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Date: | 06 29 1946 |
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Description: | An African American mechanic works on a car up on the rack for servicing at the gas station Meehan Motor Mart, 209 East Washington Avenue. |
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Description: | Portrait of sculptor Adolph Weinman. He sculpted the South Pediment at the Wisconsin State Capitol, and the seated figure of Abraham Lincoln that sits in f... |
Date: | 1902 |
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Description: | Madison's old Central Fire Station (1881-1904), 10 South Webster Street, with two ladder wagons pictured in front of the station. The wagon on the left is ... |
Date: | 1868 |
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Description: | The first ladder wagon of Capitol Hook and Ladder Company #1 posed at the corner of Pinckney and Main streets to show off the length of the wagon and the 4... |
Date: | 1869 |
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Description: | Diploma awarded to fire fighter James Richard Cummings for his service to Madison in 1869. The diploma is illustrated with scenes of fire fighting heroics,... |
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Description: | Group of men repairing railroad track near Racine. |
Date: | 1938 |
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Description: | Workers preparing ginseng beds in northern Wisconsin. |
Date: | 1946 |
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Description: | Possibly Louis J. Ropson, a farmer and violin maker from Luxemburg who lived in Dyckesville. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Group portrait of a fire fighting crew posing with buckets and shovels. They are battling the Big Falls Forest Fire. |
Date: | 1873 |
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Description: | A group of campers at McBride's Point at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota. They are equipped with German exercise equipment (exercise pins, "kegels"), a horn (l... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Exterior view of a storefront with rolls of wire and barbed wire fencing materials on the front porch. The store was formerly the post office for Dwyer. A ... |
Date: | 12 05 1956 |
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Description: | Anne De Witt, 5502 Tolman Terrace, is being helped by her daughter Maureen De Witt, 4, to decorate Christmas bread while her other daughter, Beth De Witt, ... |
Date: | 07 12 1955 |
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Description: | Skin-divers Dick Charmley and Gary Davies with harpoon in Lake Mendota preparing to fish. Dick Charmley is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Charmley, 20 Paget ... |
Date: | 12 16 1952 |
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Description: | Nancy Rieter and Dianne Blanchard, students in the 8th grade home economics class at West Junior High School, mixing cookie batter. The class baked several... |
Date: | 01 04 1955 |
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Description: | Lydia MacKenzie, Helen Burkhart, the instructor, and Lucille Harks participate in a class on textile handicrafts at the Madison Community Center. |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Man and woman using a double-handled saw to clear trees from their land. |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Street construction at the corner of Regent and Roby Road in Madison. The home of the photographer, W.H. Dudley, is in the background |
Date: | 09 1934 |
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Description: | Two men are loading cranberries into a washing machine. |
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