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| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | The domed section of the Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | A construction crew blacktopping a Madison residential street. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Central High School with cars parked in front. |
| Date: | 12 28 1955 |
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| Description: | Composite showing how the proposed Monona Terrace Auditorium will look against the Madison skyline. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View of downtown Madison's Park Hotel. The Prescription Pharmacy also occupies a portion of the ground floor. |
| Date: | 06 17 1955 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison graduation in Camp Randall Stadium with the Field House in the background. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Bridge over a ravine on Lake Mendota Drive in Shorewood Hills, looking west. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Interior hallway through glass windows of doorways in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Bacteriology Laboratory building. |
| Date: | 01 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Charles Watson is shown with her rosemaled plate during the Madison Art Guild Crafts Group exchange. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Shows city limits, adjoining municipalities, and schools. Indexes, illustrations, ancillary map of Dane County, and ancillary map of Madison business secti... |
| Date: | 12 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in line with South Pinckney Street. Includes St. Raphael's steeple, 1 West Wilson Street state office bui... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Sixteen new Madison policemen and three U.W. officers receiving their diplomas at a graduation ceremony held at the City of Madison Police Academy School. ... |
| Date: | 08 31 1955 |
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| Description: | Nurse Molly Hackett, a staff nurse at Madison General Hospital. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Blacktopping a new Madison residential street. Construction of the ranch-style houses in the background is almost complete. |
| Date: | 01 15 1955 |
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| Description: | Webb Spraetz and Bruce Taylor sort watercolor paintings at Grace Episcopal Church for the Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit. |
| Date: | 01 15 1955 |
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| Description: | Nancy Thielen, left, and Charlotte Chidester sorting paintings for the Youthful Madison Artists Exhibit at Grace Episcopal Church. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1955(?). Dog injured in traffic and care by Dane County Humane Shelter. Child playing with bandaged dog." |
| Date: | 06 16 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of officials' platform and speakers' stand at the University of Wisconsin-Madison graduation in Camp Randall Stadium. |
| Date: | 01 04 1955 |
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| Description: | Lydia MacKenzie, Helen Burkhart, the instructor, and Lucille Harks participate in a class on textile handicrafts at the Madison Community Center. |
| Date: | 01 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Muriel Chapman shows her hand-made pendant necklace to Winfried Guenther during the Madison Arts Guild Crafts Group idea exchange. |
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