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UAW-CIO Local 75 Election

Date: 12 1946
Description: Members of the United Automobile Workers union, Local 75, line up outside the local's headquarters, 308 E. Center Street, to vote on delegates to the union...
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Picketers in Favor of Continued Price Controls

Date: 07 19 1946
Description: Young demonstrators at the CIO's "Don't Buy a Depression" rally.
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Otto's Tavern

Date: 08 25 1946
Description: Exterior view from across the street of Otto's Tavern.
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Johnstown Center Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view from yard of the Johnstown Center Tavern. A dance hall extends the full length of the second-story.
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Primitive Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1942
Description: Cornish Primitive Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Red Cross Blood Bank Donors

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Group of 67 people from Viola, Wisconsin, who came by bus to donate blood to the American Red Cross Blood Bank.
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Red Cross Blood Bank Donors

Date: 02 03 1944
Description: Group of 22 people from Wilton, Wisconsin, who came by bus to donate blood to the American Red Cross Blood Bank.
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Buying Shotgun Shells

Date: 08 14 1944
Description: People lined up in front of Berg Sporting Goods Store, 2123 Atwood Avenue, to buy shotgun shells which were scarce due to World War II. Also shows Modern ...
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Main Street

Date: 1908
Description: View down Main Street, with a horse-drawn vehicle further down on the right. Caption reads: "Genl View of Main St. Maiden Rock, Wis."
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Schooner on River

Date: 1910
Description: Cyanotype of a river with a two-masted schooner near the shoreline.
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Stevens Monument

Date: 1925
Description: View of the Stevens monument, erected in honor of George Stevens, whom the town is named after, at the site where he landed in 1824.
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Farm House and Children's Rheumatic Fever Home

Date: 04 11 1944
Description: William and Frederike Weber farm house on Highway 12-18, near the Yahara River south of Lake Monona. The house was also the Children's Home for Rheumatic F...
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Boy Scout Camporee at Olin Park

Date: 05 27 1944
Description: Boy Scouts at the Dane District Boy Scout Camporee at Olin Park shown grouped about their tents.
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Drives Lumberyard Fire

Date: 06 22 1944
Description: Ray B. Drives Lumberyard, 3420 Gregory Street, burned with only the west end standing after a $10,000 fire swept the structure. The fire cause was unknown ...
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Manchester's, Inc., Employees Sell War Bonds

Date: 06 23 1944
Description: Preparing for War Bond Drive at Breese Stevens Field are Manchester's, Inc., employees Charmain Sabanske, Jenny McMahon, Helen Heisman, Jean Stehr, Jeanne ...
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Platteville Coon Dog Race

Date: 07 02 1944
Description: Coon dogs starting race with handlers and spectators in background.
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All-Star Baseball Game

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Crowd of Navy men and women in the stands watching the Madison-area amateur baseball all-stars in a game against the Navy's Great Lakes Bluejackets at Bree...
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GIs at Warner Beach

Date: 08 02 1944
Description: Arrival of two truckloads of Truax cadets at Warner Beach.
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Holy Hour at Breese Stevens Field

Date: 09 10 1944
Description: Third annual Holy Hour at Breese Stevens Field sponsored by the Holy Hour Society of Dane County, with flag flanked altar. Soldiers are sitting in the fore...
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Holy Hour

Date: 09 10 1944
Description: Third annual Holy Hour at Breese Stevens Field sponsored by the Holy Hour Society of Dane County with flag flanked altar. Soldiers are in the foreground, k...

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