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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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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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Vilas Mansion Demolished for Construction of National Guardian Life Insurance Co. Building

Date: 05 23 1963
Description: The 104-year old Vilas Mansion at 12 Gilman Street is demolished to make way for the new National Guardian Life Insurance Co. building. The house was built...
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Portrait of Photographer Edward Steichen

Date: 06 23 1957
Description: Casual portrait of Edward Steichen (1879-1973), photographer and filmmaker, sitting in Aaron Bohrod's studio on the university campus at an informal party ...
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Madison Civic Symphony Rehearsal

Date: 10 25 1953
Description: Conductor Walter Heermann leading the civic orchestra in a rehearsal in Scanlan hall.
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Madison Civic Symphony Rehearsal

Date: 10 25 1953
Description: Loraine Emordeno provides tympani beats during the rehearsal of the civic symphony in Scanlan Hall.
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Barber Roy Brumley cutting the hair of R.J. Best in the Belmont barbershop.
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Tom Morrow reading a magazine while getting a haircut by barber Juell Solberg at the Union Bus Station barbershop.
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Barber Henry Palan cutting the hair of Billy Mayer in the Park Hotel barbershop.
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Barber Harry Hicks smoking a cigarette and relaxing between customers at the Park Hotel barbershop. He is wearing a black bow tie and belt as part of his a...
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Scenes from Madison Barbershops

Date: 09 29 1953
Description: Some people still like to get a barber-shave, like this man who has a hot towel draped around his face.
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Madison City Council Meeting

Date: 11 24 1953
Description: Spectators and members at the Madison City Council meeting on November 24, 1953. Mayor George Forster (standing) has the floor. Aldermen shown to the left...
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Madison City Council Meeting

Date: 11 24 1953
Description: Spectators and members at the Madison City Council meeting on November 24,1953. A cigar-smoking man listens to the proceedings.
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Madison City Council Meeting

Date: 11 24 1953
Description: Spectators and members at the Madison City Council meeting on November 24, 1953. Alderman R.E. Nuckles is leaning on a table while listening to the proceed...
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Scroll Sceen Play by Sherman Elementary School Students

Date: 12 02 1953
Description: Fourth grade students viewing the scroll screen play which they had produced. The play, "A Day in the Jungle" was planned and coordinated by their teacher,...
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Madison City Council Meeting

Date: 11 24 1953
Description: Spectators and members at the Madison City Council meeting on November 24, 1953. At the left, is Carl H. Wilhelm, council president. Alder Ethel Brown is ...
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Rain on a Dreary Winter Day

Date: 12 03 1953
Description: A newspaper salesman guarding his wares against a damp chilly wind.
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Rain on a Dreary Winter Day

Date: 12 03 1953
Description: A person is bicycling around Capitol Square in the rain.
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Albert A. Hanson Trial

Date: 12 04 1953
Description: The Albert Hanson trial is serious business for jurors as they hear Attorney William J. Coyne (standing) defend Hanson.
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Madison Post Office Christmas Rush

Date: 12 16 1953
Description: People waiting in line to mail their letters, packages and parcels in the lobby of the United States Post Office on Monona Avenue. A woman is standing at t...

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