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WMTV Weatherman Paul Ekern

Date: 05 28 1953
Description: WMTV weatherman Paul Ekern is standing and pointing to a weather map in front of a WMTV television camera.
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House

Date: 03 16 1954
Description: Single-family, one-story home for sale by Mohawk Realty in a newly built housing suburb. A telephone pole is standing behind the house on the left. There a...
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ABC-TV Dinner at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 10 09 1954
Description: Four men standing at a banquet table with a Bucky Badger ice sculpture as the centerpiece. One is holding one of the chrysanthemums that decorated the tabl...
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Christmas Display in Edgewater Hotel Lobby

Date: 12 22 1954
Description: Christmas display in the Edgewater Hotel Lobby. An automobile parked outdoors can be seen through the window on the left.
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Gas Main Explosions Killed a Madison Couple

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: A Madison Gas and Electric Company worker probing for gas leaks with a meter on the Capitol Square after two explosions rocked downtown Madison, killing tw...
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Snow Blower in Front of Capitol Building

Date: 02 11 1959
Description: "What All Hope Snow Will Do: Blow" is the caption. As much snow on the ground as there was at anytime during the past two winters. A man is pushing the sno...
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New U.W. Heating Plant

Date: 02 18 1959
Description: Exterior of the recently completed University of Wisconsin heating plant on Charter Street.
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Gambling Raid at Downtown Tavern

Date: 03 10 1959
Description: Police and state agents take a gaming machine out the door of the Wagon Wheel tavern, 203 East Washington avenue.

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