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Ed Gein Arriving at State Crime Lab

Date: 11 19 1957
Description: Law enforcement officials escorting Ed Gein (1906-1984) to the state crime lab, 917 University Avenue for lie detector and other tests.
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Capital Trailer Co.

Date: 06 04 1953
Description: Two men standing beside a truck with a sign reading: "Capital Trailer Co. 960 S. Park St." There are trailers in the background.
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Hughes Trailer Mart

Date: 06 05 1953
Description: Hughes Trailer Mart, 3065 East Washington Avenue.
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General Beverage Sales Co.

Date: 09 10 1953
Description: General Beverage Sales Co., 114 N. Murray Street, with a Pabst Blue ribbon sign on the building and four trucks parked beside it. Railroad tracks run acros...
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Woolworth's in the Madison East Shopping Center

Date: 09 24 1953
Description: Exterior of the F.W. Woolworth Company in the Madison East Shopping Center, 2925 East Washington Avenue.
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Borden Dairy Float with Beulah

Date: 05 12 1954
Description: Station wagon pulling a float for Borden's Dairy on a trailer at the Governor's luncheon for the Dairy Foods Festival held at the Edgewater Hotel. The floa...
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Sears Store Parking Lot

Date: 10 12 1954
Description: View of the large parking lot with several parked cars and a neon sign reading: "Sears Customer Parking."
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Newspaper Carriers

Date: 01 08 1955
Description: Three Wisconsin State Journal newspaper boys. They are standing on a city sidewalk by parking meters with satchels slung over their shoulders and pa...
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Whitford Hearing Service

Date: 01 06 1955
Description: Commercial building at 108 and 110 North Fairchild Street. Entrances for Rider-Realty Company and Whitford Hearing Service. There is a coin-operated parkin...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: Illinois Central flagman R.D. DeRoche walking along the railroad tracks at the Monroe and Regent Streets crossing ahead of the engine after he activated wa...
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Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: Brakeman R.D. DeRoche pressing the button to deactivate the warning lights as the Illinois Central train passes the intersection with Monroe and Regent Str...
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Parked Car Rolls Across Carroll Street

Date: 05 11 1957
Description: A parked Buick Super sitting in front of the Karsten's men's shoe store on Carroll Street on the Madison Capitol Square. It had rolled across the street an...
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Boys Make Big Splash

Date: 05 15 1957
Description: Children frolicking in rain water which collected in the Milwaukee Railroad underpass on North Park Street during Tuesday afternoon's heavy downpour. There...
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Dedication of Gay Braxton Apartments

Date: 06 24 1965
Description: Roland Day, at the microphone, emcee of the dedication of the Gay Braxton Apartments. Speakers seated behind Mr. Day include Mayor Otto Festge and tenant s...
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Two Escape as Dirt Jostles House

Date: 06 21 1957
Description: A policeman and a night watchman narrowly escaped injury when a huge mound of excavated dirt fell on a house adjacent to the new State Office building cons...
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Gay Braxton Apartments Dedication

Date: 06 24 1965
Description: Guests honored at the dedication ceremony of the Gay Braxton Apartments gathered around a sign for the building. They are left to right Mayor Otto Festge, ...
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Successful Small-Town Businesswoman

Date: 10 08 1957
Description: Anne Marshall Kleist, in front of her ladies' ready-to-wear and accessories store Kleist and Wiggs, discussing business matters with Bob Hutchings, preside...
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Ralph O'Dell Murder Case

Date: 10 1957
Description: Members of the jury for the murder trial of Ralph O'Dell accused of shooting Joseph Knock during a burglary attempt, are standing in front of the A&P Super...
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Edwin Stein Using a Telephoto Lens on the Capitol Square

Date: 11 06 1957
Description: Edwin Stein taking photographs of people around Capitol Square using a new telephoto lens. He is down the block from the new Belmont Hotel and in front of ...
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Hey Goblins, You'd Better Watch Out

Date: 10 26 1957
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...

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