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Motel Pool

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Description: Children playing in the pool of the Madison Travel Lodge.
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Lost in Madison

Date: 1965
Description: A family of travelers in a convertible asks directions of a gasoline attendant at a rest stop near Madison.
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Zor Shrine Tour of Hawaii

Date: 04 05 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Zor Shrine group boarding their plane at the Madison airport for their tour of Hawaii.
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Olin Park Tourist Camp

Date: 1925
Description: The Olin Park tourist campground on the shore of Lake Monona in Madison.
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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
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Newsboys Bus Trip

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: 101 Madison Newspapers, Inc. carrier boys from Madison and southwestern Wisconsin stand by three charter buses before the start of their trip to the Memori...
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Holiday Inn Motel Room

Date: 09 23 1959
Description: Typical guest room at the Holiday Inn Motel, 4402 East Washington Avenue, in Madison, with two double beds and a television.
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Nehru Visits Madison

Date: 11 04 1949
Description: Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India decending the stairs from an airplane at Truax Field. Nehru came to Madison to speak at the University of W...
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Madison Auto Club Official Auto Trails Maps

Date: 1925
Description: Booklet includes maps of Madison, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Appleton, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Janesville, Beloit, and La Crosse, Wisconsin and downtown Chicago a...
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Newspaper Carriers Leave for Washington D.C.

Date: 08 16 1954
Description: Madison Newspapers, Inc. newsboy, Fred Ciebell (from Edgerton) waving goodbye from a window to his parents, Wes and Elaine Ciebell, and brother. Fred is in...
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Signer of 1000th Member of Chamber of Commerce Wins Trip to New York City

Date: 05 03 1957
Description: For signing up the 1000th member of the Madison Chamber of Commerce, a Madison businessman and his wife will get an all-expense paid trip to New York City....
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Madison's Truax Field

Date: 10 18 1955
Description: A Northwest Airlines DC-4 plane at the Truax terminal. Originally constructed in 1937 with assistance from the WPA, the Madison Municipal Airport was renam...
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Grandson Arriving by Airplane to Visit Grandparents

Date: 07 26 1950
Description: Ricky Pollock of Arlington, Virginia, steps off the plane at the Madison airport for a visit with his grandparents, Charles and Anna Pollock.
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Girl Adjusting the Front Wheel of Her Bike

Date: 06 26 1940
Description: Girl (Theresa Castanga?) making adjustments to the front wheel of her bicycle on a bike hosteling trip in Madison sponsored by Neighborhood House.
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Madison Newspaper Carrier Boys

Date: 08 24 1959
Description: Group portrait of about 200 newspaper carrier boys posed in front of a school bus for the Madison Newspaper, Inc. Chosen for attributes such as promptness,...
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Madison Safety Patrol Delegates Prepare to Leave for Washington, D.C.

Date: 05 06 1959
Description: Madison's 31 delegates, representing Madison public and parochial schools, prepare to travel to the Annual National School of Safety patrol assembly in Was...
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Northwest Airlines DC-3

Date: 1936
Description: Passengers boarding a Northwest Airlines DC-3 at Madison Municipal Airport. When this airplane was photographed for the WPA by Harold Hone, the DC-3, one o...
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Two Madison Coeds Depart for College by Train

Date: 08 23 1950
Description: Two Madison sisters board a train to travel to out-of-state colleges. Mary Clare Koltes, left, is transfering from the University of Wisconsin to Rollins C...
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Top Carriers Leave on Washington Trip

Date: 05 18 1956
Description: Thirty carrier boys for Madison Newspapers wave goodbye before leaving on a train for a four-day vacation trip to Washington D.C. These boys won the trip b...
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American Field Service International Scholarship Program

Date: 06 16 1954
Description: Three Madison West High School students board a plane to spend the summer in Europe under the American Field Service International Scholarship Program. Lef...

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