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Off to the Trenches

Date: 05 05 1918
Description: Send off for World War I recruits at the railroad station. The man leaning out of the train window is Ben Bergor, a professional magician and vaudeville pe...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 28 1940
Description: Paul Johnson (left) and James Borden (right) racing down Gorham Street at Madison's (Wisconsin) 1940 soap box derby. They have just left the starting ramp....
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Spooner Playing at MadCity Music Festival

Date: 1976
Description: View from above and behind the stage as the band, Spooner, performs at the MadCity Music Festival held at Olin Park, Madison, Wisconsin. Band members inclu...
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Dave and Mary Lou

Date: 1994
Description: Mary Lou Munts, a member of the Wisconsin Assembly, and Congressman David R. Obey at a fundraiser for Obey at the Madison Club.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Construction

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin State Capitol building, showing steel work of North Wing under construction. Crowds of people are gathered on the lawn for t...
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Farmer's Market

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Description: Elevated view of the farmer's market on East Washington Avenue near storefronts. Many horse-drawn buggies and wagons are lined up on both sides of the aven...
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Loyalty Day Parade

Date: 04 06 1918
Description: Detail of a group of civilian men in the Loyalty Day parade.
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UW Marching Band, Armed Forces Day

Date: 05 16 1953
Description: View from street of the University of Wisconsin Marching Band parading down Mifflin Street, past the Strand Theater. This parade took place on Armed Forces...
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Armed Forces Day Parade

Date: 05 16 1953
Description: Slightly elevated view taken from the Capitol Square looking down State Street. There is an unidentified marching group is coming up the middle of the stre...
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Memorial Union Terrace

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Description: Elevated view of the flagstone terrace. People sit at tables in the sunburst chairs. There are shadows of the empty chairs on the terrace as well as the s...
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People Watching Parade

Date: 1918
Description: View from sidewalk of people watching a parade coming up the street. A large horse-drawn vehicle is at the front. In the background is a large brick buildi...
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Parade at State Street and Capitol Square

Date: 1918
Description: View from the Capitol Square towards a parade coming up State Street. Crowds line the streets. On the left street corner is a building with a sign for the ...
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People Watching Band in Parade on Mifflin Street

Date: 1918
Description: View from sidewalk on the Capitol Square of band in a parade moving down Mifflin Street near the corner of Wisconsin Avenue. There is a sign for Collyer Ph...
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Parade on the Capitol Square

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Description: Elevated view of a white horse and a white float rounding the corner in a parade going down South Pinckney Street at Main Street. Other carriages and float...
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Fire in the Wisconsin Building

Date: 01 13 1914
Description: Smoke billowing from windows on the State Street (left) and Carroll Street (right) sides of the Wisconsin Building. Fire fighters on ladders are working fr...
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Fire in the Wisconsin Building

Date: 01 13 1914
Description: A policeman, center, keeping an eye on bystanders as firemen on ladders fight a fire at the Wisconsin Building on State Street. The building housed the Com...
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Rally for Chicano Studies

Date: 1975
Description: Student rally in the Great Hall at Memorial Union to establish a Chicano Studies Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Postcard

Crowd Watching U.W. Battalion Drill on Lower Campus

Date: 1914
Description: Hand-colored postcard of a crowd on and around the front steps of the State Historical Society building watching a battalion drill (out of the picture). So...
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Boxing Match at University of Wisconsin Field House

Date: 1948
Description: Elevated view of a full crowd at the Field House, including people sitting on the floor in chairs watching the boxers in a boxing ring in the center of the...
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Oscar Mayer Hotdoggers

Date: 1993
Description: Four team members on the grounds of the Oscar Mayer plant during a picnic.

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