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A.M. Mickelson Inspecting a Blast Site

Date: 04 09 1945
Description: A.M. Mickelson, 10 N. Owen Dr., inspecting the scene of the explosion at the base of Sunset point where three Madison boys were badly burned while playing ...
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

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Description: Photographic print of an amateur painting of the Peck Cabin representing the "first house in Madison, Wisconsin." The "Peck Cabin" is a variation signed "M...
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Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1837
Description: Photographic print of an amateur painting, probably representing the "first house in Madison, Wisconsin." The Peck Cabin, one of the many free variations o...
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Madison Countryside

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Description: View from the western countryside towards Lake Wingra, looking east. In the foreground is a dirt road and fence.
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View of the Wisconsin State Capitol from the Countryside

Date: 06 1955
Description: View towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from the outlying area around Madison. Just beyond the cornfield in the foreground are buildings, one with a sign ...
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Dane County Farm

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of house with porch and yard on highway 113. Snow is on the ground.
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Aerial View of Blaney Farm

Date: 02 09 1949
Description: One of four aerial views of the Edwin Blaney farm and farm buildings surrounded by snow-covered fields. Four miles south of Madison and a mile west of U.S....
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DDT Application

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Description: Two men operating a hose to spray DDT into tall grass near water.
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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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Ice Storm Damage

Date: 01 25 1950
Description: Trees viewed following an ice storm.
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House Fire Scene

Date: 02 08 1950
Description: Smoldering ruins of the Virgil Normington home in the town of Madison, a half-mile south of the Badger School on E. Badger Road at Rimrock Road.
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Shadowy Field

Date: 07 30 1960
Description: View towards horizon of long shadows stretching across a large field. Small plants grows in the foreground.
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Fish River

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Description: View of the Fish River, used at the Wisconsin Fish Hatchery. Rows of trees line the river's edge.
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Puppies on a Farm

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Description: A litter of puppies stand on a wooden structure with (presumably) their mother below them in the foreground.
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Horse-Drawn Carriage in a Field

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Description: A horse stands in a field with trees, rigged up to an empty carriage.
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Lewis Arms with Crashed Rental Car

Date: 04 1946
Description: Lewis Arms stands next to a damaged 1946 Chevrolet which had been rented from Friede Rent-A-Car. Arms and Bert Rogers had been traveling to Milwaukee in th...
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State Patrol Field Headquarters

Date: 1955
Description: State patrol officers line up beside their patrol cars at Old District 1 State Patrol Field Headquarters on Highway 12. They appear to be receiving instruc...
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Rustic Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: The rustic iron bridge on University Drive. The sign on the left advertises a $25.00 Reward. Lake Mendota is visible on the right.
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Farm Scene

Date: 1905
Description: A man stands with a horse near a small barn. A buggy and wagon are parked nearby. There are two small sheds or outhouses near a garden plot and a haystack ...
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Madison Mobile Homes Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Madison Mobile Homes, with a three-quarter view of a mobile home parked in a clearing near a wooded area on a shoreline, with the slogan "Liv...

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