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Swim Meet at B.B. Clarke Beach

Date: 06 06 1944
Description: Onlookers on slope of B.B. Clarke Beach looking out to the lake to watch a swim meet.
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Company House and Family in Benham

Date: 1919
Description: A family of five posing in front of an International Harvester "company house" in the coal mining town of Benham.
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Spooner Home

Date: 1875
Description: View of the Spooner residence on the south corner of Wilson and Carroll Streets, with the lake in the background. This was the home of John C., Phil H., an...
Photograph

Picnic in University Heights

Date: 1908
Description: Four girls are sitting on a hill in University Heights. The city of Madison is in the background.
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In the Starting Gate

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: View from behind of a soap box racer in the starting gate at the top of the E. Gorham Street hill between N. Butler and N. Pinckney Streets. A man with a f...
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Burns Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down tree-lined Burns Street, which is on a hill. Houses and sidewalks are on both sides of the street, and a small group of men are in the yard of a ...
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Street Scene Looking North

Date: 
Description: View down street with homes and shops on either side. In the street is a man on a horse, a dog, and two horses and carriages. On the left by Doctor Ruby's ...
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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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Street Scene

Date: 1912
Description: View down dirt street. Two women and three children pose at the intersection. Farther down the street is a post office. There is a bridge at the end of the...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: A lineup of racers await their turn to race at the 1954 Madison soap box derby. Larry Meicher of Madison stands by his racer, "The Iceberg." The are at the...
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View of Toelle Avenue

Date: 1925
Description: View down dirt road running through homes and trees in a neighborhood. A man stands in the road. Text at foot of photograph reads, "Toelle Ave. 138+12 Look...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 33-46

Date: 
Description: The Little Bluebirds — has anyone expressed it better
than Judy Garland singing
. . . why, oh why, can't I
Photograph

216 Campbell Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of the house at 216 Campbell Street. Construction materials are piled about the property, suggesting it was recently built. A small group of people ar...
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Children Playing in Snow

Date: 11 30 1976
Description: Elevated view of children sliding on the snow near the Bay Street overpass to Jones Island. The children are walking up the hill. In the background is a st...
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Tractor Pulling Garbage Wagon in Neighborhood

Date: 08 17 1926
Description: View across street towards a man driving a McCormick-Deering tractor pulling a garbage wagon in a neighborhood. There is a house on a hill in the backgroun...
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Ice Delivery Truck

Date: 03 10 1928
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of an ice delivery truck. There is a large house in the background.
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First Snowfall at Sherman Terrace

Date: 11 26 1953
Description: Trying out their sleds are Judy Stanley and Wendy Wanda.
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Neighborhood on a Hill

Date: 06 10 1918
Description: Slightly elevated view across yards and fences of a neighborhood on a hill. A man is standing in the yard in the center just beyond a fence.
Postcard

Small Town Neighborhood

Date: 10 29 1906
Description: View from a hillside towards a woman walking on an unpaved neighborhood street in a small town, with dwellings and trees on both sides. Along the horizon a...

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