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Kennedy Manor

Date: 05 27 1953
Description: Langdon Street facade of Kennedy Manor Apartments, 1 Langdon Street, on the corner of Langdon Street and Wisconsin Avenue.
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First Day of School

Date: 09 14 1953
Description: Miss McGill, Oregon, with her new kindergarten class at Marquette School, returning from a walk around the school grounds.
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Mohawk Realty Co. House

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Exterior view of small Cape Cod-style house. Taken for Mohawk Realty Co. (location unknown).
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Reading Outside Dudgeon School in Summer

Date: 06 11 1954
Description: Student Joan Woerdehoff with her hand raised, ready to answer her teacher Gertrude Wilson's question. Other students behind her are shown searching their b...
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 08 26 1954
Description: Houses along a Madison neighborhood street where carriers deliver the Wisconsin State Journal. One house on this paper route has a front yard enclos...
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 08 26 1954
Description: Houses along a Madison residential street where carriers deliver the Wisconsin State Journal on their paper route.
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 01 08 1955
Description: Row of two-story houses along the newspaper route in a Madison neighborhood, where the carriers throw their papers to the doorstep.
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Opitz and Young Relator Advertising Copy

Date: 09 1955
Description: Advertisement image for a one-story house at 3022 Gregory Street with three bedrooms and a first-floor laundry selling for $17,500.
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Shirley Abrahamson

Date: 07 26 1962
Description: Attorney, Shirley Abrahamson, walking her Irish Setters, Brisco and Betsy-B near her Fish Hatchery Road home. She is a member of the law firm of LaFollette...
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Dedication of Gay Braxton Apartments

Date: 06 24 1965
Description: Roland Day, at the microphone, emcee of the dedication of the Gay Braxton Apartments. Speakers seated behind Mr. Day include Mayor Otto Festge and tenant s...
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Summer Relaxation On The Capitol Grounds

Date: 07 07 1957
Description: Man wearing a brimmed hat slumped alone on a metal park bench in the shade on South Pickney Street on Capitol Square. He has a cigarette or cigar between h...
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Gay Braxton Apartments Dedication

Date: 06 24 1965
Description: Guests honored at the dedication ceremony of the Gay Braxton Apartments gathered around a sign for the building. They are left to right Mayor Otto Festge, ...
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First Year of School for a Cambridge Farm Girl

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Barbara Notstad, daughter of the Orlow Notstad farm family, is standing in front of the Rockdale School where she will be a first-grader the day after Labo...
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Salute to Newsboys

Date: 10 03 1957
Description: Newspaper delivery boy Mathew Bourne, 113 Lathrop Street, checks-in with his Wisconsin State Journal district manager Clint Vondoll, who is sitting ...
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Explosion Kills Couple

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: Explosion and fire in the 200 block of North Bassett Street caused the deaths of William and Gladys McGrath and destruction of five buildings. Firemen are ...
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University of Wisconsin Eagle Heights Apartments for Married Graduate Students

Date: 03 25 1958
Description: Children enjoy riding bikes at the U.W. Eagle Heights apartments. Barbara Bessae, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bessae, is shown giving a ride to Tommy Bi...
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Watering the State Capitol Grounds

Date: 05 09 1958
Description: Underground sprinklers watering the grass in back of benches along the sidewalk at the state Capitol.
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Experimental Plastic Traffic Strips on Square

Date: 07 24 1958
Description: Elevated view showing newly applied, experimental, white plastic traffic strips installed on the streets around the Capitol Square. The automobiles are tra...
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Children Playing in a Hammock

Date: 07 20 1958
Description: Laurie Stein, 5 year old daughter of photographer Edwin Stein, playing in a double hammock with her friend Sara.
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Children Playing in a Hammock

Date: 07 20 1958
Description: Jimmie Stein, two year old son of photographer Edwin Stein, lying in a hammock.

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