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Unveiling of Monona Terrace Plans

Date: 01 23 1961
Description: Architect Wesley Peters unveils Monona Terrace plans for the Auditorium committee of the Madison city council.
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University of Wisconsin Students Walk Down the Hallway at Bacom Hall

Date: 01 04 1961
Description: Unidentified University of Wisconsin students walk down the hallway at Bascom Hall.
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Historical Society Staff Conference

Date: 1954
Description: Four men are sitting around a table, three holding or smoking tobacco pipes. A sculpture is behind them on the left. Caption reads: "Staff conference. 1954...
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Historical Society Staff Members with Map

Date: 1954
Description: Four men are standing around a desk looking at a map of Wisconsin marked with the county borders. Clifford Lord is pointing at the map with a tobaco pipe. ...
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Reporters Outside Firemen's Pension Board Meeting Room

Date: 08 31 1960
Description: Group of reporters, including June Dieckmann, standing outside the Madison Firemen's Pension Board meeting room waiting to hear the outcome of their decisi...
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Edwin Stein, Wisconsin State Journal Photographer

Date: 06 05 1960
Description: Self portrait of Edwin Stein, Wisconsin State Journal photographer.
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Dr. Leslie Fishel, Newly Appointed State Historical Society Director

Date: 03 12 1959
Description: Historian Dr. Leslie Fishel, newly appointed director of the State Historical Society. He majored in history and graduated from Oberlin College. His previo...
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Madison Police Chief Bruce Weatherly Investigation Before City Council Committee

Date: 02 04 1959
Description: A Madison City Council investigative committee explores a traffic accident involving Police Chief Bruce Weatherly and witnesses' claims that he was under t...
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Mayor Ivan Nestigen at Brittingham Project

Date: 11 1957
Description: Two men stand on a sidewalk and look in the direction of a sign, which reads: "Brittingham Redevelopment Project UR Wis. 2-1 A Project of City of Madison, ...
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Group Outside of House

Date: 1876
Description: Twenty-eight people and one dog are posed in the yard of a wood frame house. A lap dog is sitting on a chair balanced on top of a fence post. A woman at th...
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Painting Norbert Anderson's Home

Date: 08 16 1958
Description: Norbert Anderson friends who pitched in to help paint his home at 1522 Jefferson Street. View looking up at Roland Wiessinger, who holding a cigarette in o...
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Lew Roberts and "Sandy" Goltz

Date: 08 27 1958
Description: Portrait of Lew Roberts, political reporter for the Wisconsin State Journal, and Sanford "Sandy" Goltz, editorial page editor for the Wisconsin S...
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'Outdoor Living Day' in Madison

Date: 05 18 1959
Description: Participating in the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, is Ben Swetmore who is checking out one of the boats parked ...
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Farmer on Tractor

Date: 04 03 1930
Description: Photograph of a drawing of a farmer on a tractor.
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Wilford Rogers and Leslie Straus

Date: 02 05 1931
Description: Wilford Rogers, 20, and Leslie Straus, 21, both of Mendota, Illinois. The two are confessed murderers of Albion postmaster, Frank H. Kelling, standing on t...
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CUNA Bridge Magazine, Folding Machine

Date: 06 04 1947
Description: Credit Union National Association Bridge magazine, 1342 East Washington Avenue, showing two men with the folding machine.
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Joseph Conlin Signing a Contract

Date: 05 12 1931
Description: Joseph Conlin, tenor, signing a contract to perform at the Parkway Theater. Dr. William G. Beecroft shown standing is sponsoring Mr. Conlin's appearance.
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Pres. Glenn Frank Reading

Date: 11 20 1934
Description: University of Wisconsin Pres. Glenn Frank sitting in a swivel chair reading: "The open door at the home."
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Stanley Bokelmann Celebrates the Birth of Twin Sons

Date: 11 22 1957
Description: Stanley Bokelmann, 337 Orchard Drive, a local builder, celebrates the birth of twin sons at St. Mary's Hospital by hosting two blue pennants on the flag po...
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Madisonians Love Opera

Date: 10 21 1957
Description: Mr. and Mrs. John J. Stiennon waiting for friends in the Memorial Union lobby prior to attending the opera "Traviata."

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