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| Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
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| Description: | Mal Whitfield approaches the finish line of a track race at the University of Wisconsin Stadium. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Workmen overhauling the engine of a Wisconsin Central airplane in the airline hangar at Truax Field. Formerly known as Madison Municipal Airport, the field... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A Beechcraft 18 in the former Air Force hangar at Truax Field. This photograph was taken shortly after Wisconsin Central Airlines moved its headquarters fr... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin Central Airlines pilot walking toward a twin-engine Lockheed 10A airplane parked on the runway at Truax Field. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | The ceremony marking the first Wisconsin Central Airlines flight at Madison. Margaret "Mickey" Morey, the wife of Howard Morey, is about to cut the ribbon.... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Construction of the faculty housing project at Eagle Heights for the University of Wisconsin Madison. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm and friends listening to broadcast. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A preliminary sketch for the left panel of the Centennial Mural in the Wisconsin Historical Society. The panel represents Wisconsin's political history. ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Two preliminary watercolors of the right panel of the Centennial Mural in the Wisconsin Historical Society. The panel displays the history of Wisconsin ex... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A watercolor of the right panel of the Centennial Mural in the Wisconsin Historical Society. This panel displays the history of Wisconsin exploration, mos... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Destroying slot machines and other illegal gambling devices at Law Park. From L to R: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigaret tax division; ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Artist William Ashby McCloy working on his Wisconsin Centennial murals in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin building. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Memorial Union Terrace on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Railing in foreground, with the boathouse tower in the background, with boats tethere... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View towards Lake Mendota from the Memorial Union terrace on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View of dormitories on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A man in a light-colored sweater is leaning with his arm against a tree on the right, lo... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Jenkins, museum director, and Ruth K. Harris, museum curator, of the (then) State Historical Society of Wisconsin museum prepare a display case for an... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Jenkins, museum director of the (then) State Historical Society of Wisconsin museum, examines a pitcher in preparation for an exhibit of English luste... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A boy with boxing gloves sitting and awaiting his turn in the ring, with a man and another boy crouching on either side of him and other children behind th... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | A man cross country skies on the snow covered University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background are a building and tall pine trees. |
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