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Carl Zeidler at Kitchen Table

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Description: Milwaukee mayoral candidate (and future mayor) Carl Zeidler in election photograph sitting at kitchen table with a woman and two young children. There is a...
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Guests at League of Women Voters Dinner

Date: 03 28 1944
Description: League of Women Voters dinner guests seated at the speakers table. Left to right: Helen Crosby, Chair of the League's Local Affairs Committee, Mayor F. Hal...
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Madison City Council

Date: 04 16 1951
Description: An informal portrait, taken at a caucus at city hall, shows Madison's City Council, the city's mayor, and two of its top officials. In the foreground are C...
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Elsie, the Borden Co. Cow

Date: 07 21 1953
Description: Elsie, the Borden Co. cow with Gov. Walter Kohler, acting mayor Carl Wilhelm, Alice in Dairyland Mary Ellen Jenks and another man. They are posing together...
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Mayoral Secretary Adeline Brunke Retires

Date: 07 23 1965
Description: Adeline Brunke is shown at her desk in the Mayor's office on her last day before retirement. She served as secretary for four Madison mayors in the past se...
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Mayor Soglin at Home

Date: 05 28 1973
Description: Mayor Soglin at home with his wife, Diane Thayer-Soglin, taken one month after his election as Mayor.
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Lord and Lady Halifax Visit

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Lord and Lady Halifax with Madison's mayor, F. Halsey Kraege.
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Emil Seidel in Front of His House

Date: 04 18 1910
Description: Emil Seidel (left) stands in front of his house with a young girl and another man. Other adults and children are in the background across the street. He wa...
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Visiting Russian Social Welfare Workers

Date: 12 04 1958
Description: Acting Madison mayor George Elder introducing five Russian welfare officials to Madison. The Russians are, left to right, front row: Vasilya Sadykova, Dmit...
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New Third Grade Teacher in Sun Prairie

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: New third grade Sun Prairie teacher Diane Schnitt meets banker Tom Tubbs and mayor Joseph N. Hanley.
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Mayor Paul Soglin and Governor Tommy Thompson

Date: 1990
Description: Mayor Paul Soglin posing in a group portrait with Governor Tommy Thompson (sitting at his desk). Standing in a row behind the Governor is, (l to r): David ...
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Beautiful Madison, Inc.

Date: 08 30 1956
Description: Three members of Beautiful Madison, Inc. give a letter to Mayor Ivan Nestingen (seated at desk) requesting a city ordinance against littering in Madison st...
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George Forrester at Ringling Circus

Date: 1953
Description: Madison Mayor, George Forrester, seated in the front row of the audience at the Ringling Brothers Circus. Clowns entertain the children seated near Forrest...
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Madison Theatre Guild's Tenth Anniversary

Date: 08 1955
Description: Fern and Charles Thompson, chairmen of the ticket campaign for the Madison Theatre Guild, are presenting the first two season tickets to Mayor George Forst...
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Walther Supporters

Date: 04 03 1968
Description: Many people are standing or sitting in a room with "Walther for Mayor" signs on the wall. Some are looking at a television in the foreground. Caption reads...
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Mayor Schmedeman and Nina Westbury

Date: 07 30 1931
Description: Mayor Albert Schmedeman holding the hand of Nina Westbury in front of the Morris O. Togstad Chapter 2 Disabled American Veterans of the World War flag.
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Widmer Cheese

Date: 1972
Description: "Widmer Cheese was a campaign stop for New York Mayor John Lindsay as he looked for votes for president."
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Store at 520 North Street Operated by Handicapped People

Date: 12 12 1958
Description: A group attends the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Madison's new store, operated by handicapped people. Gathered in the doorway are Hazel Vivian, 1954 East Wa...
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Operation Badger Air Force Recruits

Date: 12 06 1951
Description: Pvt. Gregory Becker, Beaver Dam (left), leader of the forty-seven "Operation Badger" Air Force recruits, is presented with numerous gifts to present (inclu...
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Paul Soglin

Date: 04 03 2016
Description: View from audience towards the mayor of Madison, Paul Soglin, standing behind a podium and speaking in the Kohl Center at the Bernie Sanders rally. There a...

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