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Wisconsin Thematic Panel 1-6

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Description: We've at least been able to conserve something if it's only the idea of conserving for conservation's sake
But the community interests ought to come fir...
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Hotel Ogden

Date: 1885
Description: Exterior view of the front of the Hotel Ogden located at 149 East Wilson Street. Three men wearing suits are relaxing on the porch, with two men sitting on...
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Shelter at Bernard's Park

Date: 1930
Description: View across lawn towards a large shelter at Bernard's Park filled with people. Other people relax at picnic tables in under trees in the foreground.
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We Saw You . . . Planning Flower Show

Date: 08 06 1959
Description: Four members of the Little Garden Club are shown in the gardens at the E.R. Welch home at 3620 Lake Mendota Drive. They include, from left, Helen Samuelson...
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We Saw You . . . at Watermelon Festival

Date: 08 30 1959
Description: Mark and Mike Merkle and Bill Lachnit enjoy watermelon at the Monona Grove Businessmen's Association Watermelon Festival.
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We Saw You . . . at Watermelon Festival

Date: 08 30 1959
Description: Linda and Donald Harrison enjoying the Watermelon Festival sponsored by the Monona Businessmen's Association.
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We Saw You . . . Junior Golfers

Date: 08 04 1959
Description: Madison's three golf clubs play their annual inter-club tournament at Blackhawk Country Club. Shown (L-R) waiting on a bench for all players to complete th...
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Madison Golf Tournament

Date: 09 13 1959
Description: Winning couples in the Squaw and Paw golf tournament at the Blackhawk Country Club. John and Polly Erickson, left, were the winners of the low gross score....
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58th Annual Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta Social Events Planning Committee

Date: 08 14 1960
Description: Members of the 58th annual Inland Lake Yachting Association regatta social committee discuss social events for the regatta on the Edgewater Hotel pier. Sho...
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Class of 1884

Date: 06 16 1934
Description: Members of the University of Wisconsin Class of 1884 at their 50th reunion.
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Gift to Veterans Administration Hospital

Date: 07 05 1960
Description: The Wisconsin Department of the Disabled America Veterans Auxiliary has donated $500 worth of lawn furniture to the Madison Veterans Administration Hospita...
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Madison's Boys Baseball Program

Date: 06 15 1953
Description: Fritz Wegner, left, director of Madison's Boys Baseball program, watches the action at Vilas park with some of the boys.
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We Saw You . . . at Carrier Boys' Picnic

Date: 06 30 1954
Description: Madison Newspaper, Inc. hosts a picnic to recognize newspaper carriers, each an individual businessman, who carry the papers in any kind of weather. Gregor...
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Parade at Midwest Shrine Convention

Date: 09 07 1956
Description: Children watch the parade from the curb at the Midwest Shrine parade.
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Turvill House and Garden

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Turvill house and garden. A man and woman are working in the garden near the Turvill home. The woman, wearing a bonnet, is bent over w...
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Group Portrait of the Thwaites-Turvill family

Date: 06 1897
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Thwaites-Turvill family. Seven members of the family, and three dogs, are sitting on chairs and a bench in the front yard of ...
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Paul Vanderbilt

Date: 07 1974
Description: Paul Vanderbilt sitting in a painted metal chair in George Talbot's (Vanderbilt's successor) backyard on Jenifer Street. He is wearing a plaid jacket, trou...
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Mrs. Jack Harned and her daughter, Bettina Annaliesa

Date: 06 09 1961
Description: Mrs. Jack Harned and her daughter Bettina Annaliesa, aged six months, of Birmingham, Michigan and formerly of Madison, are visiting the baby's grandparents...
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A Quiet Summer Day in Orton Park

Date: 1982
Description: Two people sit at a table in a gazebo in Orton Park. Houses in the neighborhood surrounding the park stand in the background behind the blooming trees.
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Along the Lake Monona Shoreline

Date: 1982
Description: View across a lawn towards the back of a house. The lawn slopes down to the left towards a tree-lined shore, with a bench and a pier. In the background is ...

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