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Belmont Hotel and Pinckney Street

Date: 1954
Description: View from Capitol Square Park of the Belmont Hotel and nearby buildings. Includes the storefronts for Simpson's and Rennebohm Drug Store #6, at 19 North Pi...
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Practical Joke

Date: 1950
Description: Mounted on a ladder, a man is poised to empty a bucket onto the open umbrella of a man sitting on a sidewalk bench.
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Republican Party Picnic

Date: 09 11 1955
Description: A group of Republicans attending a picnic in Hoyt Park sponsored by the Dane County GOP, the Young Republicans and the Dane County Women's Republican Club.
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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace with Lake Mendota and sailboats in the background.
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Pinckney Street

Date: 1954
Description: Pinckney Street, near the corner of East Washington Avenue. To the left is a bank building, in the center a shoe store, and on the right a theatre.
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Nash and Truman

Date: 12 1951
Description: Philleo Nash (playing the guitar), Presidential adviser on Minority Affairs, entertains President Harry Truman (in the sunglasses), with folk songs during ...
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Little White House Press Conference

Date: 03 15 1951
Description: President Harry Truman at a Press Conference in Key West. The President called press conferences infrequently while at the Little White House. This one la...
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El Paso Hotel Supply Company Truck

Date: 1950
Description: A man sitting in an International truck owned by the El Paso Hotel Supply Company along the side of the road near a park. The text on the side of the truck...
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Madison Summer Playground Activities

Date: 08 16 1950
Description: A group of kids play a paper game "Air Defense" with two playground directors at a table in Vilas Park. Sitting around the table, from left, are: Nancy Bri...
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Madison's 1951 Softball Season Opening Game

Date: 05 07 1951
Description: George "Dad" Thompson, (left) and Matt Brossard sitting on a bench at Vilas Park Diamond #2 while watching the St James CYO vs. Hardy's softball game, whic...
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Downtown Wisconsin Dells

Date: 05 24 1950
Description: A view of downtown, including the official Dells ticket office. In the foreground a man is sitting on a bench reading a newspaper, and other pedestrians ar...
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Madison Country Club's Women's Activities

Date: 05 13 1952
Description: Three members of the Blackhawk Coutry Club's golf committee near the clubhouse. Left to right: Esther Bixby, handicap chairman; Beatrice Cartwright, assi...
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Madison Country Club's Women's Activities

Date: 05 13 1952
Description: Three chairmen of the Maple Bluff Country Club women's organization in front of the clubhouse. Left to right, Mariel Campbell, Geneva Johnson and Florence...
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West Side Garden Club Garden Show

Date: 05 27 1952
Description: Garden show and tea at which the West Side Garden club entertained other garden clubs of the Madison area. Six children at the junior section of the show ...
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Father's Day

Date: 06 10 1952
Description: Grandfather Harry L. Geisler reads a Woman's Day magazine to his grandchildren, Timmy (James William), 5, and Nancy Anne, 2, at their home at 3120 Oxford R...
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Madison Soap Box Derby, Champion and Family

Date: 08 04 1951
Description: Madison Soap Box Derby champion, 15-year-old Roddy Botts (second from left), with his family mapping the route they will take on their motor trip to the na...
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Mendota Yacht Club Moonlight Regatta

Date: 06 08 1952
Description: From left, Benjamin Huiskamp, Evelyn Aitken, Donald Aitken (standing), and Janet Huiskamp at a table during the Mendota Yacht club Moonlight Regatta and pi...
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Ira Zeasmans Visit Madison

Date: 07 10 1952
Description: Group portrait of Mrs. Ira M. Zeasman (nee Jean Niebuhr) and her three children, Kathleen Ann, age 7; Steven Lee, age 3 1/2; and Barbara Jean, age 1. Mr. a...
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Madison Philharmonic Chorus Picnic

Date: 07 30 1952
Description: Six people are gathering around a picnic table at the Madison Philharmonic Chorus picnic supper. They are, left to right: Ruth Foster, president of the gro...
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Who's New Club Officers

Date: 09 14 1956
Description: Portrait of four officers of the Who's New Club during the fall luncheon at the Maple Bluff Country Club. Left to right: Mrs. John A. Mark, secretary; Car...

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