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Girls Drinking from Soda Bottles

Date: 03 10 1944
Description: Three girls at the recreational center for school pupils at the Cottage Grove Town Hall drink from Nehi soda bottles.
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Postal Workers Sorting Mail

Date: 08 31 1955
Description: Postal clerks Stanley A. Kolenda, William G. Spencer, and Nathan C. Hillmer sorting mail at the Madison Post Office.
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Older Adult Klub String Trio

Date: 09 29 1955
Description: The string trio of the Older Adult Klub (OAK), Gus Torgerson, Henry Brenneman, and Julia Bennett, rehearsing for a senior citizen workshop on recreation fo...
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Madison Community Center Craft Class

Date: 01 04 1955
Description: Lydia MacKenzie, Helen Burkhart, the instructor, and Lucille Harks participate in a class on textile handicrafts at the Madison Community Center.
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Packing Red Cross Christmas Boxes

Date: 09 09 1944
Description: Lois Wiessinger, Michael Mack, and Harold Stone, state employees, filled 21,600 Christmas packages to be sent by the American Red Cross to hospitalized ser...
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Tea at the Governor's Residence

Date: 10 01 1944
Description: Officers of the Wisconsin Business and Professional Women's Club attending a tea at the Governor's Residence, 130 E. Gilman Street. Left to right around th...
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Madison United States Mail Carriers

Date: 12 07 1944
Description: Fifteen Madison U.S. Mail carriers standing on the front steps of the Madison U.S. Post Office. Lower row left to right: Martin T. Digney, Thomas M. Carey,...
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Guests at Walter S. Goodland Inauguration

Date: 01 01 1945
Description: Friends and guests at the Goodland reception including: Mrs. Robert C. Eby, Mrs. M.F. Cooley, Mrs. Paul Irwin, Mrs. Oscar Toebaas, Mrs. Gordon Nelson, Mrs....
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Wisconsin Historical Society Library Exterior

Date: 02 14 1945
Description: Historical Society Library, exterior view of the U-shaped space behind the building that will be used for expansion.
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Student in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library Stacks

Date: 02 14 1945
Description: Yvonne Hauge, University of Wisconsin sophomore, in the crowded stacks at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library.
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People Leaving State Office Building

Date: 05 10 1945
Description: People leaving the State Office Building at 1 West Wilson Street.
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Governor Walter Goodland and Two Mexican Men

Date: 04 18 1946
Description: Governor Walter Goodland, seated at his desk, talking with two Mexican men.
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Clayton W. Haswell

Date: 10 26 1946
Description: Clayton W. Haswell, 1610 Jefferson Street, on the steps of the United States Post Office Building, carefully guiding a wash basket filled with unclaimed ma...
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Police Officer Robert O'Brien on Motorcycle

Date: 03 08 1947
Description: Robert O'Brien, police officer on motorcycle, in front of Police Station.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Students on Campus

Date: 05 09 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students along State Street east of Park Street. The State Historical Society building is on the right.
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Fire Department Mobile Radio Equipment

Date: 09 20 1947
Description: The new Fire Department 100-foot transmitting tower for the mobile radio system, is pictured at 18 South Webster at the Central Fire Headquarters.
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Governor's Residence

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Wisconsin Governor's residence with snow on the ground, 130 East Gilman Street. The house was built for General Julius White in 1856. Succeeding owners wer...
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Wisconsin Governor's Residence

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Interior view of the Wisconsin Governor's residence, 130 East Gilman Street. The dining room is furnished with walnut furniture. Over the buffet is one of ...
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Wisconsin Governor's Residence

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Interior view of the one of the bedrooms in the Wisconsin Governor's residence, 130 East Gilman Street. Shown is the ornate bed that Ole Bull, internationa...
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Wisconsin Governor's Residence

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Interior view of the Wisconsin Governor's residence, 130 E. Gilman Street, showing a marble fireplace in one of the rooms, furnished with contemporary furn...

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