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Mrs. Augusta Giddings

Date: 05 02 1944
Description: Mrs. Augusta Giddings signs documents, with Mayor Halsey Kreage as a witness, selling her property at the eastern end of the 900 block of East Gorham Stree...
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I. Milo Kittelson

Date: 02 04 1948
Description: Seated portrait of I. Milo Kittleson, former mayor of Madison, 1920-1926, and State Industrial Commission examiner, 1927-1948.
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Madison Housing Authority Project

Date: 11 23 1948
Description: This ceremony at Truax Field signaled the start of construction of the 120-unit apartment project for war veterans by the Madison Housing Authority. Henry ...
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East Side Youth Mayor

Date: 04 14 1949
Description: Bob Verberkmoes, an East High School student, who was elected the fourth East Side Youth Mayor in the annual election held at East High School.
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Yahara River Hearing by Dane County Park Commission

Date: 07 13 1949
Description: Dane County Park Commission meeting to hear complaints regarding dead fish in the Yahara River. Stoughton Mayor Truman Felland is standing at the right, te...
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Oil Progress Week Proclamation Signing

Date: 10 12 1951
Description: Madison mayor George Forster signs the proclamation to observe Oil Progress Week, while Arnold Wake (center), the general chairman for the observance, and ...
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Elsie, the Borden Co. Cow

Date: 07 21 1953
Description: Elsie, the Borden Co. cow with Gov. Walter Kohler, acting mayor Carl Wilhelm, Alice in Dairyland Mary Ellen Jenks and another man. They are posing together...
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"Home Improvement Year" Declaration

Date: 04 12 1956
Description: Madison mayor-elect Ivan Nestingen signs a proclamation announcing 1956 as "Home Improvement Year" as Marvin Reimann, Duane Bowman, and J. Jesse Hyman are ...
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Beautiful Madison, Inc.

Date: 08 30 1956
Description: Three members of Beautiful Madison, Inc. give a letter to Mayor Ivan Nestingen (seated at desk) requesting a city ordinance against littering in Madison st...
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Welcome Proclamation for State Jaycees and Jaycettes

Date: 11 18 1957
Description: A welcome proclamation for nearly 400 state members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Jaycettes is prepared in the office of Mayor Ivan Nestingen, ...
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Contagious Hospital Purchase

Date: 01 13 1958
Description: Mayor Ivan A. Nestingen, seated, receives a $325,000 check as payment for the purchase of the city's contagious hospital at 1954 East Washington Avenue by ...
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Sweet Adelines Competition

Date: 04 11 1958
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen draws names of groups to set the official order of competition for the Region 5 Sweet Adelines. Also seated is Mrs. Clifford Aagaard, ...
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CUNA Mutual Groundbreaking

Date: 05 02 1959
Description: A groundbreaking ceremony for a new building for CUNA Mutual Insurance Society takes place at the corner of Mineral Point Road and Rosa Road. Left to right...
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Building Trades Apprenticeship Graduates

Date: 11 03 1959
Description: Attending the Madison area building trades apprenticeship completion banquet are (left to right): Businessmen John Findorff and O.T. Havey; shown with Sena...
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Farewell to the Madison Air Defense Commandant

Date: 06 29 1961
Description: Major General James C. Jensen is congratulated by Madison mayor Henry Reynolds, center, and president of the Chamber of Commerce Dorsey Botham at a farewel...

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