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Worker Housing

Date: 03 1913
Description: A small electric train engine identified as P.R.R. [Panama Railroad] 8 is parked in front of a row of two-story wooden houses. Lumber is piled near the tra...
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Tree Crashed Into Apartment House

Date: 07 02 1958
Description: Susan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William K. Summers, standing indoors next to the window that was smashed by an old willow tree that split and crashed into ...
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State Street Towards Bascom Hill

Date: 1965
Description: View down center of State Street towards Park Street at the bottom of Bascom Hill, with automobile traffic moving up and down the street. On the left are s...
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Monster Twelve Foot High Snowman Built on N. Midvale Boulevard

Date: 01 30 1959
Description: A twelve-foot high snowman is built by Dr. James Messer, Michael Roldt, and Donald Norbert, all living at an apartment building at 505 N. Midvale Boulevard...
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Madison Lakeshore from Lake Monona

Date: 12 18 1955
Description: Downtown Madison lakeshore taken from Lake Monona in a line with Monona Avenue. Includes State Office Building (2 wings only), 1 West Wilson Street, the Ma...
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Wacky, But Not Quacky-Fake Duck on a Balcony

Date: 03 12 1958
Description: A fake duck sitting on the railing of a balcony at the Town House Apartments, 111 West Main Street. The stuffed duck was placed there by "trickster" Fred N...
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N. Webster Street at N. Hamilton Street

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Description: View towards intersection.
Postcard

Sterling Court, University of Wisconsin

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of Sterling Court. Handwritten on postcard are Varsity Apt's, Chadbourne Hall girls dormitory, and sorority signs marking buildings along the...
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Hosiery Union Men's Choral Group

Date: 01 1944
Description: A group of men encircle a lightpost. A caption identifies them as "Hosiery Union housing project men's choral group."

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