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Beechnut Gum Girls

Date: 1935
Description: Beechnut Gum girls, posed in front of an automobile, promoting the product for a national advertising campaign.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Madison

Date: 1885
Description: Bird's-eye map of Madison, State Capital of Wisconsin, County Seat of Dane County, with inset of the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Ed Gein at State Crime Lab

Date: 11 19 1957
Description: Ed Gein (1906-1984) signing paperwork at the state crime lab where he was brought for lie detector and other tests or at the city jail where he was held ov...
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UW Boxing Match

Date: 03 21 1960
Description: Unidentified (Charlie Mohr?) University of Wisconsin boxer, during a boxing match.
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UW Boxing Match

Date: 02 19 1960
Description: Unidentified (Charlie Mohr?) University of Wisconsin boxer, throwing a punch during a match.
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First Unitarian Meeting House

Date: 1951
Description: Exterior view of Frank Lloyd Wright's First Unitarian Meeting House, 900 University Bay Drive.
Map or Atlas

East Part of Madison

Date: 1904
Description: This map shows a plat of the east part of the city, numbered blocks and lots, some landownership, local streets, roads, railroads, wards by number, parks, ...
Map or Atlas

West Part of Madison

Date: 1904
Description: This map shows a plat of the west part of the city, numbered blocks and lots, some landownership, local streets, roads, railroads, wards by number, parks, ...
Print

Madison Turners

Date: 1863
Description: Black & white lithograph by Milwaukee lithographer Louis Kurz depicting the Madison Turners or Turnverein at a shooting party on the Madison lakefront. Th...
Photograph

Teen-Ager Fashion Show at Manchester's

Date: 05 10 1957
Description: Colleen O'Brien, sophomore at East High School, modeling a light blue cotton Dacron dress, with her hand resting on the back of a chair, for a Vogue patter...
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Frank Lloyd Wright at Hearing

Date: 05 18 1955
Description: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright seated at a hearing on the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation at the Wisconsin State Capitol in the Education and Transportation Of...
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Frank Lloyd Wright at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 05 18 1955
Description: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright and others seated at the Wisconsin State Capitol during a hearing on the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. An unidentified man is...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Speaking at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 05 18 1955
Description: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright speaking at a hearing at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The hearing was held in the Education and Transportation Offices, room 3...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Speaking at Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 05 18 1955
Description: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright speaking at a hearing at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The hearing was held in the Education and Transportation Offices, room 3...
Photograph

Memorial Library and Mall

Date: 1956
Description: Memorial Library, Armory (Red Gym or Old Red), and University of Wisconsin Boathouse from across mall on the lower campus of the University of Wisconsin-Ma...
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Sidewalk along Park Street

Date: 1956
Description: View down tree-lined sidewalk along Park Street towards University Avenue on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Science Hall is on the right.
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Mohr Stings his Sacramento Opponent

Date: 03 21 1960
Description: Wisconsin's Charlie Mohr (white shirt) has hurt Sacramento State's Dave Smith with a right to the body and is about to land a left to the head. Mohr won al...
Photograph

Wisconsin's 32nd Infantry Division Returns

Date: 12 21 1961
Description: Wisconsin's 32nd Division returns to Madison from Fort Lewis, Washington, on holiday leave.
Photograph

Truman Parade

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: President Harry S. Truman in Madison for the opening and dedication of the Filene House, 1617 Sherman Avenue. He is sitting in the car and waving his hat d...
Map or Atlas

Maps of the Four Lake Country, Taken from Township Maps in the U.S. Land Office

Date: 1836
Description: Map shows rivers, creeks, roads, trails, mills, and town of Madison. Includes significant manuscript annotations; Sheet 1 is watercolor on lithographed map...

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