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City Hall

Date: 05 05 1934
Description: Madison's City Hall, erected in 1858, and designed by Samuel Hunter Donnel and August Kutzbock. The Parkway Theatre is next door on the left.
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Madison Public Library

Date: 11 15 1945
Description: Interior of Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street, showing Reading Room, magazine display shelves and history book section.
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Police Officers

Date: 11 14 1934
Description: Group portrait of police officers taken in front of the Madison Police Station at 14-16 South Webster Street. They are members of the Police School 1934-19...
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New Police Ambulance

Date: 11 14 1934
Description: Two police officers are standing beside a new police ambulance parked in front of the Madison Police Station, 14-16 South Webster Street.
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C.W.A. Pay Station

Date: 12 09 1933
Description: Men crowd around the newly opened Dane County C.W.A. Pay Station at the corner of West Dayton and North Carroll Streets to pick up paychecks.
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Panoramic View of East Side of Monona Avenue

Date: 03 27 1931
Description: Panoramic elevated view of the east side of Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard,) showing Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction e...
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 10 01 1928
Description: View looking north from rear parking lot and loading dock showing King Street Arcade, Cantwell Building, 121 South Pinckney Street, Riley Bremer Riley Olds...
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 08 01 1928
Description: View looking east from Doty Street at the front and side, with automobiles and construction shacks and a sign that reads: "United States Post Office & Cour...
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State Office Building Construction

Date: 09 02 1930
Description: State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction. Side view, with Castle & Doyle dump truck.
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Crowd Inspecting Tractors and Engines at the "100 Years in Chicago" Celebration

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of men and women inspecting tractors and engines on display at International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. The exhibition w...
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Middleton Village Hall

Date: 07 1956
Description: Exterior view of the Middleton Village Hall. There are porches on the first and second floors, and a bell is on the right side of the porch above the entra...
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First AFL-CIO Convention

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view of the first national convention after the merger of the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
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Packinghouse District Convention

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Description: An undated photograph of a convention of District 1 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America. A sign in the background bears a picture of President Fr...
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St. Louis International Model V-196 1957 Fire Truck

Date: 08 14 1957
Description: St. Louis fire company Model V-196 1957 fire truck parked outside public building. Original caption reads: "V-196 A. 175" wheelbase. 9.00X20-10 ply tires d...
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Egg Day Parade

Date: 10 15 1935
Description: Men and women pose in a household scene constructed on an International C-line truck for use in a parade on Egg Day at the Western Washington Fair. The par...
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Egg Day Parade

Date: 10 15 1935
Description: Women ride on a parade float on the bed of an International C-line truck during Egg Day at the Western Washington Fair. Two men are riding inside the cab o...
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Man with "Goliath" Cheese

Date: 1940
Description: Man posed next to a truck hauling the world's biggest cheese, named "Goliath" by The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture. Probably taken at the Wisconsin S...
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"Harvey Harvester" at Minnesota State Fair

Date: 1941
Description: Slightly elevated view of men and boys standing at the entrance to a building with "Harvey Harvester." Sign above entrance to the building reads: "_Cormick...
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Texas State Fair

Date: 1941
Description: Elevated view of the Texas State Fair, including some of the grounds and a large building with a sign reading: "Automobiles." Tractors are on display in fr...
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Farmall A at New York State Fair

Date: 1941
Description: Right side view of Farmall A on display on a ramp indoors at the New York State Fair. An arrow sign on the ramp reads: "Culti-vision."

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