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Madison Holiday Decorations Lights Installed on Capital Square
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City workers install holiday decorations and lights on light poles on the corner of South Carroll and W. Main Streets at the Capitol Square. A man is seen in a small crane cab by a telephone line as children below look up at him.
November 23, 1957
Stein, Edwin
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Edwin Stein Using a Telephoto Lens on the Capitol Square
November 6, 1957
Edwin Stein taking photographs of people around Capitol Square using a new telephoto lens. He is down the block from the new Belmont Hotel and in front of Richman Brothers on South Pinkney Street.
Memorial Day Parade
May 31, 1954
Children lining the street for the Memorial Day parade around Capitol Square.
Watching Statue "Wisconsin" Get Painted
August 3, 1957
Two men on Capitol Square look up while watching a man paint the gold statue "Wisconsin" atop the Capitol.
Tour Guide in the State Capitol Building
October 1957
Security guard giving a family a tour inside the State Capitol building.
State Capitol Christmas Tree
December 20, 1957
A view from above of the tall decorated 34-foot balsam tree in the Capitol Building rotunda. The tree was grown in Marquette County and purchased from the Coyne Brothers Christmas Tree Co. for $45....
Watching Statue "Wisconsin" Get Painted
August 3, 1957
A mother and her children looking up at the top of the Capitol dome as the statue "Wisconsin" gets painted. They are on a street corner by posts for traffic lights and a municipal garbage can.
