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Navy Band and Tap Dancer

Date: 01 17 1944
Description: Twelve members of Navy band playing instruments on stage, with a tap dancer posing close to the floor in front of the piano.
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Badger Liquor Shop

Date: 11 29 1937
Description: Five men (Saul Sinaiko and his son Donald Sinaiko and three others), standing in front of a liquor bottle display at the Badger Liquor Shop, 402 State Stre...
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Belgian-American Singer

Date: 08 31 1946
Description: Either Anton de Beck or Theuphiel Ropson, Belgian-Americans who recorded French and Walloon dialect ballads for song collector Helene Stratman-Thomas.
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By the Piano

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Description: Two women and a man posing by a piano.
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Wisconsin vs. Indiana Basketball Game

Date: 02 16 1953
Description: Wisconsin player number 54 attempts to make a basket during the University of Wisconsin vs. University of Indiana basketball game.
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Wisconsin Delegates to Republican National Convention

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: Five Wisconsin delegates to the Republican Party National Convention held in Chicago, Illinois. Photographed at the Hotel Bismark left to right: Arthur L. ...
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Eugene E. Brossard

Date: 03 24 1947
Description: Group portrait of Eugene E. Brossard, and two unidentified young couples. Mr. Brossard was well-known as the reviser of Wisconsin statues.
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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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Harold E. Stassen President Campaign Tour

Date: 03 05 1948
Description: Harold E. Stassen (left), in Fort Atkinson, visiting with left to right: W.D. Hoard, publisher; Jefferson County Sheriff R.J. Gibson; James LeChance, Palmy...
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Portrait of Charles F. Kirwin

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: A portrait of Charles F. Kirwin taken on his 83rd birthday. He was employed by the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Railroad for 56 years.
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Bowler Stan Thaden

Date: 04 05 1948
Description: Portrait of Stan Thaden, who was participating in an American Bowling Congress tournament in Detroit. He recently rolled the first 700 game of his career.
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Old Time Fiddlers

Date: 04 05 1948
Description: George Gilberstson, champion of the Old-Time Fiddlers' contest at the Madison Community Center, receiving his $35 prize from the Master of Ceremonies, Ralp...
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Edgewater Hotel Opening

Date: 04 26 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm hanging a dedication plaque on the wall of the Governor's suite in the new Edgewater Hotel, 666 Wisconsin Avenue. Shown looking on...
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John Burrowbridge

Date: 03 28 1948
Description: John Burrowbridge, nearing his 80th birthday, operated a baggage and package delivery truck for 52 years. He is a member of an early Madison family after w...
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Bishop Northcott

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Methodist bishop, H. Clifford Northcott, seated at a desk.
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Madison All-City Football Team

Date: 11 17 1948
Description: The Shrine all-city football team that was named at the banquet in the Masonic Temple. Front row, left to right, are Jim Waters, Central; George Guzzetta, ...
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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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Safe Burglary Sentencing

Date: 12 09 1948
Description: Three men in court with their attorney listen to their sentences for stealing the Durfee Brothers Roofing Company safe. From right are Louis and Kenneth Di...
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Children's Christmas Party

Date: 12 17 1948
Description: Children of Milwaukee Railroad employees sitting near a Christmas tree where a man sitting in a chair is dressed as Santa Claus. They are at the Milwaukee ...
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West High School Archery Squad

Date: 01 20 1949
Description: The West High School archery squad is defending its national title, which they have won two years in a row. Pictured, left to right, in the front row are: ...

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