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Crawford Heights

Date: 02 02 1953
Description: Aerial photo of the Crawford Heights area of Madison, showing the West Beltline Highway, Nakoma road, Verona Road, Hammersley Road and the Vinkingtown Mote...
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Highway 30 Overpass

Date: 09 30 1947
Description: Highway 30 overpass under construction over the railroad tracks just east of the Sun Prairie Road (East Washington Avenue) junction.
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Opening of Piggly Wiggly Supermarket

Date: 01 08 1958
Description: Interior view of a new Piggly Wiggly supermarket opening at 3557 East Washington Avenue near its intersection with Highway 51 (Stoughton Road). It is at th...
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Mt. Olive Lutheran Church

Date: 09 11 1947
Description: Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 4018 Mineral Point Road, is shown under construction.
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Odana Golf Course Clubhouse

Date: 05 20 1957
Description: The Odana Golf Course Clubhouse at 4635 Odana Road will open on Saturday.
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New Pavement for Myrtle Street, Looking West

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Madison streets, new pavement, viewed on Myrtle Street, looking west toward Oscar Mayer plant.
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Newly Reconstructed East Washington Avenue

Date: 08 18 1949
Description: View down median strip of the newly reconstructed East Washington Avenue, looking east at the 600 block.
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Lapham School Children at Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 11 1953
Description: A group of Lapham School third grade children are lining up to begin a tour of the Bowman Farm Dairy on Fish Hatchery Road. At the head of the line are Geo...
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Lapham School Children at Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 11 1953
Description: A group of third grade Lapham School students looking at a herd of dairy cows during a tour of Bowman Farm Dairy on Fish Hatchery Road. Looking over a fenc...
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Parade of Homes in Meadowood

Date: 06 12 1956
Description: A shake roof at the new home featured at 5513 Raymond Road. The house was built by Marshall Erdman for the 1956 Parade of homes.
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Kapec Orchard's New Market

Date: 01 04 1958
Description: Exterior view of the newly opened orchard stand at Kapec Orchard on Verona Road. The sign across the front of the building advertises fresh apples, sweet c...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: Judith 7, and Barbara, 4, daughters of Dr. and Mrs Richard MacLean of Sheridan, Wyoming, watching cows being milked in the milking parlor at the Bowman Dai...
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Town and Country House Store and Warehouse

Date: 02 01 1957
Description: A metal store building and a metal warehouse building at 3320 University Avenue. In the background is a tree lined ridge. In the foreground is a two-lane r...
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Helen Hall, Youth Hostel Secretary

Date: 05 18 1944
Description: Helen Hall, secretary at the Youth Hostel headquarters on the Samuel Post farm on Middleton Road, near Shorewood Hills.
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Carolyn Hall, Bruce Mohs, and David Culver

Date: 05 18 1944
Description: Carolyn Hall, Bruce Mohs, and David Culver, with bicycles, at the Youth Hostel on the Samuel Post farm, located on Middleton Road, near Shorewood Hills.
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The Reverend John Clayton and Bob Clark

Date: 05 18 1944
Description: The Reverend John Clayton and Bob Clark, looking at a cartoon while sitting on a cot in the boys' hostel at the Samuel Post farm on Middleton Road.
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Lapham School Children at Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 11 1953
Description: Lapham School third grade children observing milking machinery during a tour of the Bowman Farm Dairy on Fish Hatchery Road. Identified left to right are C...
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Lapham School Children at Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 11 1953
Description: Four Lapham School students and an adult eating ice cream from a paper cup at the end of a tour of Bowman Farm Dairy on Fish Hatchery Road.
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New Pavement for Myrtle Street, Looking East

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Madison streets, Myrtle Street looking east, are being newly paved.
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Parade of Homes in Meadowood

Date: 06 12 1956
Description: Two-car garages are in 15 out of the 18 homes in the Parade of Homes. This home has been identified as being located at 5514 Raymond Road and built by Jose...

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