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Naval Training School, Ship's Store

Date: 02 07 1945
Description: Naval clerk selling Old Gold cigarettes to a trainee at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) ship's store in the University of Wisconsin athletic stadium...
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Ray-O-Vac Bond Selling Winners

Date: 01 1943
Description: Group portrait of 24 winners of Ray-O-Vac bond selling contest.
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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, standing in the doorway of a train car and signing autographs.
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West Kentucky Coal Co. Booth

Date: 09 16 1934
Description: West Kentucky Coal Co. booth featuring three buckets of WinterKing coal at the East Side Businessmen's Festival.
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Tent at Tent Colony

Date: 06 27 1931
Description: Man sawing wood in front of a tent in the woods at the University of Wisconsin Tent Colony. The tent is set up on a wood platform. Also known as Camp Galli...
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Fiore Coal & Oil Co. Window Display

Date: 05 22 1931
Description: Fiore Coal & Oil Co. window display in the First National Bank building, 905 University Avenue. The window features a model railroad train layout which is ...
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Breese Stevens Field

Date: 05 15 1931
Description: Breese Stevens Athletic Field, with lights on tall poles, and a chain link fence along the sidewalk. View looking toward E. Washington Avenue with Simon Br...
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Madison Skyline from Field House

Date: 08 20 1930
Description: Elevated view of the Madison skyline from the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House, showing the Wisconsin State Capitol and Gateway Lumber Co., 1429...
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University of Wisconsin Field House

Date: 03 12 1930
Description: The University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House frame under construction, with novoid corkboard being installed on the south bleachers of Camp Randall in t...
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Parade of Texaco Trucks and Cars

Date: 07 13 1929
Description: View down street towards 23 trucks and cars in a parade celebrating the completion of the take over of the Capitol Oil Company by Texaco, located at 919 Ea...
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Mautz Paint & Glass Co. Office

Date: 04 24 1929
Description: Office staff at work in Mautz Paint & Glass Company office, 939 East Washington Avenue. There is a spiral staircase on the left leading up to the next floo...
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Billiards Room Window

Date: 11 05 1928
Description: Mautz Cigars and Billards window display, 832 University Avenue, advertising Chesterfield Cigarettes with a football motif.
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Inland Lakes Boat Works Boat Storage

Date: 10 03 1946
Description: Ten row boats in storage inside a building at Inland Lakes Boat Works, 1501 Monroe Street.
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Inland Lakes Boat Works Workshop

Date: 10 03 1946
Description: Inland Lakes Boat Works basement workshop at the Stadium Garage, located at 1501 Monroe Street. The view includes three men and one woman constructing boat...
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Circus Canvasman at Work

Date: 07 14 1897
Description: James Whalen, boss canvasman with the Ringling Brothers circus, at work in a van.
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Air View of University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 1946
Description: Aerial view of the University of Wisconsin campus with Lake Mendota on the right.
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Camp Randall Stadium Addition

Date: 01 19 1951
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Camp Randall Stadium addition, showing north end bleacher re-construction.
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Camp Randall Stadium Addition

Date: 01 19 1951
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Camp Randall Stadium addition, showing north end bleacher re-construction, from the west.
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Rennebohm Coffee Break

Date: 1979
Description: Two men enjoy coffee and a cigarette at an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant. At this time cigarette smoking in Madison restaurants took place i...
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Four Men Playing Cards

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men sitting at a table playing cards, smoking cigarettes and ...

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