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Meat Market Display

Date: 1939
Description: Woman worker wearing a butcher's apron, poses holding a ham, in a meat market with Easter ham display.
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Father Groppi Speaking in Assembly Chamber

Date: 1969
Description: Father James Groppi speaking at a demonstration at the Wisconsin State Capitol Assembly Chamber protesting welfare cuts. Father Groppi is seated on the lef...
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Boy Scouts, Troop #9

Date: 05 26 1945
Description: Outdoor group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #9 from Parkside Presbyterian Church, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park.
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Boy Scouts, Troop #31

Date: 05 26 1945
Description: Group portrait of Boy Scouts, Troop #31 from Trinity Lutheran Church, at Four Lakes Council Camporee in Olin Park.
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Texaco Service Station

Date: 08 06 1929
Description: View of Texaco service station, 1337 Regent Street at Randall Avenue, with the towers of St. James Catholic Church in the background behind buildings.
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Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen and Family

Date: 1874
Description: The Reverend Jakob Aall Ottesen (1825-1904), his wife Cathinka Doderlein Ottesen and family posed in front of their home. A man on the roof holds out a Nor...
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Knights of Columbus Women's Group

Date: 05 19 1954
Description: Large group of Knights of Columbus women, standing in front of buses made to look like railroad cars. They are returning from a convention held in Racine.
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Boy Scouts Four Lakes Drum & Bugle Corps

Date: 07 15 1947
Description: Boy Scouts Four Lakes Drum & Bugle Corps "Jamboree Corps - 1947" in front of the Masonic Temple, 301 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Catholic Church Altar and Crucifix

Date: 08 17 1955
Description: Bronze crucifix, wall mosaic of religious symbols, and altar in St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church, 5460 Mary Lake Road.
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Masonic Temple Details

Date: 10 01 1972
Description: Stone carved ornamentation on the Masonic Temple exterior at 301 Wisconsin Avenue. These details symbolize the various aspects of the Mason's heritage.
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Main and Carroll Streets Intersection

Date: 1868
Description: Elevated view of the intersection of Main and Carroll Streets, showing the home of Nathaniel Dean (where the Inn on the Park Hotel is now located), and St....
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Abraham Lincoln School, Summer Institute

Date: 07 13 1945
Description: Students listening to Rev. Claude Williams teaching "Religion in Contemporary Society." The blackboard says "Gospel of the Kingdom: The Gospel to the Poor,...
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All-Campus Rally on the Palestine Question

Date: 11 14 1945
Description: Professor Walter Agard addressing an all-campus rally on the Palestine question held at the Memorial Union. Seated left to right: Elaine Sermopskie, Topeka...
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Msgr. E.C. O'Reilly at Airport

Date: 06 23 1947
Description: Rt. Rev. Msgr. E.C. O'Reilly, retired pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Baraboo, is shown boarding an airliner at Madison Municipal Airport. On the ...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches Office

Date: 11 24 1947
Description: Man (Ellis H. Dana?) seated at desk and dictating into a machine, in Wisconsin Council of Churches office, Room 353, Washington Building, 119 East Washingt...
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South Shore Methodist Church

Date: 11 09 1947
Description: Recently remodeled South Shore Methodist Church, 608 West Olin Avenue. Built in 1895, it was known as the People's Community Church.
Poster

"Time to Pick Up a Gun!?!"

Date: 1970
Description: Handmade poster alluding to a statement from American social and political activist Tom Hayden, in which he allegedly asked, "[Is it] time to pick up a gun...
Poster

"Don't Rely on a Chemical High, Try Jesus"

Date: 04 29 1970
Description: Handmade poster that reads, "Don't rely on a chemical high, try Jesus." Includes a drawing of a hippie figure, wearing a vest with a button that says, "Ha...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Underground Newspaper Cover: The Madison Bugle-American

Date: 09 16 1970
Description: Cover of "The Madison Bugle-American," an underground newspaper, featuring a cartoon of a businessman holding a leashed dog, a woman in a lounge dress smok...
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Wisconsin Council of Churches

Date: 04 09 1948
Description: Three men seated at a microphone, at WKOW radio, representing the Wisconsin Council of Churches.

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