annual Golf Jamboree of the Madison Bowling Association at Nakoma Golf Club. Front row left...
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Church Women's Tea

Date: 06 19 1957
Description: Four women gather on the lawn to chat during the Madison Council of Church Women's afternoon tea. They include (left to right) Bessie Schaefer, Mrs. Richar...
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Church Women's Tea

Date: 06 19 1957
Description: Vera Browne and Esther Piepenburg enjoy a sunny day seated outside while attending the Madison Council of Church Women's afternoon tea. Standing at right i...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Champion and Family

Date: 08 04 1951
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby champion, 15-year-old Roddy Botts (second from left), with his family mapping the route they will take on their motor trip to the na...
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Belmont Hotel and Pinckney Street

Date: 1954
Description: View from Capitol Square Park of the Belmont Hotel and nearby buildings. Includes the storefronts for Simpson's and Rennebohm Drug Store #6, at 19 North Pi...
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Pinckney Street

Date: 1954
Description: Pinckney Street, near the corner of East Washington Avenue. To the left is a bank building, in the center a shoe store, and on the right a theatre.
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We Saw You . . . at Carrier Boys' Picnic

Date: 06 30 1954
Description: Madison Newspaper, Inc. hosts a picnic to recognize newspaper carriers, each an individual businessman, who carry the papers in any kind of weather. Gregor...
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Madison Country Club's Women's Activities

Date: 05 13 1952
Description: Three members of the Blackhawk Coutry Club's golf committee near the clubhouse. Left to right: Esther Bixby, handicap chairman; Beatrice Cartwright, assi...
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Madison Country Club's Women's Activities

Date: 05 13 1952
Description: Three chairmen of the Maple Bluff Country Club women's organization in front of the clubhouse. Left to right, Mariel Campbell, Geneva Johnson and Florence...
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Picnic in Vilas Park

Date: 07 04 1954
Description: Three families picnic in Vilas Park. Clockwise around the table are: Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Brewer, New Lisbon, Benny & Doris Hendrickson, 113 West Broadway, Ma...
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Lake View Tuberculosis Sanitarium

Date: 1953
Description: Exterior view of the Lake View Sanitarium, where Lewis Arms's mother Mamie Arms Hall was treated for tuberculosis.
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West Side Garden Club Garden Show

Date: 05 27 1952
Description: Garden show and tea at which the West Side Garden club entertained other garden clubs of the Madison area. Six children at the junior section of the show ...
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Ira Zeasmans Visit Madison

Date: 07 10 1952
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. Ira M. Zeasman (nee Jean Niebuhr) and her three children, Kathleen Ann, age 7; Steven Lee, age 3 1/2; and Barbara Jean, age 1. Mr. a...
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Charmany Farms of Bancroft Dairy and Bancroft Dairy

Date: 1951
Description: Illustrated postcard view of the exterior of Bancroft Dairy, and an inset at top left of Charmany Farms. Near the entrance of the dairy are chairs set arou...
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Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin

Date: 09 26 1951
Description: Wisconsin State Journal sports columnist, Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin and "character about town" relaxes on a park bench.

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