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Park Street at Olin Avenue

Date: 1948
Description: A view down Park Street at Olin Avenue. On the corner of Olin is Moore's Super Service Mobil Station and McCranner Drugs.
Photograph

Homer Bigart

Date: 1948
Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" with two unidentified individuals.
Photograph

Homer Bigart

Date: 1948
Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" with two unidentified individuals. There is ...
Photograph

Homer Bigart

Date: 1948
Description: Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" with two unidentified individuals.
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Marsden's Drugstore

Date: 1948
Description: Pharmacists chat with one of their customers at Marsden's Drugstore.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Stairway

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior of the Wisconsin State Capitol, which is the fourth capitol built in 1906-1917, featuring outdoor stairway.
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University of Wisconsin College Track Event

Date: 1948
Description: Mal Whitfield approaches the finish line of a track race at the University of Wisconsin Stadium.
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Fischelis at War Memorial

Date: 1948
Description: Robert Fischelis and H.A.B. Dunning examine the War Memorial at the American Pharmaceutical Association Headquarters building.
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Wisconsin State Capitol from Monona Bay

Date: 1948
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol from the south side of Monona Bay.
Photograph

University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus from Lincoln Terrace

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison's upper campus from Lincoln Terrace down Bascom Hill. The Wisconsin State Capitol can be seen in the dista...
Historical Object

Northwest Orient Airlines Ticket

Date: 1948
Description: Passenger ticket and baggage check for Northwest Orient Airlines, illustrating their newly initiated around-the-globe routes to the Far East. This ticket w...
Photograph

Camp Randall Stadium and Field House

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium and Field House.
Painting

Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape, 1948

Date: 1948
Description: Cover for the 1948 Wisconsin Friends of Our Native Landscape program. Depicted is a sketch of a tree, a fence, and a small town by a lake. The Wisconsin Fr...
Photograph

Northwest Airlines Airplane

Date: 1948
Description: A Northwest Airlines passenger plane sits on the tarmac.
Photograph

Aerial View of Camp Randall Stadium and Field House

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium and Field House looking north on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with Lake Mendota in the background.
Photograph

Babcock Drive

Date: 1948
Description: Signpost for Babcock Drive with the Agricultural Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus in the background.
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Construction of Eagle Heights

Date: 1948
Description: Construction of the faculty housing project at Eagle Heights for the University of Wisconsin Madison.
Photograph

Governor Oscar Rennebohm Listens to Broadcast

Date: 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm and friends listening to broadcast.
Photograph

Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire

Date: 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, the 1948 Alice in Dairyland, stands next to a Wisconsin Central Airlines airplane with Governor Oscar Rennebohm and another man.
Photograph

Artist Sculpts Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1948
Description: An artist sculpts a bust from photographs of Margaret McGuire, the first Alice in Dairyland, most likely to be displayed at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposi...

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