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| Date: | 08 12 1932 |
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| Description: | RKO motion picture actress Raquel Torres christening the new model airplane manufactured in Madison by Orland Corben. Corben had flown the airplane that br... |
| Date: | 04 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's new racing shell, the Mendota, receives the champagne bottle from sponsor Mrs. Harry (Mary) Stuhldreher in the christening ceremony on t... |
| Date: | 05 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's Chairman of the State Highway Commission, James R. Law (left), greeting Secretary of the Interior, Julius A. Krug and his wife and son. They ar... |
| Date: | 08 03 1948 |
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| Description: | Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, at left, christens the "Northliner Alice in Dairyland" with a bottle of milk at the Madison municipal airport, with N... |
| Date: | 05 07 1950 |
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| Description: | A crowd gathers in front of the partially constructed new building for Trinity Lutheran Church, 1904 Winnebago at First Street. The existing church buildin... |
| Date: | 11 11 1950 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a procession being led out of St. Raphael's Cathedral by Bishop William P. O'Connor in honor of the Madison Knights of Columbus 5... |
| Date: | 11 11 1950 |
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| Description: | Red Arrow division national guardsmen observe wreath bearers at the State Street corner of the Capitol Square. |
| Date: | 03 25 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the groundbreaking ceremony for Westminster Presbyterian Church at 4100 Nakoma Road. The homes across the street inclu... |
| Date: | 09 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd gathered on the lawn in front of the new Veterans Administration Hospital during the dedication ceremony. |
| Date: | 05 19 1952 |
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| Description: | May crowning of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Edgewood College, Madison. Part of the court of honor is shown with Rosemary Darcey, Watertown, (last in the cen... |
| Date: | 03 1940 |
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| Description: | Page from a scrapbook kept by Neighborhood House, with images of children on an Easter egg hunt in Columbus Park and crossing the street on their return, a... |
| Date: | 01 05 1959 |
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| Description: | The American flag is raised on the flagpole in front of the new St.James Catholic grade school on St. James Court. More than 300 pupils stand for the flag ... |
| Date: | 03 01 1959 |
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| Description: | A group of men posing in front of an engine and under the fuselage of a DC-3 air liner. The original caption states: "Cutting the tape for the inaugural fl... |
| Date: | 08 15 1960 |
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| Description: | Mother Monica, superior of the convent and academy, turns over the first spadeful of ground during the groundbreaking ceremonies for a new motherhouse conv... |
| Date: | 02 14 1961 |
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| Description: | Harry Marsh, right, is presented with a photo-sketch of himself at a retirement dinner in his honor. He retired as the Madison agent for the North Western ... |
| Date: | 05 14 1961 |
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| Description: | Breaking ground for the new Christ Presbyterian Church are John Wimberly, son of the pastor, and Miss Minnie Winifred Hastings, 420 S. Brooks Street, a lon... |
| Date: | 06 15 1953 |
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| Description: | View across road towards eight members of Madison American Legion and its Auxiliary posed and raising a large new flag at the Veteran's Administration Hosp... |
| Date: | 05 17 1957 |
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| Description: | With nostalgic feelings, Dane County supervisors said goodbye to the old courthouse on Main Street, then marched to the new City-County building on Monona ... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Six men are posing around a patch of dirt, and snow is on the ground. Five of the men are holding shovels, and one man is lighting what appears to be a pro... |
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