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Carpenters' Union

Date: 1953
Description: A group of carpenters pose in front of an unfinished building. The caption reads "Carpenters union donate wages to community fund".
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Tenney Building

Date: 1953
Description: The corner of Main and Pinckney Streets with the Tenney building.
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Aerial View of Williamson / Jenifer Streets

Date: 1953
Description: Aerial view looking southeast over Madison's near east side. The Eagles Club at 1236 Jenifer Street / 1221 Williamson Street is under construction in the ...
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Mifflin Street on Capitol Square

Date: 1953
Description: View looking northeast along Mifflin Street near its intersection with Carroll Street on the Capitol Square.
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George Forrester at Ringling Circus

Date: 1953
Description: Madison Mayor, George Forrester, seated in the front row of the audience at the Ringling Brothers Circus. Clowns entertain the children seated near Forrest...
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Iceboat

Date: 1953
Description: Jim Lunder and another man dressed in heavy winter clothing sit on the iceboat "Fritz" on frozen Lake Monona (?).
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Gertrude Lamb; Dane Women's Republican Club President

Date: 1953
Description: Portrait of Gertrude Lamb, newly appointed president of Dane County Women's Republican Club.
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Women of the Moose Presents Check and Gifts

Date: 1953
Description: Women of the Moose Senior Regent Cora S. Sannes presents a check for $500 to the Grand Regent Madeline Clark of Moosehart, Illinois. The money is to be use...
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Lake View Tuberculosis Sanitarium

Date: 1953
Description: Exterior view of the Lake View Sanitarium, where Lewis Arms's mother Mamie Arms Hall was treated for tuberculosis.
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Filming a Prescribed Prairie Burn

Date: 1953
Description: Disney film crew in UW-Madison Arboretum's Curtis Prairie filming a prescribed burn.
Map or Atlas

Madison Wisconsin and Vicinity.

Date: 1953
Description: This map shows local streets, roads, highways, Middleton, Monona, Lake Wingra, Lake Monona, Lake Mendota, and an inset map that shows city parking areas. A...
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Parkway Theatre and City Hall

Date: 1953
Description: Exterior view from sidewalk of City Hall, located at the intersection of West Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue. The Parkway Theatre, featuring the films...
Map or Atlas

Welcome to Madison and to the State Medical Society of Wisconsin : 330 East Lakeside Street, City Map, Medical Points of Interest

Date: 1953
Description: This map shows locations of State Medical Society, nine medical facilities, two University of Wisconsin buildings, four transportation centers, and five ho...
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Executives with Snapping Turtle

Date: 1953
Description: Two executives standing in a parking lot behind the Gisholt Machine Company. The man on the left is standing with his hands behind his back. The man on th...
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Muir Locust

Date: 1953
Description: A man and three women standing at the base of a large tree, identified as the Muir Locust. The tree grew along Observatory Drive on the University of Wisco...
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Catching a Football

Date: 1953
Description: Football player catching a football, as the referee is officiating and defensive players are running up alongside the one handling the ball.
Postcard

Madison, Wisconsin Overlooking Monona Bay — Lake Mendota in the Distance

Date: 1953
Description: Illustrated postcard of an elevated view of Monona Bay, the Isthmus and Lake Mendota. A residential neighborhood is in the foreground. Caption reads: "Madi...
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The Dean House, Monona Golf Course Club House

Date: 1953
Description: A view of the back of the Monona Golf Course Club House (aka Nathaniel and Harriet Dean House, built in 1856) 4718 Monona Drive. The large screened porch w...

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