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Smashing Illegal Slot Machines

Date: 1948
Description: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines.
Photograph

Black Eagle Gas Station

Date: 1948
Description: The Black Eagle gas station, 907 South Park Street.
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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.
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O.N. Falk

Date: 1948
Description: Stoughton druggist, O.N. Falk, sorts the mail with a smile.
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Lascoff's Apothecary

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior view of Lascoff's Apothecary.
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Lascoff's Pharmacy Interior

Date: 1948
Description: View of the long and narrow Lascoff's Pharmacy. The dispensary is located in the rear of the store. A small waiting area is directly across from the prescr...
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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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Falk's Drug Store

Date: 1948
Description: Exterior view from street of O.N. Falk's Drug Store, on Main Street.
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Wisconsin State Capitol from Monona Bay

Date: 1948
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol from the south side of Monona Bay.
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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...
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Camp Randall Stadium and Field House

Date: 1948
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Stadium and Field House.
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Presidential Election Campaigning

Date: 1948
Description: Men ride in a convertible with campaign signs proclaiming, "We Want Truman," and "Vets for Eisenhower."
Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 1948
Description: Colored map with black and white photographic images in wedges at right and left sides. Map extends from Camp Randal stadium at bottom left corner, to Lake...
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.
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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.
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Alice in Dairyland and Elsie the Cow

Date: 1948
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Margaret McGuire, and Elsie the Cow and her calf Beauregard, stand on a parade float with two men in downtown Milwaukee, while a male o...
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Lawrence College, Main Hall

Date: 1948
Description: Lawrence College, Main Hall.
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General Store in Butte des Morts

Date: 1948
Description: Image of the old general and antiques store. Text reads: "House built as a store, allegedly by Augustin Grignon in 1848. Later operated as a general stor...
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Buettner Mill

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view from shoreline towards the opposite shoreline towards the Buettner mill on the left, and the river with a dam, on the right. In the backgroun...

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