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| Date: | 12 30 1953 |
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| Description: | Dave Halls is trying out new ice skates he received for Christmas at Tenney Park pond, which is used as a Madison outdoor rink in winter. With ankles wobbl... |
| Date: | 05 31 1954 |
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| Description: | Children lining the street for the Memorial Day parade around Capitol Square. |
| Date: | 08 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Paul Gottschalk and Alice Brussow (wife of William Brussow) are sitting at the Sun Prairie Early Settlers' picnic, sharing reminiscences. A person (face ou... |
| Date: | 08 10 1954 |
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| Description: | Early settler Anton Thomas, sitting on the right on the wooden bumper of an automobile, is holding his cane and smoking a pipe, and is talking with Robert ... |
| Date: | 08 10 1954 |
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| Description: | John Philpot (standing with cane) asking Herman Woerpel if he'd put on a little weight! Looking on is Edward Duschek, sitting in the driver's seat of a car... |
| Date: | 08 10 1954 |
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| Description: | At the Sun Prairie Early Settlers' picnic at Angell Park, the oldest settler present was Julia McElroy, 89, pictured with her son, George McElroy. |
| Date: | 01 08 1958 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the outgoing board president of the Madison Real Estate Board with his successor and other newly installed officers. Seated are Robert ... |
| Date: | 04 21 1957 |
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| Description: | Hundreds of Easter church-goers crowd the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Gorham Street on Sunday morning. |
| Date: | 04 21 1957 |
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| Description: | Mrs. P. Houston adjusting a flower on the coat of daughter Marjorie on the way to Bethel Lutheran Church on Easter Sunday. Her other children are Howard, J... |
| Date: | 10 29 1963 |
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| Description: | Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Madison Public Library building at the south corner of W. Mifflin and N. Fairchild Streets. Rev. Joseph Brown is standi... |
| Date: | 04 20 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen signing a proclamation designating April 26 through May 4 as Beautiful Madison Week, when residents are urged to spruce up the... |
| Date: | 05 17 1957 |
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| Description: | The Dane County Board met for the last time in the old courthouse Thursday night, and heard C.A. Sorenson (of Springdale) recite a history of the building ... |
| Date: | 05 17 1957 |
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| Description: | With nostalgic feelings, Dane County supervisors said goodbye to the old courthouse on Main Street, then marched to the new City-County building on Monona ... |
| Date: | 04 20 1957 |
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| Description: | Three boys are pressing their noses to the window of a pet shop on a busy Monroe Street, while viewing five rabbits. Two boys have their thumbs in their ea... |
| Date: | 06 29 1957 |
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| Description: | An image of the dedication event of the new City-County Building as reflected in a pair of sunglasses on one of the spectators. In the right lens, a police... |
| Date: | 06 29 1957 |
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| Description: | View of the dedication event of the new $8.6 million City-County Building in Madison from the sidewalk across the street on Monona Avenue (now Martin Luthe... |
| Date: | 06 15 1957 |
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| Description: | A packed crowd of children are watching from behind a white fence towards an arena of horseback riders. A large speaker is on a pole for announcements. ... |
| Date: | 10 26 1957 |
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| Description: | "Free punki'ns" are being given to children by the Madison Sears store and the Y Men's Club of the YMCA. The pumpkins are to be carved and entered in a con... |
| Date: | 11 23 1957 |
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| Description: | City workers install holiday decorations and lights on light poles on the corner of South Carroll and W. Main Streets at the Capitol Square. A man is seen ... |
| Date: | 11 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Christmas shoppers crowd the Capitol Square on the day after Thanksgiving Day. Women shoppers are seen at the corner of State Street, Carroll Street and W.... |
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