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Chanticleer Ballroom Bandstand

Date: 03 25 1931
Description: Bandstand at the Chanticleer Ballroom showing the WIBA microphone above. Corner of Airport Road and Highway 12.
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Fordson Tractor

Date: 07 27 1927
Description: Right side view of a Fordson tractor, which has extra rims.
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Eagle's Club Dance Hall

Date: 04 05 1946
Description: Interior view of the dance hall at the Eagle's Club, 23 West Doty Street. There are chairs and a piano on the stage. Just above the stage is a large "W," a...
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Farmhouses and Churches

Date: 1900
Description: View from hill across field towards farmhouses, dwellings and churches along a road. In the foreground are stumps. Caption reads: "Big Falls, Wis."
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Hill's Department Store Window Display

Date: 10 06 1955
Description: Display of Customagic slip covers on a sofa and chair in a show window of Hill's Department Store, 202 State Street.
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Madison Woman's Club Annual Benefit Party

Date: 10 24 1944
Description: Participating in the annual Woman's Club benefit party are Shorewood Hills League members, left to right: Mrs. Walter (Clare) Weissinger, 1241 Sweet Briar ...
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Pvt. Ervin M. Lichte and His Family

Date: 06 20 1945
Description: Pvt, Ervin M. Lichte, 122 North Street, and his family, left to right: Frederick, 4; Helen, 6; Pvt. Lichte; Mrs. Lichte (Irma) holding Judith, 2. Pvt. Lich...
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Dell View Hotel, Lake Delton and Hotel Grounds

Date: 1944
Description: Two people walk down the driveway of the Dell View Hotel on a winter day. The photo was taken by Ruth Bennett Dyer.
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Unidentified Couple

Date: 12 22 1945
Description: An unidentified couple (Pilscher?) seated in a bedroom. Behind them is a small Christmas tree and two Christmas stockings.
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East Side Youth Activities Council Campaign

Date: 03 01 1947
Description: Opposition to the present East Side Youth Activities Council is looming in the persons of nine boys who are planning a strong political campaign in the com...
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West Side Garden Club Judges

Date: 05 06 1947
Description: Mrs. A.L. (Louise) Thurston,left, and Mrs. R.V. (Bessie) Fox, who judged some of the flower arrangements at the West Side Garden Club flower show.
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University Club's Assembly Ball

Date: 11 20 1947
Description: Couple attending the University Club's annual Assembly Ball. Standing in front of a Santa Claus decoration are Janet Easum, daughter of Prof. and Mrs. Ches...
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Julius Kelly, County Treasurer

Date: 01 09 1948
Description: Portrait of Julius Kelly, newly elected County Treasurer by the Dane County Board.
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Lutheran Student Foundation

Date: 01 20 1948
Description: Pictured around the fireplace in the Lutheran Student Foundation, 228 Langdon Street, are counter-clockwise: the Reverend A. Henry Hetland, with University...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: Mrs. Edwin B. (Rosa) Fred, extreme left, wife of the university president, with a delegation of guests from Sun Prairie, at a tea at the Wisconsin executiv...
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University of Wisconsin Summer Speech Clinic

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Six children blowing on pinwheels for breath control in front of their teacher, Mrs. Elizabeth Musick, at the summer speech clinic at the Orthopedic Hospit...
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Truax Barracks Fire

Date: 12 06 1948
Description: Police officers Frank Eisele and Robert O'Neil examining the explosion-wrecked stove and the kerosene can from which resident Walter Alburn poured kerosene...
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Young Women Benefit Dance Sponsors

Date: 12 14 1948
Description: Group of seven young women who are sponsoring a benefit dance for the Empty Stocking fund. Pictured, left to right, are: Mrs. E.H. (Joyce) Sticha, Mrs. Mar...
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Tabletop Nativity Scene

Date: 12 17 1948
Description: A Christmas nativity scene set up on a table in the home of Mrs. Mathilda Butler, 2642 East Dayton Street. She and her three children have been setting thi...
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Shorewood Hills School Music Students

Date: 12 20 1948
Description: Shorewood Hills music students posed with their string instruments at a Christmas caroling party in the home of Mrs. Keys (Freda) Winterble, 901 University...

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