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Panoramic View of Dudgeon Neighborhood

Date: 1916
Description: Panoramic view of the Wingra area from the railroad tracks north of Gregory Street. Looking towards Lake Wingra, across Monroe Street.
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Camp Randall Field

Date: 1908
Description: Aerial view of Camp Randall Field on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. University Heights is in the background.
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Residential Housing

Date: 1936
Description: View down road of mass-produced residential housing with farm in background.
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Road Work with a Hough Loader

Date: 1954
Description: Man working on a suburban road with an International ID-6 and attached loader. The loader was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company.
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Nagle-Hart Building

Date: 05 14 1948
Description: View across street towards the Nagle-Hart Caterpillar Tractor & Equipment Company, 754 East Washington Avenue.
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Tornado Damage

Date: 07 23 1944
Description: Tornado damage at Truax Field area. Barn damage with house in background. Two horses survived in the barn despite the damage around them.
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Pigs Loose in Nakoma

Date: 02 25 1947
Description: Pigs in fenced-in tennis court at Nakoma Park on Nakoma Road. A truck loaded with about 80 hogs overturned in the 3600 block of Nakoma Road near the arbore...
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Professor's Homes

Date: 1902
Description: View across field towards two residences of University of Wisconsin Professors. At 1532 University Avenue is the Harry L. Russell home and at 1540 Universi...
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University Heights Neighborhood

Date: 1913
Description: View looking southwest at the University Heights neighborhood from near the corner of University Avenue and Breese Terrace. In the foreground is the Univer...
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Aerial View of University Farms

Date: 09 1958
Description: Aerial view of University Farms neighborhood near Lake Mendota.
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Aerial View of University Hill Farms

Date: 09 1958
Description: University Hill Farms from an aerial perspective.
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Monona Bay

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view looking towards Monona Bay, possibly from atop the University of Wisconsin Power Plant smokestack.
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Plowing after Snowstorm with International A Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: Man using an International A tractor to plow a street. Original caption reads: "The Village of Forest Park, Illinois uses this International A tractor and ...
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley Tract community garden. Erwin O. Huebnow, the 1948 Farley tract head, is shown with Professor Paul Bender, who is ...
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley tract community garden. Mrs. Rex L. Liebenberg is picking peas with her children, Lelia (14) and Don (17).
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley tract community garden. Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Blankenburg are listening to the radio while working in their plot.
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Madison Community Chest Gardening

Date: 06 21 1949
Description: Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley tract community garden. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Thompson are having a picnic with their children, Charles (11) and...
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Shorewood Street Department Vehicle

Date: 06 21 1927
Description: McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor pulling a street cleaning tank attachment marked "Street Department, Village of Shorewood." Water is spraying from the side...
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Datson Dairies Truck

Date: 04 10 1935
Description: A man unloads milk bottles from the back of an International Model C-1 truck used by Datson Dairies Inc. The truck is parked on a residential street in fro...
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Men in Yard Weighing Bales of Cotton

Date: 1905
Description: Men in a residential backyard using a hanging scale to weigh bales of cotton loaded on a wagon pulled by a team of work horses.

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