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Aerial View of West Side

Date: 02 06 1948
Description: Looking east along Regent Street with snow on the ground. Visible are Lake Wingra, Monona Bay, railroad causeway across Monona, Lake Mendota, Hoyt Park, We...
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Lucille Ballweg Funeral

Date: 08 02 1948
Description: Scene in the cemetery near Martinsville during the internment of Lucille Ballweg, victim of a tornado.
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Vandalism at Evergreen Hill Cemetery

Date: 08 16 1948
Description: Vandalized tombstone following a beer party held in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, on June 12, 1948.
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Vandalism at Evergreen Hill Cemetery

Date: 08 16 1948
Description: Vandalized tombstone following a beer party held in Evergreen Hill Cemetery on June 12.
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Vandalism at Evergreen Hill Cemetery in Middleton

Date: 08 16 1948
Description: Vandalized tombstones following a beer party held in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Middleton, on June 12, 1948.
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Vandalism at Evergreen Hill Cemetery in Middleton

Date: 08 16 1948
Description: Vandalized tombstone following a beer party held in Evergreen Hill Cemetery, Middleton, on June 12, 1948.
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New Monument in Calvary Cemetery

Date: 11 12 1948
Description: Rev. J.B. Schneider, O.P., pastor of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, looking at a newly installed bust of St. Dominic de Guzman, Spanish priest who foun...
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Funeral for Fire Victims

Date: 12 01 1948
Description: The funeral for the fire victims of the Bedford Street fire was finalized in the Middleton Junction Cemetery. The caskets are shown as the mourners await t...
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Fall Scene Along Regent Street

Date: 09 30 1949
Description: Fall scene looking east in the 2600 block of Regent Street along the Catholic cemetery.
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Potter's Field Cemetery and Orchard

Date: 10 19 1949
Description: "Potter's Field," a cemetery site of the county asylum near Verona. One of the proposed areas for the construction of a county hospital for the chronically...
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"Cemetery Vandalism Shown"

Date: 11 07 1949
Description: Robert Higgins, assistant caretaker of Holy Cross cemetery, is shown attempting to repair the damage caused by vandals. About 12 small monuments near the ...
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Roselawn Memorial Park Monument

Date: 10 08 1950
Description: The Reverend Benjamin W. Saunders (left), Episcopal director of the DeKoven foundation of Racine, stands beside a marble marker monument inscribed with the...
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Roselawn Memorial Park Monument

Date: 10 08 1950
Description: Monument at Roselawn Memorial Park, 119-122 Monona Drive, inscribed with the Lord's Prayer.
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: Two members of the Oregon Veterans of Foreign Wars drill team and some of the crowd gathered at Forest Hill Cemetery during services to dedicate a marble m...
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: The unveiling of a marble monument dedicated to Madison's war dead at Forest Hill Cemetery as part of Madison's Memorial Day ceremonies. At the right of th...
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: Two veterans with a confederate flag in front of Confederate Rest in Forest Hill Cemetery during Madison's Memorial Day ceremonies.
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First Lutheran Church

Date: 08 02 1956
Description: Exterior view of the First Lutheran Church at the corner of Old Sauk Road and Pleasant View Road in Middleton, Wisconsin. It was the site of the Middleton ...
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Forest Hill Cemetery

Date: 07 15 1957
Description: Cemetery caretaker M.F. Chapman points to an undeveloped area west of the veterans' section at Forest Hill Cemetery that has become filled with wood debris...

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