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Rat Extermination

Date: 09 30 1947
Description: James Capacio and John H. Endres, assistant to L.B. Kelly of the Solvit Chemical Company, distributing poison bread at the Shorewood dump in a rat extermin...
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Rat Extermination

Date: 09 30 1947
Description: James L. Clarke, city health inspector, placing a warning sign on a fence at the Shorewood dump after workers distributed poison bread bait in the dump.
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A.J. Taft, Maple Bluff Police Marshal

Date: 12 13 1948
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...
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Marshall Boys Basketball Champions

Date: 02 14 1950
Description: Marshall high school gained basketball title honors in the Madison Suburban League for the sixth time in the 24-year history of the circuit. Coach Leonard ...
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Maple Bluff Christmas Display

Date: 12 16 1951
Description: Four young residents of Maple Bluff stand in front of the giant 32-foot-high Christmas display of a manger scene at the intersection of Charing Cross Road ...
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Shorewood Hills Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: Nancy, Glenn, and Tommy Lewis are shown costumed as sandwich board newspaper sections at the Shorewood Hills Fourth of July celebration. They won the most ...
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Shorewood Hills Fourth of July

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: Seven children dressed as cowboys 'portray the hardship of the 49ers trail.' They are, left to right: Bobby Curtis, John Curtis, John Levy, Bruce Levy, Vir...
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Madison Suburban High School Sports League

Date: 09 10 1952
Description: Group portrait of the principals and coaches from seven of the nine member schools of the Madison Suburban High School Sports League.
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Parade of Homes

Date: 09 13 1952
Description: View of the first of the thousands of people who toured the 18 new homes erected by 15 builders at Nakoma Road and the West Beltline. The Parade of Homes w...
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Madison Flood in Subdivision

Date: 07 03 1954
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Willard Burbank look at the flooded basement of their home at 829 Burbank Place in the Garden Homes subdivision of Madison.
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Waterfall Motel and Restaurant

Date: 07 21 1958
Description: Exterior view of the Waterfall Motel and Restaurant, a one-story building with seven large picture windows. A free-standing sign that reads "Waterfall Rest...
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Middleton Piggly Wiggly Store

Date: 05 19 1959
Description: Two men are posing in front of a new Piggly Wiggly grocery store. The new store was located in Middleton at the intersection of Gateway Street and Universi...
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Maple Bluff Fire Department Honored

Date: 01 14 1960
Description: Madison Fire Chief Edward Page, center, presents a plaque from the International Fire Chiefs Association to Maple Bluff's volunteer fire department for ach...
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Shorewood Hills-Blackhawk Country Club Meeting

Date: 02 23 1960
Description: Once a year, members of the Shorewood Hills village board and members of the Blackhawk Country Club board of directors get together for a social evening to...

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