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Blacktopping a Suburban Street

Date: 1955
Description: Blacktopping a new Madison residential street. Construction of the ranch-style houses in the background is almost complete.
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Rat Extermination

Date: 09 30 1947
Description: James Capacio and John H. Endres, assistant to L.B. Kelly of the Solvit Chemical Company, distributing poison bread at the Shorewood dump in a rat extermin...
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Rat Extermination

Date: 09 30 1947
Description: James L. Clarke, city health inspector, placing a warning sign on a fence at the Shorewood dump after workers distributed poison bread bait in the dump.
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Aerial Photograph of West Madison

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Aerial photograph of the west side of Madison and the western edge of Lake Mendota. Taken over the west side of Madison looking northwest toward Middleton.
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Marshall Boys Basketball Champions

Date: 02 14 1950
Description: Marshall high school gained basketball title honors in the Madison Suburban League for the sixth time in the 24-year history of the circuit. Coach Leonard ...
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House in Parklawn Subdivision — Middleton

Date: 02 22 1950
Description: Advertising photograph for a home in the Parklawn subdivision. E.B.A. Sokoloski was the builder, and Roy A. Gannon acted as realtor.
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House in Olbrich Park Subdivision — Madison

Date: 02 22 1950
Description: Front view of a house to be used in an advertisement for home and subdivision development. The current address of this home is 3736 Sargent Street.
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Children Playing in front of Porch

Date: 09 1939
Description: View from road of a group of seven children playing in front of a house and on the porch, while a woman holding a bag of groceries walks past on the sidewa...
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New Housing Development

Date: 07 03 1960
Description: View down curving sidewalk of new housing development with a main street of dirt, and box-like, one-story homes.
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Elevated View of a Town

Date: 07 24 1966
Description: Elevated view of small town. A Lake Wisconsin is visible beyond the town limits.
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Residential Area

Date: 1920
Description: A view of a residential area, featuring houses, a fork in the road, sidewalks, and trees.
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William P. Robinson Residence

Date: 01 09 1952
Description: Exterior view of the William P. Robinson residence, located at 1923 North Avenue.
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Shorewood Hills Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: Nancy, Glenn, and Tommy Lewis are shown costumed as sandwich board newspaper sections at the Shorewood Hills Fourth of July celebration. They won the most ...
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Shorewood Hills Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: Seven children dressed as cowboys 'portray the hardship of the 49ers trail.' They are, left to right: Bobby Curtis, John Curtis, John Levy, Bruce Levy, Vir...
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Madison Suburban High School Sports League

Date: 09 10 1952
Description: Group portrait of the principals and coaches from seven of the nine member schools of the Madison Suburban High School Sports League.
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Parade of Homes

Date: 09 13 1952
Description: View of the first of the thousands of people who toured the 18 new homes erected by 15 builders at Nakoma Road and the West Beltline. The Parade of Homes w...
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Crawford Heights Aerial Photo

Date: 12 23 1953
Description: Aerial view of Crawford Heights looking northwest across Nakoma Road. The photograph shows Nakoma Road, the West Beltline, Cherokee School, and Midvale Bou...
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Crawford Heights Aerial View

Date: 12 23 1953
Description: Aerial view of Crawford Heights looking north along Midvale Boulevard. The photograph shows Nakoma Road, the West Beltline, Cherokee School, and Midvale Bo...
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Crawford Heights Aerial View

Date: 12 23 1953
Description: Aerial view of Crawford Heights looking northeast along Nakoma Road, across the West Beltline. The photograph shows Midvale Boulevard and Lake Mendota appe...
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Crawford Heights Aerial View

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Aerial photograph of Crawford Heights looking west along the West Beltline. The photograph shows Nakoma Road, Midvale Boulevard, Cherokee School, and the A...

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