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Ed Gein Arriving at State Crime Lab

Date: 11 19 1957
Description: Law enforcement officials escorting Ed Gein (1906-1984) to the state crime lab, 917 University Avenue for lie detector and other tests.
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Len Schmitt Senate Campaign

Date: 08 13 1952
Description: Len Schmitt, former Progressive Party legislator from Merrill, led the Republican opposition to Senator Joseph R. McCarthy's bid for re-election. Schmitt a...
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Group Portrait of Swimmers

Date: 02 14 1953
Description: This may be a group portrait of men and women swimmers in costume swimming suits. They are sitting and standing on a stage. Some of them are holding signs ...
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Cardinal Market Interior

Date: 05 12 1953
Description: Elevated interior view of the Cardinal Market, 120 N. Fairchild Street, taken for their Grand Opening of the newly modernized store.
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Shell Gas Station

Date: 05 13 1953
Description: Service station attendant standing next to gas pump at the Shell Gas Station near the Shorewood Corners Shopping Center, 801 Shorewood Boulevard.
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Wisconsin Players

Date: 05 24 1953
Description: Fifteen men and women standing and sitting around a table which supports a sign reading "Wisconsin Players."
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34th Annual Golf

Date: 06 02 1953
Description: Two men in formal dress standing beside a block of ice which is imbedded with two small golf clubs and two golf balls and a sign that reads: "34th Annual".
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Capital Trailer Co.

Date: 06 04 1953
Description: Two men standing beside a truck with a sign reading: "Capital Trailer Co. 960 S. Park St." There are trailers in the background.
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Miller Brewing Co. Exhibit Booth

Date: 07 02 1953
Description: View towards a man standing in the Miller Brewing Co. exhibit booth under a tent, sponsored by the East Side Liquor Store, 1047 Atwood Avenue and distribut...
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Badger Kennel Club Dog Show

Date: 06 28 1953
Description: Two men and two women looking at a terrier at the Badger Kennel Club dog show.
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Belleville Centennial

Date: 08 13 1953
Description: Five men standing behind a car with a sign that reads: "Belleville Centennial and Fair Sept 12."
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Bob Anden Band

Date: 08 10 1953
Description: Group portrait of members of the 8 piece Bob Anden Band sitting behind their music stands.
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General Beverage Employees and Schenley Whiskey Display

Date: 09 14 1953
Description: Two General Beverage employees holding a bottle of Schenley whiskey between them and standing in front of a Schenley Whiskey display booth.
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South Side Men's Club Meeting

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: Glenn Mason is watching as Jerome Hoffman makes a written announcement that Wilbur Zwitter (center) has been re-elected president of the South Side Men's C...
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Madison Exchange Club Collection for Salvation Army

Date: 12 07 1953
Description: Members of the Madison Exchange Club with one of five bathtubs they will have around Madison to collect money for the Salvation Army Christmas baskets for ...
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Madison Curling Club

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Two members of the Madison Curling Club during an intra-club competition. Gloved curlers, L.W. Ketchum (left) and Rollie Black (right), show a "sweeping" t...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: People waiting in line to mail their letters, packages and parcels in the lobby of the United States Post Office on Monona Avenue. A woman is standing at t...
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: Postal employee, Harry Bunbury, receiving bundles of Christmas cards from inside the letter window at the United States Post Office on Monona Avenue. Bundl...
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Christmas Windows

Date: 12 18 1953
Description: Woldenberg's Christmas window at 26-28 East Mifflin Street, featuring a winter scene with female mannequins wearing the latest fashion in coats, hats, glov...
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Christmas Windows

Date: 12 18 1953
Description: Carmen's Christmas window at 9 South Pinckney Street, featuring female mannequins wearing the latest fashions for winter, including dresses, robes ("house ...

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