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Madison Housing Development at McKenna Boulevard and Gilbert Roadert

Date: 05 22 1954
Description: Madison housing development at the corner of McKenna Boulevard and Gilbert Road in the Orchard Ridge neighborhood. Shows homes, sprawling backyards and tel...
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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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Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill with New Lighting

Date: 12 1954
Description: View of the Lincoln statue with new lighting. The new amber lights were installed in late 1954 and are automatically turned on at dark by an electronic dev...
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Scene at Shullsburg's Badger Park

Date: 07 1955
Description: Parents and children sitting on a blanket on a lawn and looking down over the swimming pool, which is enclosed by a chain-link fence at Badger Park.
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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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Family Barbecue

Date: 10 1955
Description: A mother and son look on as the father tends to a thick steak cooking on a portable barbecue. The boy is holding a Dachshund puppy; the mother, three bottl...
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Cub Scout Pack Picnic at Hoyt Park

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: Den Mother J. E. Maddrell carries a try of cupcakes with den chief assistant John Carrier who has a jug of grapeade. The Cub Scouts are (left to right): To...
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Westport St. Mary's of the Lake 7th Annual Harness Racing and Horse Show

Date: 06 14 1957
Description: Esther Hornung (husband Anthony), Route 1, President of the Westport St. Mary's of the Lakes Altar Society, tours the Wilmar Farm harness racing track with...
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Annual Golden G. Ranchers Club Party at the Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 06 15 1957
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. ...
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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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First Year of School for a Cambridge Farm Girl

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Barbara Notstad holding one of the ten kittens on the family farm that she will miss when she goes to school for her first year at Rockdale School near Cam...
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Garbage "Battle" Continues

Date: 09 07 1957
Description: Signs protesting city annexation activities and city extension of services to the 21st ward, greeted city garbage and rubbish truck drivers as they made th...
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Six Young Farmers

Date: 01 28 1958
Description: A young man wearing a wool coat is carrying two pails across a snow-covered farm yard. In the background a dog is running to keep up, and icicles are hangi...
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Man Playing Tennis in a Madison City Park

Date: 04 15 1958
Description: A man playing tennis in a Madison city park.
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Wolman Family Home

Date: 05 08 1958
Description: New home, located at 4121 Chippewa Drive, designed by owners Martin and Ann Wolman to meet the needs of their large family of five children. Shown is the e...
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'Outdoor Living Day' in Madison

Date: 05 18 1959
Description: As part of the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, model Marlyn Sachtjen reclines on an inflated beach mattress in th...
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New Spring Harbor School Under Construction

Date: 05 23 1958
Description: Construction begins on Spring Harbor School, 1110 Spring Harbor Drive just north of University Avenue. The building was designed by Kaeser and McLeod Archi...
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We Saw You . . . at New Carousel

Date: 06 21 1958
Description: Children and parents waiting their turn to ride the new Vilas Park merry-go-round during the grand-opening event for the ride on June 21, 1958. In the back...
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Renk - Tomlin Wedding

Date: 06 28 1958
Description: Elevated view of guests greeting the bride, Susan Renk, and groom, Richard Tomlin, at the wedding reception on the lawn of the Renk farm in rural Sun Prair...
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New Electric Sub-Station

Date: 07 23 1958
Description: Switch-throwing ceremony for the new electric sub-station in Sun Prairie on Market Street. Five men are standing in front of the transformer and other equi...

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