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O.N. Falk

Date: 1948
Description: Stoughton druggist, O.N. Falk, sorts the mail with a smile.
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Young Girl on Telephone

Date: 1950
Description: A teenager sitting on a bed talking on the telephone.
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May I Use the Phone?

Date: 1950
Description: Two teenage girls are both interested in talking on the telephone.
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Ticket Seller

Date: 1950
Description: A man operating a ticket booth in the Wisconsin Dells. He is playing a card game, probably solitaire, on the counter.
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Aerial View of Camp Randall and Heating Plant

Date: 1954
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium with the University of Wisconsin heating plant in foreground.
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Corner of Carroll and Main Streets

Date: 1954
Description: View of the corner of Carroll and West Main Streets downtown. The Park Hotel occupies the large building. The Prescription Pharmacy, the Park Hotel Barber ...
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Myrland's Sky Lodge

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Description: Myrland's Sky Lodge, a vacation resort near Montello that boasted a private landing strip for pilots with small planes. The Piper Vagabond in the foregroun...
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Truax Field Lunch Counter

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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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Rural Telephone Operator

Date: 11 1954
Description: Henry Anderson runs a switchboard on his 90th birthday, with his smoking paraphernalia and a photograph of him at the switchboard on a table nearby.
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Stoking the Fire

Date: 1950
Description: A man in work clothes gets ready to shove a log into the fire chamber of a boiler.
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Coffee Club

Date: 1950
Description: Two men clink coffee mugs as they prepare to drink their morning coffee.
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Public Works Department

Date: 12 1954
Description: Department of Public Works workers look over signs to be posted on city streets.
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Sculpting a Figure

Date: 1950
Description: A female artist sculpting a female figure from clay.
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Spot Lunch Diner

Date: 1949
Description: A little girl rides a tricycle in front of the Spot Lunch diner, a former streetcar. The Spot Lunch was located at 640 Williamson Street and owned by John ...
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Aerial View of Lake Mendota and Edgewater Hotel

Date: 01 1946
Description: Aerial view of the Lake Mendota shoreline during the construction of the Edgewater Hotel. It is a view looking west over the junction of Langdon Street an...
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Aerial View over Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view looking south from a point over the Maple Bluff country club golf course (foreground). A new housing development in the mid-ground and Maple Bl...
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U.S. Post Office

Date: 1950
Description: View across street towards the U.S. Post Office, with a Jefferson Community Fire Department truck parked at the curb in front.
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Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 1957
Description: An air view of the Maple Bluff Country Club. In the upper lefthand corner is the Rennebohm residence.
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The White Grocery and Filling Station

Date: 1947
Description: A gas station attendant puts on his coat outside the White Grocery and Filling Station in Madison. A sign near the pumps reads, "Please Give Me Ten Seconds...
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William Scott, Firefighting "Torch Boy"

Date: 03 1953
Description: William Scott, former torch boy, holding one of the kerosene torches used in fire fighting in the 1880's.

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