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Madison Bus Company

Date: 08 01 1947
Description: The Madison Bus Company's new 45 seat bus shown with company officials and former employees formerly associated with the Madison Railways Company, the pred...
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Mt. Olive Lutheran Church

Date: 09 11 1947
Description: Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, 4018 Mineral Point Road, is shown under construction.
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Fire Department Mobile Radio Equipment

Date: 09 20 1947
Description: First Assistant Fire Chief Patrick J. Brown with microphone, and Fireman Grant Prideau receiving radio instructions from Fire Chief Edward J. Page, demonst...
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Couple Shopping at Grocery Store Dairy Case

Date: 10 03 1947
Description: Elevated view of man and woman with a grocery cart shopping at the dairy case in a grocery store. Sign over case reads: "There's a Heap of Good Livin' Down...
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Neighbors of the Pomputis family and newspaper reporters wait on a highway near the farm where the confessed murderers were hiding.
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Buford Sennett, confessed murderer, soon after his capture at the Pomputis farm, sitting between a police officer and the driver of the car.
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Charles H. Thiede

Date: 11 29 1947
Description: Portrait of Charles H. Thiede, 2218 Rusk Street, at the controls of a Chicago North Western Railroad steam engine as he starts his last run to Chicago afte...
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Railroad Engineer Charles Thiede with Crew

Date: 11 29 1947
Description: Charles Thiede, 2218 Rusk Street, is shown with his crew members before his last round-trip to Chicago. He is retiring after 41 years with the Chicago Nort...
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Children on Snow Sled with Mother

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Winter scene with Betty Ann and Arthur G. Field on a sled in the snow with their mother Elizabeth Field kneeling next to them near a stone wall. The family...
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Airplane Crash in Lake Mendota

Date: 07 18 1944
Description: Dozens of boys at Camp Wakanda on the north shore of Lake Mendota watch rescue work on an airplane which has crashed into the lake near shore. Tom Langloi...
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Post Office at Christmas

Date: 12 18 1947
Description: Elevated view of two postal employees sorting mail at the Madison post office, 215 Monona Avenue, at Christmas. Pictured are clerk Donald Memhard dumping ...
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Lee B. Bailey

Date: 12 18 1947
Description: Lee B. Bailey, retired farmer, standing on steps near airplane, getting ready to take his first airplane ride a few days before his 75th birthday.
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University of Wisconsin Basketball Team at Airport

Date: 12 17 1947
Description: The University of Wisconsin basketball team in 'natty' attire posing in front of a Northwest Airlines plane. They are taking the plane to San Francisco on ...
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Hoyt Park Toboggan Slide

Date: 12 23 1947
Description: Three teenagers posing on the steps of the toboggan slide at Hoyt Park. Ascending the steps are Al Gay, Mary Homann, and Ruth Ann Gay. Two young boys are s...
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Bertha Middleton and Myron Becker

Date: 12 27 1947
Description: Bertha Middleton greeting her brother Myron Becker at the Milwaukee Road railway station on Franklin Street. The siblings had not seen each other for 23 y...
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Milwaukee Road Train Wreck

Date: 01 11 1948
Description: The remains of the boiler tank of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arling...
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March of Dimes Wheelchair Race

Date: 02 09 1948
Description: Winning team in the March of Dimes wheelchair race, sponsored by the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce: Clarence Beebe, kneeling, and in the back row, lef...
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Kayser Motors Mechanic

Date: 02 13 1948
Description: A mechanic spray painting a vehicle at Kayser Motors, located at 701 East Washington Avenue.
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Madison Figure Skating Club

Date: 02 22 1948
Description: Members of the Madison Figure Skating Club at Vilas Park watching I.E. Karsten demonstrating his figure skating technique. Pictured left to right: Richard ...
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Madison Figure Skating Club

Date: 02 22 1948
Description: Two young charter members of the Madison Figure Skating Club at Vilas Park. Pictured left to right: Karen Nelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Nelson, and...

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