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Earl Stammen and Sons Preparing for Quarter Midget Races

Date: 03 31 1961
Description: Randy, left, and Mike Stammen helping their father Earl make final adjustments on their racer in preparation for the National Championships of the Quarter ...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler using a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded thro...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler using a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded thro...
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Windows Washed at the Madison Inn

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Madison Inn employee Allen Wheeler uses a window-washing brush attached to 60-foot long handle with a thin hose which carries soap and water threaded throu...
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New Madison General Hospital Wing Groundbreaking

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Gordon N. Johnsen, Madison General hospital administrator, turns a shovel of dirt at the ground-breaking ceremony for the addition of a new six-story wing....
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Girl Scouts From Troop 33 with Bird Feeders

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Janet Hirsch, 12, 601 Pickford Street, on a ladder, and Nan Newhall, 12, 4818 Woodburn Drive, seventh graders from Troop 33 at Cherokee Heights School, han...
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Fire Destroys Chase Lumber & Fuel, Inc. Lumber Storage Shed and Inventory in Downtown Sun Prairie

Date: 01 03 1964
Description: A $100,000-$150,000 fire destroys a lumber storage shed and its lumber and building supply inventory in downtown Sun Prairie. More than 100 firemen battled...
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Civic Opera Guild Soiree

Date: 02 1964
Description: An unusual photograph of four Madison women working on decorations for the soiree of the Civic Opera Guild, taken through a glass-topped table. They are: L...
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State Capitol Rewiring and Remodeling Project

Date: 07 22 1964
Description: A painter is working on a wall in the State Capitol during the process of redecorating. Over a four-year period that started in 1961 the state Building Com...
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First Fireman Drill Center for Madison Firefighters

Date: 11 11 1964
Description: Madison firefighters shown scaling ladders at the first permanent training center. It was originally a military theater for Truax Field and then the Madiso...
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Opening of Madison Public Housing

Date: 12 30 1964
Description: One of 36 new apartments at the Truax Field Madison public housing site. It is one of four public housing sites in Madison providing 160 units for those el...
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Groundbreaking for New Medical Center at Triangle Renewal Project

Date: 05 06 1965
Description: Groundbreaking ceremony held for a new $1 million medical center building in the Triangle renewal project at the corner of Park and Regent Streets. Shown (...
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Ground Breaking for the Middleton Medical Library

Date: 05 20 1965
Description: Dr. William S. Middleton, emeritus dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School, turns the first shovelful at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Mi...
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Curb Painting

Date: 06 06 1965
Description: A city worker painting a curb yellow in a no parking zone. The location is West Dayton Street, looking towards North Randall Avenue. Fire Station #4 is in ...

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