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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: People waiting in line to mail their letters, packages and parcels in the lobby of the United States Post Office on Monona Avenue. A woman is standing at t...
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Print Show

Date: 04 07 1954
Description: Second-Class Airman Joseph Narajka stationed at Truax Field studies another exhibit at the show as he tells his friend, Nancy Zimmerman (who lived on 1010 ...
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Print Show

Date: 04 07 1954
Description: Rebekah Cochran (center), who lived on 1118 Seminole Highway, is pointing to a print as Professor James Watrous (right) of the U.W. Art History Department ...
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Empty Stocking Club Christmas Toy Depot

Date: 12 19 1958
Description: Helping families select Christmas toys at the Empty Stocking Club annual toy depot held at the Community Center. Shown checking the agency report for a mot...
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Empty Stocking Club Christmas Toy Depot

Date: 12 19 1958
Description: Members of the Marine Corps Reserves Fourth Automatic Weapons Battery pitch in to help set up the depot, help move equipment and wrap presents for the Empt...
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Empty Stocking Club Christmas Toy Depot

Date: 12 19 1958
Description: Madison Mayor Ivan Nestingen (R) trys out a pop-gun during his visit to the annual Empty Stocking Club's Christmas toy depot held at the Community Center. ...
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1960 Madison City Council Group Portrait

Date: 04 17 1960
Description: The 1960 Madison City Council poses for a group portrait in the City County Building. The State Office Building at 1 West Wilson Street can be seen through...
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Voters

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: Three voters and a young observer at the Third Ward polling place in the City-County Building.
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Voters

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: A steady line of voters kept election clerks busy at the Fourth Ward in the City-County Building.
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State Highway Improvements Public Hearing

Date: 11 09 1960
Description: A display to illustrate proposed improvements to the Madison Beltline highway at a hearing in the City-County Building by the State Highway Commission.

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