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Sail Boat Rescue on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: Captain Harvey Black, in aviator sunglasses at the helm, skippers the rescue boat, "Isabel III," speeding towards a stranded sail boater on Lake Mendota. T...
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40 and 8 Convention

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Glenn Detman and John Nolin of the Sun Prairie 40 and 8 Voiture 688 giving each other a fist salute as the American Legion's fun and honor group winds up i...
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Dedication of Madison City-County Building

Date: 06 29 1957
Description: An image of the dedication event of the new City-County Building as reflected in a pair of sunglasses on one of the spectators. In the right lens, a police...
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Lifeguard Helps Open Madison Beaches for Summer

Date: 06 15 1957
Description: Lifeguard Nancy Thomsen (5524 Lake Mendota Drive) warns a youngster not to go into deep water at the Tenney Park beach on the official opening day for the ...
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Watching Statue "Wisconsin" Get Painted

Date: 08 03 1957
Description: A mother and her children looking up at the top of the Capitol dome as the statue "Wisconsin" gets painted. They are on a street corner by posts for traff...
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Armed Forces Day Air Show and Parade

Date: 05 17 1958
Description: The crowd at Truax Field watching the Armed Forces Day air show.
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Calf Delivered to Oscar Mayer by a Dogcatcher

Date: 12 04 1958
Description: Police patrolman Sylvian Kindschi (left) and Dogcatcher William Hughes load a calf into the dogcatcher's truck on West Shore drive. The calf had fallen out...
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Maharajah Visits Madison

Date: 05 01 1959
Description: His Highness, the Maharajah of Mysore India, left, being greeted on arrival by Prof. A. Campbell Garnett, center, of the U.W. philosophy department. The pe...
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Training Mothers to Teach Swimming

Date: 07 19 1960
Description: At right, Berthaida Fairbanks, physical education and Red Cross instructor, is standing on the side of a swimming pool training the women in the pool how t...
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Mrs. Peter Berntsen Enjoys Tanning with Assistance from Alumnium Foil

Date: 02 28 1961
Description: Mrs. Peter Berntsen, 926 LeRoy Road, enjoys an outdoor tanning session aided by a wall of aluminum foil. Her son Erik (3) plays in front of her bundled up ...
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Patriotic Observance

Date: 07 1978
Description: A crowd of people gather for Flag Day on Wilson Street. Many have their hands on their hearts.

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