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| Date: | 11 1924 |
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| Description: | Robert M. La Follette, Sr. speaking to a large crowd from the Wisconsin State Capitol steps. This speech marked the end of his independent campaign for the... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
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| Description: | A group of men sitting and standing in front of Old City Hall (built 1860). |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Destroying slot machines and other illegal gambling devices at Law Park. From L to R: John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigaret tax division; ... |
| Date: | 12 13 1948 |
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| Description: | The street directory for Maple Bluff was delivered by Marshall A.J. Taft around the Christmas season. The contents of the directory reveal the growth of Ma... |
| Date: | 04 19 1949 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the members of the new Madison City Council. Front row, left to right: Ray Fessenden, John E. Coyne, and Frank Haas. Back row: Willilam C... |
| Date: | 05 03 1949 |
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| Description: | William Frazier, village president, sitting at a drug store counter visiting with druggist Burt Blank in the village of La Valle. |
| Date: | 06 16 1949 |
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| Description: | Pictured as he arrived in Madison is Trygve Lie, United Nations secretary-general. Mr. Lie was in Madison to receive an honorary degree from the University... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | Composite photograph of the members of the Wisconsin Assembly of 1877. Includes an image of the Wisconsin State Capitol building. |
| Date: | 06 01 1950 |
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| Description: | City Manager Leonard G. Howell turns the first shovelful of dirt for the first of eleven houses to be built by Madison builders under the Good American Hom... |
| Date: | 09 15 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison's first home show in thirteen years was officially opened by Acting Manager George Forster when he cut the ribbon at the entrance to the exhibit ar... |
| Date: | 05 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Edwin Conrad, Shorewood Hills Justice of the Peace, acts as presiding judge in the trial of Sandy, a collie dog owned by Russell Nelson, who is accused of ... |
| Date: | 04 16 1951 |
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| Description: | A group of East Siders are watching as another of the thousands of trees which have been planted under the sponsorship of the East Side Business Men's Asso... |
| Date: | 07 18 1952 |
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| Description: | The thirteen-member behind-the-scenes crew who make the Madison Soap Box Derby possible gathered on the steps of Law Park prior to making final arrangement... |
| Date: | 10 01 2008 |
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| Description: | Press Secretary Robert Gibbs posing outside the Barack Obama rally. An American flag is in the background. |
| Date: | 08 06 1937 |
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| Description: | Charles Broughton and James Farley at an event in Oconomowoc. |
| Date: | 07 1988 |
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| Description: | "Theresa Village President, Martin Koll, presided at the ribbon-cutting at the River View Mobile Home Park." |
| Date: | 08 1994 |
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| Description: | "When the wall below the Juneau House was redone, a rededication ceremony was held. Village President, Mike Weymier, is at the right." |
| Date: | 04 25 1997 |
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| Description: | "Theresa village president, Chris Giese, accepts a Growth Award for outstanding tree management in the village of Theresa." |
| Date: | 07 1998 |
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| Description: | "The Brownsville Village President, Ron Sabel, speaks at the dedication of Dale R. Michels Memorial Park." |
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