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Armed Forces Day

Date: 1950
Description: Color guards marching past the Wisconsin State Capitol carrying flags as a crowd looks on.
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Capitol Square

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the Wisconsin State Capitol building and surrounding Madison area. Lake Monona is in the background.
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Oscar Mayer and Company

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view looking west at the front of the Oscar Mayer meat processing plant with a sign on the building which reads "Meat serves everybody".
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Aerial View of West Side

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the west side.
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Young Child on Picket Line

Date: 1950
Description: A young child, Frank Hill, walking the picket line at a strike with an older man. The adult's sign reads: "Construction Workers organize for hours, wages a...
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Unitarian Church and Vet's Hospital

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the Frank Lloyd-Wright-dsigned Unitarian Church under construction and the Veteran's Administration Hospital, also under construction, to th...
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Washington School

Date: 1950
Description: Rear entrance of Washington School.
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Our Saviour Lutheran Church

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of Our Saviour Lutheran Church at 1 South Hancock Street, on the corner of Hancock Street and East Washington Avenue.
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Aerial View of Isthmus

Date: 1950
Description: Aerial view of the Madison isthmus looking north. Caption reads: "Madison Wisconsin — Between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona".
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Bethel Lutheran Church

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of Bethel Lutheran Church at 312 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Bethel Lutheran Church Parish House

Date: 1950
Description: Bethel Lutheran Church parish house and Sunday School, 10 West Johnson Street.
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Civil War Cannon

Date: 1950
Description: A Civil War cannon captured at the Battle of Shiloh, displayed at Camp Randall near the corner of Randall Street and Dayton Street. A fire station is visib...
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Hans Christian Heg Statue

Date: 1950
Description: The statue of Colonel Hans Christian Heg (1829-1863), commander of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War, as it stands in front o...
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Confederate Burial Monument

Date: 1950
Description: A monument to dead Confederate soldiers and Mrs. Alice W. Waterman at the entrance to "Confederate Rest" in the Forest Hill Cemetery. This monument was er...
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Hamacher Hotel and Tavern

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of the Hamacher Hotel and Tavern, 302-306 West Mifflin Street, at the intersection of North Henry Street. Its demolition between 1955 and 195...
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Kennedy Manor Apartments

Date: 1950
Description: The Wisconsin Avenue entrance to the Kennedy Manor apartments.
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Masonic Temple

Date: 1950
Description: The side entrance of the Masonic Temple.
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Mills Street

Date: 1950
Description: Mills Street. View from street towards houses.
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Parking Ticket

Date: 1950
Description: Although probably a posed shot, Madison photographer John Newhouse has nevertheless managed to capture much of the annoyance associated with receiving a ti...
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Atwood / Buck-Neckerman House

Date: 1950
Description: A rear view of the Atwood / Buck-Neckerman house, at 210-214 Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard). Built by David Atwood and his partner R...

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