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Italian Woman Preparing Sarsa

Date: 1941
Description: Loretta Falci (Lorenzina Fiocco Falci), an Italian woman, preparing sarsa, tomato paste on boards on the porch of her home, 622 Milton Street, as she holds...
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Lyons Turkey Farm

Date: 11 1947
Description: People are standing in the middle of a flock of turkeys at the Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona.
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Lyons Turkey Farm

Date: 11 1947
Description: Frank Lyons feeds a flock of turkeys on the Frank Lyons farm, Verona.
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Turkey Fanning his Tail

Date: 11 1947
Description: A turkey fans his tail at the Frank Lyons Turkey Farm, Verona.
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Aerial View of Near West Side

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of near west side, including West High School, the Forest Products Laboratory, Lake Mendota, and Picnic Point.
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Mr. and Mrs. Kapec with Strawberries

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Local fruit farmers Mr. and Mrs. Martin Kapec, Route 2, Madison, display a crate of home grown strawberries the size of golf balls.
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Blackhawk Council of Girl Scouts Roundup

Date: 05 07 1955
Description: Cooking their lunch outdoors is one of the small groups of the more than 1700 Girl Scouts, Brownies, and Intermediates of Districts II and IV of the Blackh...
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Girl Scout Phyllis Sanders Gathering Firewood

Date: 05 07 1955
Description: Girl Scout Phyllis Sanders of Madison gathering firewood for cooking lunch during a one day Roundup of the Girl Scouts, Brownies, and Intermediates of Dist...
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Loretta Falci Preparing Sarsa

Date: 1941
Description: Loretta Falci (Lorenzina Fiocco Falci), an Italian woman, preparing sarsa, tomato paste, on boards on the porch of her home, 622 Milton Street. Milton Stre...
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Harvesting Cucumbers

Date: 1941
Description: Catherine, Stanley and Sofia Pranica, a Polish family, harvesting cucumbers.
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Polish Mother

Date: 1941
Description: Close-up portrait of a Polish mother.
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West Side Garden Club Party

Date: 06 27 1944
Description: Two members of the West Side Garden Club wearing their hats created from vegetable material. From left: Mrs. Paul H. (Mary) Rehfeld, and Mrs. Thomas C. (Ve...
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West Side Garden Club Party

Date: 06 27 1944
Description: Two members of the West Side Garden Club wearing hats created from vegetable material. From left: Mrs. Henry A. Pochmann (Ruth) and Mrs. R.A. (Mary) Walker...
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Tornado Damage

Date: 07 23 1944
Description: Truax Field tornado damage, 2 miles north of Truax Field. Francis Lockman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lockman, is sitting on the seat of their tractor whi...
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Tornado Damage

Date: 07 23 1944
Description: Tornado damage at Truax Field area. Barn damage with house in background. Two horses survived in the barn despite the damage around them.
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Tornado Damage

Date: 07 23 1944
Description: Tornado damage near Truax Field in Madison. The Gritzmacher farm milk house was twisted and shattered by the wind. A group of people are looking at the dam...
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Homemade Mosquito Duster

Date: 07 27 1944
Description: City of Madison staff demonstrating homemade liquid mosquito sprayer designed by Dr. Bernhard "Dommie" Domogalla, city biochemist. Left to right: LeRoy Joh...
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Soviet Government Representatives at Farm

Date: 08 11 1944
Description: Six Russian representatives of the Soviet government observing a new McCormick-Deering Company Model 50-T hay baler at the Bowman Dairy Farm on Fish Hatche...
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Richard Halbach and Florence Bahr

Date: 01 01 1945
Description: Richard Halbach and Florence Bahr, sitting in a car, are the King and Queen of the 26th annual Little International Livestock and Horse Show, held in the S...
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Wilbur Dudley Family in their Garden

Date: 04 18 1945
Description: Wilbur and Marjorie Dudley and daughters, Amy Jean on the left, and Deborah on right, in their Community Union garden on Arlington Place. The gardens are p...

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