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Miniature Models

Date: 04 29 1946
Description: Three miniature models of a youth chair, combination desk-chair (made of wire and a cigarette box) and child sized wheelbarrow, taken for H.M. Wood.
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Milwaukee Road Booth at U.S.O. Carnival

Date: 11 07 1944
Description: Booth at the U.S.O. Carnival sponsered by the Milwaukee Road Employees Service Club, featuring games of chance and a model train set-up.
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Doughboy Mills Factory

Date: 02 05 1942
Description: Model of Doughboy Mills, Inc. and grain elevator.
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Battlefield Diorama of Soap Carvings

Date: 11 01 1939
Description: Battlefield diorama made with soap carvings taken for East High School "Tower Times," 2218-22 East Washington Avenue.
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New Drivers Class at West High School

Date: 06 06 1939
Description: Group of students in the new drivers class stand in front of West High School with a new automobile and a scale model of Madison's streets. Includes five a...
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Robert Grilley Receiving Prize

Date: 07 14 1935
Description: Robert Grilley, holding his model airplane, receiving first place mahogany plaque in Junior Division of "Jimmy Allen" model airplane races at Royal Airport...
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Model Airplane

Date: 08 30 1934
Description: Model airplane.
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Model Airplane Builders Club

Date: 06 01 1934
Description: Group portrait of members of a vocational school model airplane builders club, each holding a model airplane with a diagram of a cambered aerofoil from a c...
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Fiore Coal & Oil Co. Window Display

Date: 05 22 1931
Description: Fiore Coal & Oil Co. window display in the First National Bank building, 905 University Avenue. The window features a model railroad train layout which is ...
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Switzerland Model

Date: 10 27 1930
Description: Three girls are standing beside a model they constructed of Switzerland on a table at Randall School.
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"Danger Lights" Display in Capitol Theatre Lobby

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Close-up of display in RKO Capitol Theatre's outer lobby for "Danger Lights." Features a model train from Wolf-Kubly & Hersig with signs saying: "31,000 mi...
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"Danger Lights" Display in Capitol Theatre Lobby

Date: 09 29 1930
Description: Display in RKO Capitol Theatre's outer lobby for "Danger Lights" and coming attraction "Africa Speaks." Features a model train from Wolff-Kubly & Hersig, w...
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Model of Eagle's Club Stone Eagle

Date: 10 08 1927
Description: Model of Eagle's Club stone eagle. Bay View Stone Company.
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Model of Spanish Galleon

Date: 10 26 1926
Description: Model galleon in front of backdrop with projection reels in the background.
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Animated Display Window

Date: 07 24 1947
Description: Animated display window at Master Furriers, 11 West Main Street, "Madison City of Prosperity," display of miniature storefronts with Madison merchants' sto...
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Model of John Naset's First Residence

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Description: Model of the house John Naset built for himself in the spring of 1865 in Christiana.
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Sheaffer Pen and Pencil Sets

Date: 09 27 1950
Description: Display window at Rowley & Schlimgen, 540 State Street, featuring Sheaffer's pen and pencil sets "for school days and career years" and a model trail layou...
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Rowley & Schlimgen Display Window

Date: 09 20 1950
Description: Display window at Rowley & Schlimgen, 540 State Street, featuring Sheaffer's pen and pencil sets "for school days and career years" and a model train layou...
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Battle of Gettysburg Miniature

Date: 03 12 1972
Description: Display in miniature of the Battle of Gettysburg, which was on exhibit in the Wisconsin State Capitol's Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall.
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Students with Model Airplanes at Marquette School

Date: 01 19 1944
Description: Children of parents who work at war plants participate in after school recreation program at Marquette School. Shown standing behind a ping-pong table, wit...

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