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Coffee Shop

Date: 05 1960
Description: Two women serving coffee to customers at a coffee shop. Richland Center, Wisconsin.
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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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Former Flour Mill

Date: 1956
Description: The stone building formerly housed the flour mill. The mill was established in 1852, but had pretty well gone out of business by 1895, by which time the po...
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Former Flour Mill

Date: 1956
Description: The stone building formerly housed the flour mill. The mill was established in 1852, but had pretty well gone out of business by 1895, by which time the po...
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Pretzel Seller at World Trade Center

Date: 1969
Description: A woman street vendor, in an embroidered jacket, sells pretzels on the street near the construction site of the World Trade Center.
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Business Man Watches Construction

Date: 1969
Description: A business man stands in a seafood store with a neon lobster sign. He is watching the construction of the World Trade Center through the window.
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Helicopter Gas Drums

Date: 05 1961
Description: Gas drums for fueling helicopters at the Luang Prabang airport, Laos. A few soldiers are in the foreground, and two helicopters and an airplane are on the...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: Judith 7, and Barbara, 4, daughters of Dr. and Mrs Richard MacLean of Sheridan, Wyoming, watching cows being milked in the milking parlor at the Bowman Dai...
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Ronald E. Johnson Wins World Cheddar Cheese Championship

Date: 11 13 1958
Description: Ronald E. Johnson of Mt. Sterling in Crawford County, Wisconsin, was named the winner of the World Cheddar Cheese Championship at the Hotel Loraine. He rec...
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Dairy Day at Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity

Date: 12 02 1958
Description: Barbara Haslow (left), Alice in Dairyland, is the guest of honor at the sixth annual Dairy Day of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity. With her are fraternity membe...
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Rotary Club Honors Foreign Students

Date: 01 21 1959
Description: The Madison Rotary Club members honor 150 foreign students attending the University of Wisconsin at a fiesta at the University of Wisconsin Stock Pavilion....
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U.S. Rubber Company Exhibit

Date: 01 30 1959
Description: Four men and one woman stand behind a table displaying rubber boots. They are each wearing a tall white hat with the words: "I'm A Butter Cook" and an apr...
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U.S. Rubber Company Exhibit

Date: 01 30 1959
Description: Seven men stand behind a table displaying rubber boots. They are each wearing a tall white hat with the words: "I'm a Butter Cook" and an apron with the pe...
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Madison Young Adult Club Party

Date: 03 04 1959
Description: The 13th anniversary of the Madison Young Adult Club is celebrated at a party at the Madison Community Center, 16 E. Doty Street. Shown admiring a fancy ca...
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June Dairy Month on Capitol Square

Date: 06 08 1959
Description: 4-H members, some of them dressed in old-fashioned costumes, serving homemade cakes and donated ice cream at an ice cream social on the Capitol Square. Pro...
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Wisconsin 4-H Club Conference and Picnic

Date: 06 16 1959
Description: Prominent Madison residents helped serve the 4-H group at the picnic on the University of Wisconsin inter-mural field. From left to right are: R.M. Henders...
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President of Kroger Foods with LaVon Martin

Date: 07 16 1959
Description: Joseph Hall, president of Krogers food chain, came to Madison for a business meeting with Lavon Martin, vice-president of the Madison branch of Kroger Comp...
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Checking Dane County Fair Entries

Date: 07 15 1959
Description: Food entries at the 1959 Dane County Junior Fair total 1,650 including 76 loaves of bread. Shown examining a loaf of bread are, (left to right): Ilene Ball...
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New Kroger Grocery Store

Date: 09 01 1959
Description: Gil Dahlk, store manager, standing in the new Kroger store at 117 East Washington Avenue.
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Martinelli Market

Date: 10 1959
Description: Exterior view of Martinelli Market at 505 West Olin Avenue, Madison. Ernest R. and Frank J. Martinelli are the market's proprietors.

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