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Town of Madison Chairman Harvey Schmidt

Date: 10 15 1965
Description: Town of Madison chairman Harvey Schmidt is pointing out the boundary lines of the township around the city of Madison.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Sun Prairie

Date: 12 1912
Description: Sanborn map of Sun Prairie, which includes an index and information about water facilities and the fire department. Includes a small inset map of the State...
Map or Atlas

Map of Madison : Capitol of Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: This map oriented with north towards the upper right shows sewers, cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever, schools, and public buildings. Lake Wingra is lab...
Magazine or Periodical

Map of University Campus : [Madison, Wisconsin]

Date: 1905
Description: This blueprint map shows campus buildings, roads, and Lake Mendota. The compass rose near the title is incorrect; the map is actually oriented with north t...
Map or Atlas

University of Wisconsin Map of University Grounds : and Other Property Owned by the University

Date: 1913
Description: This photocopy map shows plots with owners' names, land use both commercial and agricultural, and lot outlines on University land. Lake Mendota is labeled ...
Photograph

WMTV Weatherman Paul Ekern

Date: 05 28 1953
Description: WMTV weatherman Paul Ekern is standing and pointing to a weather map in front of a WMTV television camera.
Manuscript

Bordner Survey Sketch Map of Picnic Point and Lake Mendota Shoreline

Date: 01 13 1937
Description: Sketch map of Township 7 North, Range 9 East, created for the Land Economic Inventory (Bordner Survey). The map shows Picnic Point and the Lake Mendota sho...
Photograph

Weather Bureau Operation at Truax Field Control Tower

Date: 12 22 1953
Description: Chief of weather operations, L.A. Joos, is on the telephone, while W.C. Williamson is standing at a slanted desk checking one of several weather maps. They...
Photograph

Firemen Activities at the Central Fire Station

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Chatting about previous fire fighting experiences are (from left to right): Captain Arthur Wilcox, Firemen Russell Mani, and Wilbur Wright. They are sittin...
Photograph

SHSW Administration Horseplay

Date: 1954
Description: State Historical Society of Wisconsin staff enjoying a fun moment and posing with a map of Wisconsin and a gnome statue. Left to right: John Jacques, Cliff...
Photograph

Progressive Magazine Editor

Date: 03 25 1955
Description: Morris Rubin, editor of The Progressive, sitting at his desk decked with a glass ashtray with cigarette, matchbook, and papers. In 1940, Rubin (b.19...
Photograph

Lawrence Fitzpatrick, Managing Editor of the Wisconsin State Journal

Date: 01 06 1958
Description: Lawrence Fitzpatrick, Managing Editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, sitting at his new desk speaking with someone. A woman and two men are at desk...
Photograph

Proposed U.W. Building in Bascom Woods

Date: 01 16 1959
Description: Several people looking at a topographical model of Bascom Woods and Muir Knoll by the surrounding buildings between Elizabeth Waters Hall, the Carillon Tow...
Photograph

Fred Hatch, U.S. Weather Bureau Technician

Date: 02 07 1958
Description: Fred Hatch (32), U.S. Weather Bureau technician, will be returning to a small island near the North Pole to conduct experiments on solar energy, insulation...
Photograph

Dane County Association for Mental Health Fund Drive

Date: 04 04 1958
Description: Association president, Howard Hershleder, and campaign chairman, H. Kelley Meyer, look over a chart in preparation for the annual fund drive of the Dane Co...
Photograph

Antarctic Explorers Dr. Edward Thiel and John Behrendt

Date: 06 12 1958
Description: Antarctic explorers Dr. Edward Thiel (left) and John Behrendt (right) recently returned from a year long stay in Antarctica. Dr. Thiel was the co-leader of...
Photograph

United Givers' Fund Drive

Date: 06 18 1958
Description: Discussing plans for the Women's division of the United Givers' Fund are, left to right: Constance Helmquist, Elizabeth Schlotthauer, and Helen Quisling.
Photograph

Newest City Map Shown by Chamber

Date: 06 20 1958
Description: Two Madison Chamber of Commerce employees are shown holding the newest map of the city printed by the chamber. The maps sold for ten cents. The two women ...
Photograph

Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce Dinner

Date: 06 12 1958
Description: Members of the Madison Junior Chamber of Commerce prompt their charcoal broiled chicken dinner held at the West Side Business Men's Club, Gilbert Road. Sho...
Photograph

Hostesses for the Wisconsin Capitol Information Booth

Date: 07 01 1958
Description: Governor Vernon W. Thomson looks over a Wisconsin road map with three college student hostesses at the information booth in the Capitol rotunda. The studen...

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