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Ben Sidran at a Recording Console

Date: 08 19 1972
Description: Musician Ben Sidran sitting in front of a console in a music studio. He is wearing earphones and smoking a cigarette. Ben has a moustache and beard.
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Sid Holding Shotgun on Toonerville Trolley

Date: 04 21 1974
Description: Portrait by photo journalist, Edwin Stein, of Sid in his backyard standing on the back of the Toonerville Trolley holding a shotgun. Sid is wearing a large...
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Barber Harry Hicks smoking a cigarette and relaxing between customers at the Park Hotel barbershop. He is wearing a black bow tie and belt as part of his a...
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New Truax Field Officers Club

Date: 12 05 1953
Description: Guests at the Truax Field Officers Club formal "debt party" and dance celebrating the opening of the new clubhouse. Darlene Simmons is shown providing a "l...
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Sears Roebuck Store Construction

Date: 01 18 1954
Description: Shovel operator Joe Hermanson in the cab at the new Sears Roebuck store under construction on East Washington Avenue.
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"Jacks" Tournament at University of Wisconsin Sorority

Date: 03 27 1954
Description: Sue Fehland from Wausau and Mary Heiser from Freeport, Illinois, are watching Ken Hauser from Ridgewood N.J., who is taking a turn at jacks while kneeling ...
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Madison Restaurant Association Meeting

Date: 04 28 1954
Description: Executive Chef, Warren Olsen (left) lighting a cigarette for Bryce Amunson of Wisconsin Rapids, while David Botham is looking on. Amunson and Botham are st...
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American Optical Company

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Three company executives looking at lenses in an office at the American Optical Company located on 429 State Street. One of the men might be Mark Metz.
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American Optical Company

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Elevated view of technicians working at the American Optical Company located on 429 State Street. Men are standing and sitting at several work stations to ...
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Madison Restaurant Association Meeting

Date: 04 28 1954
Description: Enjoying cigars after their meal are E.L. Heiser (left) and Paul J. Goede, executive chef de cuisine at Farmers Mutual office building (right). The men wer...
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Traditional Swiss Cheese Production at the West Middleton Cheese Cooperative

Date: 06 03 1954
Description: Cheese makers Alfred Abplanalp (right) and Bernard Cupp perform the old-time Swiss cheese making method of using cheese cloth to skim the curd from the top...
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Traditional Swiss Cheese Production at the West Middleton Cheese Cooperative

Date: 06 03 1954
Description: Cheese makers Bernard Cupp (right) and Alfred Abplanalp (left) completing the process of skimming curd from a vault of whey by lifting the cheese cloth bag...
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Congressman Glenn Davis Holds Office Hours in Madison

Date: 08 23 1954
Description: Congressman Glenn Davis (R-Waukesha) chats with constituent Ervin Cady who is balancing his brimmed hat on one knee while lighting up a cigar.
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Sears Roebuck & Co. Luncheon at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Representatives of business, labor and government meet at the Edgewater Hotel for a pre-luncheon gathering to celebrate the opening of a new Sears store. S...
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We Saw You . . . at ESBMA Banquet

Date: 01 20 1955
Description: Annual banquet of the East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) held at the Loraine Hotel. Shown left to right are: C.H. Thiede, 2218 Rusk Street, with ...
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We Saw You . . . at Lawmaker School

Date: 01 10 1955
Description: Veteran lawmaker, Assemblyman R.A. Peabody (R-Milltown), relaxing with a cigar as he is listening to a presenter at the pre-session lawmaker's school for f...
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Man Blowing a Smoke Ring

Date: 03 24 1955
Description: Man smoking a cigarette and blowing a smoke ring towards the ceiling.
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Progressive Magazine Editor

Date: 03 25 1955
Description: Morris Rubin, editor of The Progressive, sitting at his desk decked with a glass ashtray with cigarette, matchbook, and papers. In 1940, Rubin (b.19...
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger is teaching his daughter, Susan Jane, to ice skate at the Vilas Park ice skating rink by Lake Wingra.
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Ice Skaters at Vilas Park

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Francis Nerlinger helping daughter, Susan Jane, learn how to skate at Vilas Park ice rink by Lake Wingra.

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