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View from Lake Monona

Date: 1905
Description: View from shoreline looking towards the city of Madison from across Lake Monona. Several people are in a rowboat on the lake. Caption reads: "Madison, Wis....
Drawing

Second Ward School House

Date: 1868
Description: Illustration of the exterior of the Second Ward School House, copied from the 1868 Madison City Directory.
Photograph

Leo Kehl and Patti

Date: 
Description: Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, Wis., introduces Patti, his first dancing granddaughter.
Postcard

Brittingham Park Bath House

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards the bath house. Caption reads: "Bath House, Brittingham Park, Madison, Wis."
Photograph

Teens at Truax

Date: 10 01 1954
Description: Woman and two teenagers stand outside the Madison Municipal Airport - Truax Field terminal.
Photograph

Joseph Hobbin's Family

Date: 1856
Description: Portrait of the family of Dr. Joseph Hobbins of Madison: Sarah Badger Jackson Hobbins holding her daughter Alice Russell Hobbins (1853-1926), Sarah Ellen H...
Photograph

Kehl Dance Class

Date: 1907
Description: Dance class in the ballroom at the Kehl School of Dance, Madison, Wisconsin. Professor Kehl stands at the lower right, while a row of mothers watch from b...
Photograph

Blacktopping a Suburban Street

Date: 1955
Description: Blacktopping a new Madison residential street. Construction of the ranch-style houses in the background is almost complete.
Photograph

Nursery School on Linden Drive

Date: 03 29 1945
Description: Man talking with four children at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Home Economics School, Child Development nursery school on Linden Drive.
Postcard

Madison's Loyalty Parade

Date: 04 1917
Description: Postcard of men and women marching in Madison, Wisconsin's Loyalty Parade through the streets of the city.
Photograph

Bus Passengers

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Description: Interior view of passengers riding a Madison City Railway Company bus.
Drawing

Tonyawatha House

Date: 1885
Description: Illustration of people standing in front of the popular tourist resort Tonyawatha House from a book of two-tone lithograph views of Madison. About 1885 the...
Poster

Madison Traffic Experiment Poster

Date: 08 1971
Description: Poster advertising for an event occurring between August 1971 and February 1972 called the "Traffic Experiment," in Madison. Features screen printed silhou...
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby winner Phil Peckham accepting his trophy on Midvale Boulevard.
Photograph

Dane County Jail

Date: 1901
Description: The Dane County Jail. To the right is the sheriff's residence.
Photograph

Pier at Dusk

Date: 1948
Description: The sun is setting in the distance with three small boats docked at the pier.
Photograph

Mrs. Kehl Feeds An Infant

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Description: Genevieve Kehl, the wife of Leo Kehl, assisted her husband in many ways in the operation of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison. In addition to work on th...
Photograph

Train Ride at Madison Labor Festival

Date: 08 31 1948
Description: Madison Labor officials riding on a tiny train at the 6-day Labor Festival at Olbrich Park.
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 06 29 1949
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby participant Pierre Slightam, age 14, with Robert J. Connor, Jr., assistant manager of C.C. Collins and Son, Inc., 2308 University Av...
Photograph

Independent Order of Odd Fellows

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: Group portrait of Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Madison Canton in full uniform in the Wisconsin State Capitol, with Betty Livesey.

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