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"Wisconsin" Statue on Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 07 20 1914
Description: A crane places the gilded bronze statue, "Wisconsin," by Daniel Chester French, on top of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome.
Map or Atlas

Visit Madison Wisconsin Map

Date: 
Description: The cover of a map which is titled: "Visit Madison Wisconsin the Capital of Vacationland". The cover lists various places to visit in the city.
Map or Atlas

Map of Madison City : Showing Approaches, Streets, Lots, Blocks, Subdivisions, and General Plan

Date: 1906
Description: This map shows shows streets, subdivisions, railroads, places of interest including the State Capitol, the University of Wisconsin, Camp Randall, Henry Vil...
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James L. Clark, City Health Inspector

Date: 09 20 1947
Description: James L. Clark, Madison city health inspector, shown pointing to a map of Madison marked with X's signifying places with rat infestation.
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AAA and Tourism

Date: 07 30 1948
Description: E.T. McQueen, AAA field reporter, who inspects sleeping accommodations and eating places for the AAA Accommodations Directory, issued annually.
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First Official Dial Telephone Call in Madison

Date: 09 30 1949
Description: Maple Bluff fire chief Lawrence Nielsen places the first official dial call on Madison's new 100 percent dial phone service.
Map or Atlas

Map of West Part of City of Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1907
Description: Shows public buildings, hotels, fraternity houses, and private houses. Index of fraternities and sororities, residences, public buildings, hotels, places o...
Photograph

Mrs. Mary Kundrat, Czechoslovakian Immigrant

Date: 11 06 1965
Description: Mrs. Mary Kundrat, age 85, moved to the United States from Czechoslovakia in 1907. She describes her life in places she has lived and the work she has done...
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Decorating First Apartment

Date: 04 17 1950
Description: Newlyweds George and Lorna Homes decorate their first apartment at 1028 Erin Street. George places his oil painting "Russian Spring" on the wall as Lorna i...
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Central High Homecoming King and Queen

Date: 09 26 1951
Description: Central High School homecoming king Gilbert Pond places a crown on the homecoming queen, Marilyn Krask. In the background are two members of the queen's co...
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Madison Mothers March on Polio

Date: 01 23 1952
Description: Mrs. Robert Fletcher, 3304 Wallace Avenue, holds one of the large March of Dimes containers seen in Madison business places this month. Mrs. Fletcher is on...
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Mental Health Drive

Date: 01 29 1959
Description: Mrs. Gaylord Nelson, wife of the governor and honorary chairman of the Dane County mental health campaign, places one of the first telephone calls to recru...
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West Junior High School Spelling Finalists

Date: 04 04 1950
Description: Roger E. Trafford, principal at West junior high school, standing in an auditorium with his students who won the first four places in the school spelling b...
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Armistice Day Ceremony at Capitol Square

Date: 11 11 1950
Description: Mrs. Minnie Wiese of 317 West Washington Avenue, representing the Grand Army of the Republic, places a wreath at the base of the cenotaph at the Armistice ...
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West High School Art Class Makes UN Day Posters

Date: 10 10 1951
Description: Students in a West High School art class make posters to commemorate United Nations Day and to be distributed to business and public places by the League o...
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Edgewood High School May Crowning

Date: 05 20 1953
Description: Margaret Dunn places a floral crown on the statute of the blessed Virgin Mary at the annual May crowning ceremony at Edgewood high school. Other high schoo...
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Armistice Day Commemoration

Date: 11 11 1948
Description: Robert Babcock, Lodi, places the American Legion auxiliary post Number 57 memorial wreath at the front of the memorial obelisk on the grounds of the Wiscon...
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Agricultural Hall

Date: 1916
Description: View of the exterior of the college of Agriculture, Agricultural Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Agricultural Hall on Henry Mall

Date: 1927
Description: View of Agricultural Hall and Henry Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Madison Skyline

Date: 1930
Description: Madison skyline, looking from the roof of the recently-constructed Methodist Hospital toward the Wisconsin State Capitol, obscured by The Loraine Hotel, wh...

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