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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.
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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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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.
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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...
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Kapec Orchards Roadside Stand

Date: 1958
Description: View of the Kapec Orchards roadside stand from across Verona Road outside Madison.
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Maple Bluff Fire

Date: 04 26 1958
Description: Two firemen hold a ladder while going up a ladder to fight a fire that destroyed the interior of the Graham Johnson residence at 22 Burrows Road in Maple B...
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City Championship Track Meet

Date: 05 09 1958
Description: Action shot of the finish of the 440 yard dash, showing Fred Lichte, East High School, finishing second; Vito Gervasi, of Central High School, center, plac...
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City Championship Track Meet

Date: 05 09 1958
Description: A track runner with his head tilted back wins a race. The runner, Jack Stoltz, is shown completing the 880 yard leg of the sprint medley for East High Scho...
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University of Wisconsin Honors Convocation

Date: 06 15 1958
Description: Elevated view of a long line of University of Wisconsin honor students in caps and gowns parading across Union Terrace and up the steps into the Union Thea...
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University of Wisconsin Honors Convocation

Date: 06 15 1958
Description: Dr. Wilder Penfield of McGill University, Montreal, Canada, guest speaker; Cordelia Wagner, Chicago, speaking on behalf of the honors students; and Univers...
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Camp Randall Renovation

Date: 06 16 1958
Description: Slightly elevated view of workers laying sod on a new playing field at Camp Randall. More than 10,000 permanent concrete seats were added.
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Country Club Women Leaders

Date: 06 17 1958
Description: Portrait of Harriett Narowetz, who presides over women's activities at the Blackhawk Country Club. She is a mother of two small sons, and has also served a...
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Country Club Women Leaders

Date: 06 17 1958
Description: Portrait of Elsa Johnson on the Maple Bluff Country Club porch overlooking the swimming pool. All activities of the Maple Bluff Country Club Women's Group ...
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Country Club Women Leaders

Date: 06 17 1958
Description: Portrait of Hella Johnson sitting in front of the Nakoma Country Club clubhouse. She serves as president of the Woman's Organization of the Nakoma Country ...
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Michael "Mickey" Schepp

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: Michael "Mickey" Schepp stands at bat during a baseball game with catcher Dick Froemming and umpire Clarement Redders Jr. Ten-year-old Mickey, the son of C...
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UW-Madison Library Mall Fountain

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: James, the three-year-old son of Philip and Mrs. Staudenraus, playing with a sprinkling can in the new University of Wisconsin library mall fountain.
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Orchard Ridge School

Date: 07 21 1958
Description: Alec McDonnell and Charles Brewer, two future students of the new Orchard Ridge Elementary School, pause on their bicycles to check the progress of the fir...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 08 1958
Description: Six year old twins Billy and Martha Haygood lying in the grass next to a pond, looking down at trout fingerlings swimming at the fish hatchery located on F...
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Waterfall Motel and Restaurant

Date: 07 21 1958
Description: Exterior view of the Waterfall Motel and Restaurant, a one-story building with seven large picture windows. A free-standing sign that reads "Waterfall Rest...
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Waterfall Motel and Restaurant

Date: 07 21 1958
Description: The Waterfall, an 18 unit motel and restaurant, was opened in 1958 and owned and operated by Oregon's village president, F.E. Madsen, and John Struck. A wa...

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