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AAA and Tourism

Date: 07 30 1948
Description: E.T. McQueen, AAA field reporter, who inspects sleeping accommodations and eating places for the AAA Accommodations Directory, issued annually.
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Gov. Nelson Dewey Estate - Stonefield

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: People are sitting on a bench and standing on the lawn surrounding the summer house on Governor Dewey's estate, called Stonefield.
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Good Will Tour

Date: 11 28 1949
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm (left) inspecting the 21 wheels of Marathon County cheddar cheese and keys to Wisconsin's vacation land on the steps of the Wiscon...
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Travel Editors Buffet Table At Governor's Residence

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: The buffet table at the Governor's residence is set up to welcome a group of nationally-known travel editors to Wisconsin. The buffet table includes an "Am...
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Travel Editors' Buffet Table at Governor's Residence

Date: 06 23 1950
Description: Front view of the buffet table at the Governor's residence set up to welcome a group of nationally-known travel editors to Wisconsin. Shown is a close-up o...
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American Automobile Association

Date: 09 18 1950
Description: The American Automobile Association sponsored a campaign for safety at the fall opening of the schools with posters announcing "School's Open," displayed h...
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Hoover Boat Tour

Date: 08 11 1951
Description: A Hoover Boat Company boat, with fourteen Madison aldermen and their parties, is taken on a tour of Lakes Mendota and Monona and the Yahara River.
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Joe Mercedes

Date: 03 30 1954
Description: Portrait of Joe Mercedes of Rhinelander, Wisconsin. He was the Executive Director of the Wisconsin Tourist Bureau and publisher of at least 23 editions of ...
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St. Mary's Student Nurse Tour

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: Descending the steps from the Wisconsin State Capitol building are five new St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing students on a tour of Madison. Left to ri...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: Christine and Bill Schuldt admiring posters and relics of circuses founded in Wisconsin at an exhibit in the State Historical Society Museum. The photograp...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: Pat, 8, and Vicki Rohan, 14, examine some of the equipment in the press room of Madison Newspapers, Inc. The photograph was taken for part of an article su...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 08 1958
Description: Six year old twins Billy and Martha Haygood lying in the grass next to a pond, looking down at trout fingerlings swimming at the fish hatchery located on F...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: Four children stand on the observation deck watching planes at the Madison Municipal airport. The children include, from left to right: Carol, 3, Christine...
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: Judith 7, and Barbara, 4, daughters of Dr. and Mrs Richard MacLean of Sheridan, Wyoming, watching cows being milked in the milking parlor at the Bowman Dai...

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