Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
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Description: | A man distributes rat poison, which was invented by Dr. Link, to a Boy Scout to place in rat-infested areas. They are standing in front of the Village Hall... |
Date: | 1947 |
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Description: | Local wrestler "Jimmy" Demetral poses flexing his muscles in front of a painting of himself. |
Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | Stoughton druggist, O.N. Falk, sorts the mail with a smile. |
Date: | 09 1947 |
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Description: | President Harry S. Truman, standing at the rear of a railroad car. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | A young child, Frank Hill, walking the picket line at a strike with an older man. The adult's sign reads: "Construction Workers organize for hours, wages a... |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | A stationary McCormick-Deering thresher in action at the E.J. Shuster Farm. |
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Description: | Howard Morey (left) was associated with most of the airports in Madison. Prior to World War II he managed Madison Municipal Airport and when the military t... |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | People gather around a table of food for the First Unitarian Society's "Work Day". The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and some of the construc... |
Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | Workmen overhauling the engine of a Wisconsin Central airplane in the airline hangar at Truax Field. Formerly known as Madison Municipal Airport, the field... |
Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | A Beechcraft 18 in the former Air Force hangar at Truax Field. This photograph was taken shortly after Wisconsin Central Airlines moved its headquarters fr... |
Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | A Wisconsin Central Airlines pilot walking toward a twin-engine Lockheed 10A airplane parked on the runway at Truax Field. |
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Description: | Wisconsin Central Airline's flight simulator which was designed to teach the airline's pilots how to fly with instruments. |
Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | The ceremony marking the first Wisconsin Central Airlines flight at Madison. Margaret "Mickey" Morey, the wife of Howard Morey, is about to cut the ribbon.... |
Date: | 1955 |
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Description: | A man who does odd jobs around his neighborhood mows a banked lawn. |
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Description: | The lunch counter at Truax Field, formerly Madison Municipal Airport. Two men are sitting at the counter, probably airport employees, and a waitress is po... |
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Description: | Radar equipment at Truax Field, formerly Madison Municipal Airport. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | Sports editor and sports reporter from the "Wisconsin State Journal" confer with a printer over trays of lead type. |
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