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Levi B. Vilas

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Description: Studio portrait of Madison lawyer Levi Baker Vilas, seated.
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Madison Fire Insurance Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Madison Fire Insurance Company of Madison, Wisconsin, with five different typefaces, distinct fields, elaborate capital letters "F" and "...
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Library School

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of three-story building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Madison Teachers Pick Madison Education Assn (MSA) to be Bargaining Agent

Date: 06 04 1964
Description: Madison teachers vote to pick the Madison Education Assn. (MEA) as their bargaining agent in contract negotiations with the Madison Board of Education. Onl...
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Architectural Sketch of Proposed New Madison Labor Temple

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Architectural sketch by Madison architect Lewis Sieberz of the proposed new Madison Labor Temple, to be constructed at 335-341 West Johnson Street. The bui...
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Merle Buck Ready for Flight

Date: 10 01 1930
Description: Merle Buck and a dog in the cabin of "Miss Madison," a TravelAire airplane, at the Madison airport.
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Gas Main Explosions Killed a Madison Couple

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: Two Madison Gas and Electric Company workmen checking pipes on Main Street in downtown Madison after two gas blasts and fires rocked downtown Madison, kill...
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Madison Newspapers Meeting

Date: 08 06 1954
Description: Group portrait of eight men at a meeting of Madison Newspapers, Inc., the publisher of the Madison State Journal and Capitol Times.
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Madison's Royal Airport Office

Date: 05 05 1932
Description: The U.S. airmail radio operator at Royal Airport in Madison. During the 1920s Madison had two airports: the Madison Airport (aka the North Street Airport) ...
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Fashion Models

Date: 03 16 1939
Description: Madison Business College women model fashions from Kessenich's store.
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Angus McVicar in His Darkroom

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Description: Angus McVicar, commercial photographer in Madison, works intently in his darkroom.
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Madison Traffic Engineering Department Receives Award From the National Safety Council

Date: 08 17 1961
Description: The Madison Traffic Engineering Department receives a certificate of commendation from the National Safety Council. Shown (L-R) are John Bunch, Madison tra...
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Madison Kipp Lubricators

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Description: A magazine advertisement for Madison Kipp lubricators featuring a man operating a La Crosse Happy Farmer tractor with a three bottom plow.
Photograph

Madison Advertising Club's Banquet

Date: 02 13 1958
Description: Five members of the Madison Advertising Club are shown. They are (L-R) Robert Loomer, WKOW-TV; Martin Wolman, business manager of Madison Newspapers Inc.; ...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map Detail of Lake Mendota Area

Date: 1885
Description: A detail of a Sanborn map showing the lake Mendota shore area, including Madison Manufacturing Company.
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John Lloyd Taylor, Madison Art Center Director

Date: 03 25 1965
Description: John Lloyd Taylor, new Madison Art Center Director, smoking a pipe.
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Madison Labor Temple

Date: 07 16 1958
Description: The new Madison Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park Street, nearing completion.
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Thomas Doran

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: Portrait of Thomas Doran, Director of the City of Madison Relief / Welfare Department.
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Madison old Central Fire Station

Date: 1900
Description: Madison old Central Fire Station (1881-1904), 10 South Webster St. Three men driving horse-drawn ladder trucks in front of Madison Fire Station, 10 S. Webs...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 1951
Description: 1950 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion Warren Slightam about to compete in an exhibition race at the 1951 Madison soap box derby on Gorham Street.

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