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First Snowfall at Sherman Terrace

Date: 11 26 1953
Description: Trying out their sleds are Judy Stanley and Wendy Wanda.
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Blackhawk Ski Club Meet

Date: 01 03 1954
Description: View up hill towards Don West, of the host Blackhawk Ski Club, who has just left the jumping scaffold, competing in the Class C category. Spectators are al...
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Arboretum Brush Fire

Date: 03 08 1954
Description: Brush fire in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum.
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Vilas Zoo Monkeys

Date: 07 06 1955
Description: Monkeys on monkey island at the Vilas Park Zoo. The monkeys are on loan from the University of Wisconsin during the summer and returned in the winter to be...
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Hilldale Shopping Center Construction

Date: 04 03 1962
Description: View looking south from the Shorewood bluff of the Hilldale Shopping Center under construction. Apartments and houses in the Hill Farms neighborhood are in...
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Lorenz Hall, Mendota State Hospital

Date: 08 1955
Description: Lorenz Hall at Mendota State Hospital. The lake is in the distance.
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Sorority Ban Protest

Date: 10 04 1962
Description: A long, orderly line of student sorority and fraternity members carrying umbrellas and marching in pairs to protest the decision to ban the Delta Gamma sor...
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Rehabilitation Program for Game-Law Violators

Date: 05 29 1957
Description: Conservation Warden Albert Koppenhaver gives a talking-to to a youthful game law violator for shooting a pheasant out of season.
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Gardner Plane Crash Blamed on Heavy Fog

Date: 06 26 1957
Description: Sauk County Deputy Melvin Albers points out the direction that the light plane took as it crashed through a forest near Baraboo, taking the lives of Louis ...
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Gardner Plane Crash Blamed on Heavy Fog

Date: 06 26 1957
Description: Area residents check the wreckage of the plane near LaRue, about 15 miles west of Baraboo. Mrs. Ed Meyer (standing between the two trees with folded hands)...
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Lifeguard Helps Open Madison Beaches for Summer

Date: 06 15 1957
Description: Lifeguard Nancy Thomsen (5524 Lake Mendota Drive) warns a youngster not to go into deep water at the Tenney Park beach on the official opening day for the ...
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Picking a Homegrown Peach

Date: 08 10 1957
Description: Edward H. Unger at 4606 Wallace Avenue on the East Side picks a peach from a tree in his backyard that he planted as a peach stone four years ago. His harv...
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Silhouette of Bird in a Tree

Date: 08 10 1957
Description: A picture taken at Willow Beach shows a red-winged blackbird perched on a tree branch. The bird and trees are shown in silhouette.
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Mendota Lotus Beds in Full Bloom

Date: 08 10 1957
Description: Unidentified man taking a picture of the Lotus Bed on Lake Mendota. The bed of large, floating white blossoms are at the peak of their bloom.
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We Saw You . . . Tobogganing at Olbrich

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: Children going downhill on a toboggan at Olbrich Park don't seem to mind if scarves are flying as they squeal, scream and shout. The toboggan is made of wo...
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Armed Forces Day Air Show and Parade

Date: 05 17 1958
Description: Two boys admiring the Wisconsin 32nd Division troops parading at the Capitol Square during the Armed Forces Day air show and parade.
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New Addition to an East Wilson Street Office Building

Date: 06 07 1958
Description: An addition to the General Casualty company building at 117 East Wilson street nearing completion. It will house the offices of the Fire Association Group ...
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New Headquarters of the Forest Products Research Society at 1 Walnut Street

Date: 06 12 1958
Description: The new headquarters of the Forest Products Research Society located at 1 Walnut Street.
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Christmas on the Bayles Farm

Date: 12 16 1958
Description: Dennis Bayles, his son-in-law, Le Verne Kirking, and two of the Kirking children, Ann Denise and Duane, trudging through the snow to cut pine branches from...
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Henry Vilas Zoo Animals Keep Active in the Winter

Date: 02 02 1959
Description: Animals at the Henry Vilas Zoo keep active during winter weather.

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