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University of Wisconsin Registration

Date: 09 14 1967
Description: A group of students register for classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Print

James Madison

Date: 
Description: Portrait engraving of James Madison with a vignette of "The Burning of the Capitol by the British, 1814."
Photograph

Representative Ruth Doyle

Date: 02 25 1949
Description: Ruth B. Doyle, Representative, Democrat, Madison, Wisconsin.
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Margaret Smith with Servicemen's Letters

Date: 04 26 1945
Description: Margaret Smith, secretary of the Madison and Wisconsin Foundation, surveys a few of the letters received from servicemen who trained in Madison and plan to...
Poster

Anti-Kaminer Poster

Date: 1987
Description: A flyer issued by Kach International opposing Reuvin Kaminer who was coming to Madison to give a talk.
Historical Object

Application for Admission to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home

Date: 
Description: Application to admit a child to the Soldiers' Orphans' Home, at Madison, Wisconsin, who had lost their father in the Civil War.
Print

Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Telegram sent to the 1951 Madison, Wisconsin city champion Roddy Botts by the 1949 Madison city champion Pierre Slightman a few days before Roddy competed ...
Photograph

Madison Police Department Civilian Staff

Date: 04 19 1954
Description: Civilian employees in the Madison police department records center. Staff are sitting at their desks in an open office space with different filing cabinets...
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Madison Heart Fund Drive

Date: 01 24 1950
Description: Mrs. Lindley V. (Virginia) Sprague and Mrs. George (Dorothy) Rentschler with the publicity materials they will use at information desks for the Madison Hea...
Photograph

Henry Reynolds

Date: 03 21 1947
Description: Henry Reynolds, candidate for Madison City Council, shown seated at his desk at Reynolds Transfer and Storage Company.
Photograph

Madison Dominic Club

Date: 09 19 1959
Description: Group portrait of the charter presentation to the Madison Dominic Club. Left to right are: Larry Loomis of St. Paul, Minnesota, vice-president of the state...
Photograph

Three Madison Scouts

Date: 05 21 1947
Description: Three Madison Scout Drum and Bugle Corps members plan for the World Jamboree in Moisson, France. George Koehler, "Ike" Edmunds, and Bob Gesteland, read a l...
Photograph

Madison Jaycettes

Date: 01 28 1948
Description: Members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce auxiliary, "Jaycettes," addressing 3000 letters to be mailed to Dane County residents as part of a fund ...
Photograph

Signing City-County Building Construction Contracts

Date: 11 24 1948
Description: Dane County Board Chairman Paul A. Robinson, left, and Madison City Manager Leonard G. Howell, right, signing contracts which officially join Madison and D...
Poster

Fond Du Lac Badger Boys, of the First Regiment, State of Wisconsin

Date: 1861
Description: A hand-drawn poster, produced by S.W. Martin's Writing Academy of Madison, listing the officers and men of the 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, ...
Manuscript

Autographs of Legislators

Date: 1861
Description: A page of autographs of the members of the 1861 Wisconsin Legislature.
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby, Car Construction

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Curlee Seals, Jr. discussing plans for his 1949 Soap Box Derby racer with three members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce, Curlee's sponsor for the...
Photograph

Oil Progress Week Proclamation Signing

Date: 10 12 1951
Description: Madison mayor George Forster signs the proclamation to observe Oil Progress Week, while Arnold Wake (center), the general chairman for the observance, and ...
Photograph

Lewis Arms's Driver's License

Date: 04 30 1946
Description: Lewis Arms's Wisconsin driver's license. This view of the document is in the negative.
Photograph

Mayoral Candidate, Henry Reynolds

Date: 02 02 1961
Description: Henry E. Reynolds, Madison businessman and candidate for mayor, is seated on a chair with all of his nomination sheets spread around him in an effort to sh...

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