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Ladder Wagon Racing to Fire

Date: 1895
Description: A ladder wagon of the Madison Fire Department races around corner of North Pinckney and East Main streets.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Parade

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Seventy-six derby car drivers march behind leader Frankie Meyers on East Gorham Street during the Soap Box Derby Parade of Youth.
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 22 1956
Description: Soap Box Derby cars lined up in their "service pits" before the race on East Washington Avenue. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background.
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Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: Finish line of the Soap Box Derby on Midvale Boulevard. Two cars are about to cross the line with crowds of people watching from behind fences along the si...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: Two racers streak down the soap box derby track on E. Gorham Street as a large crowd watches from behind a fence along the sidewalk.
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In the Starting Gate

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: View from behind of a soap box racer in the starting gate at the top of the E. Gorham Street hill between N. Butler and N. Pinckney Streets. A man with a f...
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Protest at Lake and State Streets

Date: 1968
Description: Composite photograph of an elevated view of an anti-Vietnam War protest at the intersection of Lake and State Streets looking east up State Street. A large...
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Razing of Manchester's Department Store

Date: 06 1985
Description: View up Wisconsin Avenue at West Dayton Street towards the razing of Manchester's Department Store. There are construction workers working near two cranes ...
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Snow, Slush and Pedestrians

Date: 03 05 1965
Description: People jumping over slush from a sidewalk to the street. Three inches of snow had fallen, adding up to 39 inches of water.
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Man Posing with Fishing Rod and Waders

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Description: View of Stan Hamre, laying along the concrete sidewalk at the foot of Sid Boyum's front porch steps, with one of his legs resting on one of the steps. He ...
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Man Posing with Fishing Rod and Waders

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Description: View of Stan Hamre laying along the concrete sidewalk at the foot of Sid Boyum's front porch steps, with one leg resting up on the steps. He is partially l...
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Future Site of the State Archives Preservation Facility

Date: 11 11 2015
Description: Front entrance to the State of Wisconsin's Central Services Building, located at 201 S. Dickinson Street. The building contained Transportation Services an...
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Explosion Kills Couple

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: Explosion and fire in the 200 block of North Bassett Street caused the deaths of William and Gladys McGrath and destruction of five buildings. Firemen are ...
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Sandblasting Facade of Fess Hotel

Date: 11 18 1974
Description: View from sidewalk of a man standing on a ladder and sandblasting the facade on the right side of the Fess Hotel.

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