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| Date: | 03 28 1957 |
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| Description: | Hansen Storage of Madison, warehouse, 2302 Darwin Road, showing railroad siding and truck dock. |
| Date: | 07 16 1958 |
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| Description: | The new Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park Street, nearing completion. |
| Date: | 03 28 1957 |
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| Description: | Hansen Storage of Madison, 2302 Darwin Road, with a truck backed up to the loading dock. |
| Date: | 07 17 1953 |
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| Description: | Seven Madison street department workers preparing the route of the upcoming Madison Soap Box derby. Left to right: Clark Evarts, William Skolaski, Ed Westb... |
| 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: | 07 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the new Madison Public Library bookmobile parked in front of the City-County building on Monona Boulevard. |
| Date: | 01 05 1958 |
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| Description: | Workmen from Madison Gas and Electric Company work on Main Street at the Capitol Square to check for gas leaks after two explosions rocked downtown Madison... |
| Date: | 07 17 1953 |
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| Description: | WIBA truck and two radio broadcasters on south Midvale Boulevard, the site of the Madison Soap Box Derby. |
| Date: | 07 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Mayor Ivan Nestingen; Head Librarian Helen Farr; and Library Board Member A. Kermit Frater stand outside Madison Public Library's new bookmobile. An uniden... |
| Date: | 05 11 1959 |
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| Description: | Three people are injured in a two car crash on USH 12 & 18 at the Madison east side city limits at a location referred to as "Crash Curve" by law enforceme... |
| Date: | 09 06 1950 |
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| Description: | A crowd gathers to watch the Madison marine reserve unit marching down West Washington Avenue to board a train for duty in Korea. |
| Date: | 08 06 1957 |
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| Description: | The Stage Coach and truck used for the Madison Youth Summer Theater driving past a playground. Students who watched the performance are waving to the actor... |
| Date: | 02 09 1954 |
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| Description: | The Madison Free Library bookmobile is pulling up in the Lakeview Heights neighborhood, a new city housing development. The bookmobile is an outfitted bus.... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Midvale Avenue and Odana Boulevard. |
| Date: | 10 31 1951 |
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| Description: | Lineup of parade vehicles at Law Park along Lake Monona for Wisconsin's first civil defense support battalion test in Madison. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Library under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background is the State Historical Society, and Science Hall is in the upp... |
| Date: | 10 31 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the 125 vehicles which were used in Wisconsin's first civil defense support battalion test in Madison. The vehicles were parked on Monona ... |
| Date: | 12 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a fire damaged beer delivery truck with "Got It? Get It!" painted on its doors. An exploding oil furnace destroyed the interior of the Madison... |
| Date: | 08 06 1957 |
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| Description: | The Stage Coach, presented to the teen-aged theatrical group in 1951, is parked at the Marquette School playground. Performers and students in attendance a... |
| Date: | 08 09 1953 |
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| Description: | A group of Madison residents view the twisted hulk of a car in which David Huse, an airman at Truax Field, was killed. The accident occurred 4 miles south ... |
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