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City of Madison Merit Award Presentation

Date: 08 28 1958
Description: Madison traffic engineer John H. Bunch, left, displays his check as a merit award for suggesting the installation of an automatic warning for tall trucks a...
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Visiting Russian Social Welfare Workers

Date: 12 04 1958
Description: Acting Madison mayor George Elder introducing five Russian welfare officials to Madison. The Russians are, left to right, front row: Vasilya Sadykova, Dmit...
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Empty Stocking Club Christmas Toy Depot

Date: 12 19 1958
Description: Madison Mayor Ivan Nestingen (R) trys out a pop-gun during his visit to the annual Empty Stocking Club's Christmas toy depot held at the Community Center. ...
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Fowler McCormick Welcoming Mayor Martin Kennelly to "100 Years in Chicago" Exposition

Date: 1947
Description: Typewritten text with photograph reads: "Fowler McCormick, Chairman of the Board of International Harvester Company, welcomes Mayor Martin Kennelly immedia...
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Renewed Robert Hall Salesroom Opened

Date: 03 06 1959
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen is shown cutting the ribbon to officially open the reconstructed Robert Hall salesroom, 3205 E. Washington Avenue after the interior w...
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Madison Honors Hawaii as the Fiftieth State

Date: 06 22 1960
Description: Madison mayor Ivan Nestigen declared a "Fiftieth State Day" in Madison to honor Hawaii's entry into the Union. A ceremony was held in front of the City-Cou...
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Sigrid Schultz and Chicago Mayor A.J. Cermak with Group of People

Date: 1932
Description: Group portrait, with Sigrid Schultz on the far left, and of Chicago Mayor A.J. Cermak standing in the center. Typewritten text on back of photograph reads:...
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Daughters of the American Revolution Plan Constitution Week Events

Date: 09 07 1960
Description: Regents of the three Madison chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution are shown with Mayor Ivan Nestingen and a proclamation declaring Septembe...
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Manchester's Third Store Opening

Date: 11 03 1960
Description: Jessie E. Manchester, widow of merchant Harry S. Manchester, prepares to snip the ribbon officially opening the third store at the Westgate Shopping Center...
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New Third Grade Teacher in Sun Prairie

Date: 11 15 1960
Description: New third grade Sun Prairie teacher Diane Schnitt meets banker Tom Tubbs and mayor Joseph N. Hanley.
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The Ivan A. Nestingen Family

Date: 01 28 1961
Description: The Ivan A. Nestingen family poses with a congratulatory bouquet celebrating Mayor Nestingen's appointment as undersecretary of the United States Departmen...
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Mayoral Candidate, Henry Reynolds

Date: 02 02 1961
Description: Henry E. Reynolds, Madison businessman and candidate for mayor, is seated on a chair with all of his nomination sheets spread around him in an effort to sh...
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Mayoral Candidate, Henry Reynolds

Date: 02 02 1961
Description: Portrait of Henry E. Reynolds, businessman and candidate for Mayor of Madison in the upcoming election.
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Mosinee Goes Communist for a Day: Proclamation

Date: 05 01 1950
Description: Caption on back is a newspaper clipping that reads: "A proclamation was read to a mass meeting by 'Commissar' Joseph Z. Kornfeder, Detroit, a former Commun...
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Walther Supporters

Date: 04 03 1968
Description: Many people are standing or sitting in a room with "Walther for Mayor" signs on the wall. Some are looking at a television in the foreground. Caption reads...
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IH Community Luncheon

Date: 12 17 1962
Description: Men at the head table at the luncheon at the Edgewater Inn Hotel. Caption on back reads: "Mayor Jack Maltester (mayor of San Leandro) presents key to the C...
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Mayor Ivan Nestigen at Brittingham Project

Date: 11 1957
Description: Two men stand on a sidewalk and look in the direction of a sign, which reads: "Brittingham Redevelopment Project UR Wis. 2-1 A Project of City of Madison, ...
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Abraham G. Adams

Date: 1878
Description: Lithographic portrait of the Honorable Abraham G. Adams, a boot and shoe salesman in Burlington, IA. His success in business led him to invest in the devel...
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Harry Wilfred Adams

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Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Harry Wilfred Adams, a lawyer and mayor of Beloit, 1914-1918.
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Moses Alexander

Date: 1917
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Moses Alexander, 19th and 21st Mayor of Boise, Idaho (1897-1899, 1901-1903) and 11th Governor of Idaho (1915-1919).

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