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Smashing Illegal Slot Machines

Date: 1948
Description: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines.
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Miniature Models

Date: 04 29 1946
Description: Three miniature models of a youth chair, combination desk-chair (made of wire and a cigarette box) and child sized wheelbarrow, taken for H.M. Wood.
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Gosling's Display at W.S.B.M. Festival

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: Gosling's Sales and Service display at West Side Business Men's Association harvest festival featuring coffee grinders, meat grinders and Holcomb & Hoke Ma...
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Doughboy Mills Factory

Date: 02 05 1942
Description: Model of Doughboy Mills, Inc. and grain elevator.
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Smashing Slot Machines

Date: 06 10 1935
Description: Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson is opening confiscated slot machines to extract money, and Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, is smashing other confisc...
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Smashing Slot Machines

Date: 06 10 1935
Description: Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, using a sledge hammer to smash a confiscated slot machine, with Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson looking on.
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Whiffle Board & Roulette Wheel

Date: 06 10 1935
Description: Sheriff Lawrence O. Larson and Andrew Serstad, turnkey at the county jail, with confiscated whiffle board and roulette wheel.
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Gardner Baking Co. Employees

Date: 10 14 1934
Description: Group portrait of Gardner Baking Co. drivers/salesmen from out of town, taken outdoors near 849 E. Washington Avenue. Breese Stevens Field is in the backgr...
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Gardner Baking Co. Employees

Date: 10 14 1934
Description: Group portrait of Gardner Baking Co. drivers/salesmen from Madison, taken outdoors near 849 E. Washington Avenue. Breese Stevens Field is in the background...
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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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Dane County Tug of War Champions

Date: 08 20
Description: Dane County tug of war champion team, dressed in overalls, with ropes used in competition. The team went to the 1934 Chicago World's Fair.
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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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University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House Construction

Date: 08 20 1930
Description: Elevated view of Novoid corkboard being installed on the roof of the new University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House, looking southwest. Men are working on...
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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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Blue Jay Concrete Booth at ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 12 1929
Description: Blue Jay Concrete Co., cast stone, booth at East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival.
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Central High School Track Team

Date: 04 16 1929
Description: Group portrait of Central High School track team taken at Breese Stevens field, with the Simon Brothers wholesale grocers building (901 E. Washington Avenu...
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Steinhauer Garage Booth at Fall Festival

Date: 09 12 1928
Description: H.G. Steinhauer Garage booth at East Side Business Men's Association's (ESBMA) Fall Festival at Sugar Beet factory on Sugar Avenue, displaying Spartan radi...
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Floral Exhibit at ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 12 1928
Description: Floral display at East Side Business Men's Association's (ESBMA) Fall Festival at Sugar Beet Factory on Sugar Avenue for Mr. Cranefield, West Side News.
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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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WooDick Corporation Display

Date: 11
Description: Display of child's folding desk made by WooDick Corporation, in Madison Association of Commerce window.

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