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Children Playing in Flooded Street

Date: 06 14 1944
Description: Children in swimming suits playing in a miniature lake created by heavy rains in the area of Fox and Prospect Avenues.
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Adams Children on Toboggan

Date: 12 12 1944
Description: Winter scene with the four children of Mr. and Mrs. Deane Adams, 843 Farwell Drive, Maple Bluff, on their toboggan. Left to right: Deane, Joan & Susan (twi...
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Cities Service Oil Company Explosion

Date: 12 29 1944
Description: Man standing on bulk tanks at Cities Service Oil Company Plant, 815 East Main Street, where an explosion killed welder Harold Michelson.
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Edgewood Fence Along Wingra Drive

Date: 01 19 1945
Description: Edgewood fence along Wingra Drive entrance which had been opened to the public after closing by the Dominican Sisters of Edgewood Academy.
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Edgewood Fence Removal

Date: 01 19 1945
Description: Edgewood fence along Wingra Drive entrance, which had been opened to the public after closing by the Dominican Sisters of Edgewood Academy. Shown is the ro...
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Four Women with Cow Snow Sculpture

Date: 02 10 1945
Description: Winter scene with four young women, probably University of Wisconsin students, standing with a cow snow sculpture.
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University of Wisconsin Students on Toboggan

Date: 02 05 1945
Description: Four University of Wisconsin students participate in the the 13th Annual Winter Carnival held at the University of Wisconsin campus. Pictured sitting on a ...
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Muskie Frozen in Ice

Date: 06 02 1945
Description: Hi-bred Muskie caught by Russ Peterson in Lake Wingra. The accompanying sign notes that it was 41 inches long with a girth of 19 inches and weighing 16 pou...

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