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| Date: | 07 04 1876 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of view of procession, military company and citizens at Great Centennial Day at the Capitol Square. Scene at Main and Carroll Streets showing t... |
| Date: | 08 03 1941 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Lange family at a reunion in Olin Park, with the Madison skyline in the background. |
| Date: | 06 25 1935 |
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| Description: | Five legislators dressed in baseball uniforms shaking hands before a baseball game at Breese Stevens Field. L to R: Senator Sherman W. Wade, Antigo; Joseph... |
| Date: | 03 12 1935 |
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| Description: | Four young women tennis players greeting each other at the net at Tenney Park's new tennis courts. From left to right are: Alta Mae Freund, Violette Spence... |
| Date: | 08 27 1931 |
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| Description: | Olin Park auditorium — assembly hall, built for chautauqua purposes. Designed by Morrison H. Vail of Chicago, built in 1900 by John H. Starck Co., John H.... |
| Date: | 08 27 1931 |
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| Description: | Olin Park auditorium - Assembly Hall as viewed from the East (lake side), built for Monona Lake Assembly Chautauqua purposes in 1900. Designed by Morrison... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Fourth of July "living flag" created by costumed dancers from the Kehl Dance Studio, a school founded in Madison by Frederick W. Kehl in 1898. The Capi... |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | "View of the Capitol, with all the Flags" one of four "Different Views of Parades in the Streets" identified in Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic View... |
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| Description: | Fourth of July flag drill at Vilas Park, choreographed by F.W. Kehl in Madison. The land for Vilas Park was donated to the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Colorized view. Caption reads: "Chautauqua Grounds, Lake Monona, Madison in Distance." |
| Date: | 11 15 1948 |
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| Description: | Eleven former members of Brownie Scout Troop 64 participating in a "fly-up ceremony in Glenwood Park where they became full-fledged Girl Scouts. Mrs. Glen ... |
| Date: | 11 23 1948 |
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| Description: | Children crowded around Santa Claus at the annual East Side community Christmas tree celebration in Riverside Park. |
| Date: | 06 28 1950 |
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| Description: | Children who came to the UNICO festival in Brittingham Park gather around a soap box derby car for a group portrait. The festival is sponsored by the Madis... |
| Date: | 06 30 1951 |
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| Description: | A crowd of children surround a man with a birthday cake while celebrating the first anniversary of Winkie the elephant's arrival at Vilas Zoo. |
| Date: | 06 30 1951 |
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| Description: | Two men and Vilas Zoo Director Harold Hayes standing with group of children during the celebration of the first anniversary of Winkie the elephant's arriva... |
| Date: | 06 28 1952 |
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| Description: | Winkie, the Vilas Zoo elephant, is led by zoo keepers to summer quarters with many children looking on during a party to celebrate Winkie's birthday and 2n... |
| Date: | 05 27 1952 |
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| Description: | Bob Dick, WIBA Radio Program Director, interviews Harold Hayes, Director of the Vilas Zoo, at the "coming out" party and birthday of Winkie the elephant. |
| Date: | 06 28 1952 |
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| Description: | A zoo keeper is standing beside Winkie, the Vilas Zoo elephant, as she is eating her "birthday cake" to celebrate her birthday and second anniversary at th... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Friends of Lewis Arms enjoy beer at a party at Brittingham Park. Seated on the ground from left to right are: Elinora (mother of Lewis Arms, Jr.), Hattie, ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Monona Lake Assembly Auditorium and grounds. Designed by Morrison H. Vail of Chicago, built in 1900 by John H. Starck Co., John H. Findorff, vice-president... |
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